20 year old making a run for it
04-02-2018
, 06:30 PM
Yo! Long story short, I'm just a 20 year old with the opportunity to set my future self for financial stability and independence. Playing 200NL zone on Ignition currently and hope you guys would join me for all the ups and downs of this year.
I say this year because the primary goal for me and this pg&c thread is to hopefully to make 100k by the end of the year. Initially it was to have a 100k+ net worth but with living in the states with taxes and all, seems kind of impossible lol.
Background
I was 18 and in high school, looking for a way to make money. At the time, I thought online poker was banned; So naturally, I gambled with cs:go skins instead. Found out a site where you can play poker with cs:go skins and didn't really run it up. Thinking back it was the softest thing in the world but at the time I was just a breakeven player. Shortly, I found a thread by iregption as he was offering free coaching for I don't even know what reason lol. We talked and he told me about the sites you can play on in the states like ACR and Bovada. Put my whole net worth on Bovada (my monthly allowance of $20) and proceeded to make him cringe with every single word that came out of my mouth. He taught me my first lesson and that was to stop opening every single Ax from every single position lol. Yeah it wasn't too helpful for either of us. I wonder if he still remembers me..
After inevitably busting my roll, despite using perfect bankroll management, I took the courage to put $50 more on the site. Don't know where that courage came from but boy was I excited when I binked one of the first 3 tourneys I played for somewhere over $300. Did the obligatory spew at the 50NL games and was devastated after losing 2 buy-ins.
Skip a couple months because I got admitted to college and what-not, and began to play on ACR after I cashed out my money from Bovada. Maybe I'll write the whole journey of moving up later but for now, went from 2NL to a breakeven 25NL player grinding rakeback and 'The Beast' and met a couple people that completely gave me a lightbulb moment on how the game should be played. After that and countless hours of work later, I found myself on Global Poker where I eventually moved up to 2kNL. That didn't last very long as the swings weren't healthy for me emotionally so I decided to stay in the 100NL-400NL area and grinded there for the last quarter of 2017 and early this year too. I only switched to Ignition 1 or 2 weeks ago, actually. Grinded, on average, 12ish tables of whatever looked good and lived a nice wholesome couple months there.
I could see questions like, why move to Ignition when global is doing so well for you? Dunno, got tired of it. Mainly because I think the games were just being extremely dumb. I like to mass multi-table but when tables start getting short, more hands are naturally played and I begin time out here and there. So generally, when tables start breaking, I'd have to go to the lobby to look for one and while I looked for tables to fill, I'd time out even more and before you know it all my tables kept breaking consistently and got tired of everything. Even though March was the most profitable month in terms of 2018, I just grew tired of it and thought my winrate would probably be helped by only focusing on 2-4 tables on Ignition anyways.
I guess it might have partly been an ego thing. I want to prove to myself that I'll be able to win consistently regardless of the pool (since global poker was the softest thing ever and still is) and Ignition zone was a way to do that, while keeping my volume up. Thought about playing ACR and how I would stack against some of the regs I thought were incredible sickos back in the day but that'll probably be for another day. It does seem fun to get back in the rakeback race for maybe a week or two so, that might be in the roadmap this year. Maybe it'll make a good stream if I'm successfully able to pull off getting a top prize in the race. Maybe not as I'll probably have to 16 table without any commentary.
Anyways..
Present
Right now I find myself with a more than adequate bankroll for 200NL. I'll be posting hands and graphs regularly but you can also tune into my stream to see how I'm doing! https://www.twitch.tv/updogpoker
Already had my first stream a couple days before spring break where I demonstrated how to be break-even for the day with a 1k stack on half your tables (for those of you that don't know ignition only allows 2 table max for zoom so I had a 1k stack on 1 table ha ha).
As for my results so far, winning around 4bb/100 over 15k-ish hands (if anybody cares).
Future
Currently starting slow with goals in the short-term but setting high expectations once the ball gets moving.
Goals for me currently are:
[ ] Prove profitability in the month of April in these games
[ ] Play 50k+ hands in April.
[ ] Stream very very often
Long term goals:
[ ] Be a 9evbb/100 winner at 200NLz at Ignition by the end of this year
[ ] Play 750k+ hands by the end of this year.
Thanks to anybody that follows and hopefully it'll be an entertaining ride for both me and you!
I say this year because the primary goal for me and this pg&c thread is to hopefully to make 100k by the end of the year. Initially it was to have a 100k+ net worth but with living in the states with taxes and all, seems kind of impossible lol.
Background
I was 18 and in high school, looking for a way to make money. At the time, I thought online poker was banned; So naturally, I gambled with cs:go skins instead. Found out a site where you can play poker with cs:go skins and didn't really run it up. Thinking back it was the softest thing in the world but at the time I was just a breakeven player. Shortly, I found a thread by iregption as he was offering free coaching for I don't even know what reason lol. We talked and he told me about the sites you can play on in the states like ACR and Bovada. Put my whole net worth on Bovada (my monthly allowance of $20) and proceeded to make him cringe with every single word that came out of my mouth. He taught me my first lesson and that was to stop opening every single Ax from every single position lol. Yeah it wasn't too helpful for either of us. I wonder if he still remembers me..
After inevitably busting my roll, despite using perfect bankroll management, I took the courage to put $50 more on the site. Don't know where that courage came from but boy was I excited when I binked one of the first 3 tourneys I played for somewhere over $300. Did the obligatory spew at the 50NL games and was devastated after losing 2 buy-ins.
Skip a couple months because I got admitted to college and what-not, and began to play on ACR after I cashed out my money from Bovada. Maybe I'll write the whole journey of moving up later but for now, went from 2NL to a breakeven 25NL player grinding rakeback and 'The Beast' and met a couple people that completely gave me a lightbulb moment on how the game should be played. After that and countless hours of work later, I found myself on Global Poker where I eventually moved up to 2kNL. That didn't last very long as the swings weren't healthy for me emotionally so I decided to stay in the 100NL-400NL area and grinded there for the last quarter of 2017 and early this year too. I only switched to Ignition 1 or 2 weeks ago, actually. Grinded, on average, 12ish tables of whatever looked good and lived a nice wholesome couple months there.
I could see questions like, why move to Ignition when global is doing so well for you? Dunno, got tired of it. Mainly because I think the games were just being extremely dumb. I like to mass multi-table but when tables start getting short, more hands are naturally played and I begin time out here and there. So generally, when tables start breaking, I'd have to go to the lobby to look for one and while I looked for tables to fill, I'd time out even more and before you know it all my tables kept breaking consistently and got tired of everything. Even though March was the most profitable month in terms of 2018, I just grew tired of it and thought my winrate would probably be helped by only focusing on 2-4 tables on Ignition anyways.
I guess it might have partly been an ego thing. I want to prove to myself that I'll be able to win consistently regardless of the pool (since global poker was the softest thing ever and still is) and Ignition zone was a way to do that, while keeping my volume up. Thought about playing ACR and how I would stack against some of the regs I thought were incredible sickos back in the day but that'll probably be for another day. It does seem fun to get back in the rakeback race for maybe a week or two so, that might be in the roadmap this year. Maybe it'll make a good stream if I'm successfully able to pull off getting a top prize in the race. Maybe not as I'll probably have to 16 table without any commentary.
Anyways..
Present
Right now I find myself with a more than adequate bankroll for 200NL. I'll be posting hands and graphs regularly but you can also tune into my stream to see how I'm doing! https://www.twitch.tv/updogpoker
Already had my first stream a couple days before spring break where I demonstrated how to be break-even for the day with a 1k stack on half your tables (for those of you that don't know ignition only allows 2 table max for zoom so I had a 1k stack on 1 table ha ha).
As for my results so far, winning around 4bb/100 over 15k-ish hands (if anybody cares).
Future
Currently starting slow with goals in the short-term but setting high expectations once the ball gets moving.
Goals for me currently are:
[ ] Prove profitability in the month of April in these games
[ ] Play 50k+ hands in April.
[ ] Stream very very often
Long term goals:
[ ] Be a 9evbb/100 winner at 200NLz at Ignition by the end of this year
[ ] Play 750k+ hands by the end of this year.
Thanks to anybody that follows and hopefully it'll be an entertaining ride for both me and you!
04-02-2018
, 06:43 PM
04-02-2018
, 07:16 PM
04-04-2018
, 04:09 PM
The river to end the dream 
PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 191.17 BB (VPIP: 31.57, PFR: 6.61, 3Bet Preflop: 6.19, Hands: 16,061)
Hero (UTG): 562.35 BB
MP: 147.83 BB (VPIP: 21.09, PFR: 16.14, 3Bet Preflop: 3.79, Hands: 16,041)
CO: 127.4 BB (VPIP: 23.66, PFR: 17.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.71, Hands: 15,991)
BTN: 57.55 BB (VPIP: 28.89, PFR: 20.15, 3Bet Preflop: 6.12, Hands: 15,965)
SB: 101.58 BB (VPIP: 28.28, PFR: 14.20, 3Bet Preflop: 6.41, Hands: 15,971)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T
T
Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 8.5 BB, BB calls 7.5 BB, Hero calls 6 BB
Flop: (25.5 BB, 3 players) 9
6 8
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 9 BB, fold, BB calls 9 BB
Turn: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero checks
River: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 7
BB bets 43.5 BB, Hero raises to 106 BB, BB raises to 173.67 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 67.67 BB
BB shows J
T (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 39%, Flop 45%, Turn 28%)
Hero mucks T T (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 61%, Flop 55%, Turn 72%)
MP mucks 3 8 (Straight, Nine High)
CO mucks 5 A (Straight, Nine High)
BTN mucks 4 9 (Straight, Nine High)
SB mucks Q A (Straight, Nine High)
BB wins 388.83 BB
Just kidding grind never stops
PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 63.73 BB (VPIP: 23.10, PFR: 15.90, 3Bet Preflop: 3.75, Hands: 5,053)
BTN: 149.77 BB (VPIP: 28.09, PFR: 18.84, 3Bet Preflop: 6.27, Hands: 5,009)
SB: 147.18 BB (VPIP: 28.17, PFR: 13.12, 3Bet Preflop: 5.21, Hands: 5,072)
Hero (BB): 154.1 BB
UTG: 218.55 BB (VPIP: 20.04, PFR: 15.29, 3Bet Preflop: 3.23, Hands: 5,049)
MP: 57.95 BB (VPIP: 21.51, PFR: 15.67, 3Bet Preflop: 3.43, Hands: 5,077)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 6
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, SB raises to 10 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, CO calls 7 BB
Flop: (30 BB, 3 players) 3 Q 6
SB bets 15 BB, Hero raises to 47.5 BB, CO raises to 53.73 BB and is all-in, SB raises to 137.18 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 89.68 BB
Turn: (358.09 BB, 3 players) 9
River: (358.09 BB, 3 players) Q
CO shows J 8 (One Pair, Queens)
SB shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
Hero shows Q 6 (Full House, Queens full of Sixes)
BTN mucks K 7 (One Pair, Queens)
UTG mucks 6 4 (Flush, Queen High)
MP mucks 2 T (One Pair, Queens)
Hero wins 356.09 BB
The first misclick that gets rewarded lol. Was side tracked and didn't see the 3-bet. When I clicked call to defend vs the open I was like WTF?? I didn't 3-bet and proceeded to just shut my mouth, get stacks in, and leave afterwards lol. What a sweat this hand was though.
One of the bluffs that I thought was alright, didn't think he'd be defending that wide, however.
PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 153.48 BB (VPIP: 28.47, PFR: 19.63, 3Bet Preflop: 6.15, Hands: 11,309)
SB: 27.23 BB (VPIP: 27.99, PFR: 13.73, 3Bet Preflop: 5.92, Hands: 11,341)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 205.03 BB (VPIP: 19.36, PFR: 15.60, 3Bet Preflop: 3.93, Hands: 11,371)
MP: 86.78 BB (VPIP: 21.18, PFR: 16.16, 3Bet Preflop: 3.52, Hands: 11,354)
CO: 92.43 BB (VPIP: 23.56, PFR: 17.04, 3Bet Preflop: 4.77, Hands: 11,328)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 7
fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero raises to 20 BB, fold, BTN calls 12 BB
Flop: (43 BB, 2 players) 9 6 3
Hero bets 11 BB, BTN calls 11 BB
Turn: (65 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (65 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 69 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 69 BB
Hero shows 6 7 (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 48%, Flop 79%, Turn 89%)
BTN shows 3 A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
(Pre 52%, Flop 21%, Turn 11%)
SB mucks 2 T (High Card, Ace)
UTG mucks 5 A (One Pair, Aces)
MP mucks 5 Q (High Card, Ace)
CO mucks 7 K (High Card, Ace)
BTN wins 201 BB
Going to be streaming in an hour or two, hope you guys tune in! twitch.tv/updogpoker
Will also be using the card catcher now to show live results now that technology has finally caught up to being able to figure out ignition's buggy software. Also will be getting an overlay with a webcam to enhance viewer experience by the end of the week! An eyesore to look at, I know, I appreciate everything still tuning in.
Won't be streaming this weekend though as life plans. Good luck to everyone else at the tables!
PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 191.17 BB (VPIP: 31.57, PFR: 6.61, 3Bet Preflop: 6.19, Hands: 16,061)
Hero (UTG): 562.35 BB
MP: 147.83 BB (VPIP: 21.09, PFR: 16.14, 3Bet Preflop: 3.79, Hands: 16,041)
CO: 127.4 BB (VPIP: 23.66, PFR: 17.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.71, Hands: 15,991)
BTN: 57.55 BB (VPIP: 28.89, PFR: 20.15, 3Bet Preflop: 6.12, Hands: 15,965)
SB: 101.58 BB (VPIP: 28.28, PFR: 14.20, 3Bet Preflop: 6.41, Hands: 15,971)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T
T Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 8.5 BB, BB calls 7.5 BB, Hero calls 6 BB
Flop: (25.5 BB, 3 players) 9
6 8 SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 9 BB, fold, BB calls 9 BB
Turn: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero checks
River: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 7
BB bets 43.5 BB, Hero raises to 106 BB, BB raises to 173.67 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 67.67 BB
BB shows J
T (Straight, Jack High)(Pre 39%, Flop 45%, Turn 28%)
Hero mucks T
T (Straight, Ten High)(Pre 61%, Flop 55%, Turn 72%)
MP mucks 3
8 (Straight, Nine High)CO mucks 5
A (Straight, Nine High)BTN mucks 4
9 (Straight, Nine High)SB mucks Q
A (Straight, Nine High)BB wins 388.83 BB
Just kidding grind never stops
PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 63.73 BB (VPIP: 23.10, PFR: 15.90, 3Bet Preflop: 3.75, Hands: 5,053)
BTN: 149.77 BB (VPIP: 28.09, PFR: 18.84, 3Bet Preflop: 6.27, Hands: 5,009)
SB: 147.18 BB (VPIP: 28.17, PFR: 13.12, 3Bet Preflop: 5.21, Hands: 5,072)
Hero (BB): 154.1 BB
UTG: 218.55 BB (VPIP: 20.04, PFR: 15.29, 3Bet Preflop: 3.23, Hands: 5,049)
MP: 57.95 BB (VPIP: 21.51, PFR: 15.67, 3Bet Preflop: 3.43, Hands: 5,077)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q
6 fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, SB raises to 10 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, CO calls 7 BB
Flop: (30 BB, 3 players) 3
Q 6 SB bets 15 BB, Hero raises to 47.5 BB, CO raises to 53.73 BB and is all-in, SB raises to 137.18 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 89.68 BB
Turn: (358.09 BB, 3 players) 9
River: (358.09 BB, 3 players) Q
CO shows J
8 (One Pair, Queens)SB shows K
K (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)Hero shows Q
6 (Full House, Queens full of Sixes)BTN mucks K
7 (One Pair, Queens)UTG mucks 6
4 (Flush, Queen High)MP mucks 2
T (One Pair, Queens)Hero wins 356.09 BB
The first misclick that gets rewarded lol. Was side tracked and didn't see the 3-bet. When I clicked call to defend vs the open I was like WTF?? I didn't 3-bet and proceeded to just shut my mouth, get stacks in, and leave afterwards lol. What a sweat this hand was though.
One of the bluffs that I thought was alright, didn't think he'd be defending that wide, however.
PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 153.48 BB (VPIP: 28.47, PFR: 19.63, 3Bet Preflop: 6.15, Hands: 11,309)
SB: 27.23 BB (VPIP: 27.99, PFR: 13.73, 3Bet Preflop: 5.92, Hands: 11,341)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 205.03 BB (VPIP: 19.36, PFR: 15.60, 3Bet Preflop: 3.93, Hands: 11,371)
MP: 86.78 BB (VPIP: 21.18, PFR: 16.16, 3Bet Preflop: 3.52, Hands: 11,354)
CO: 92.43 BB (VPIP: 23.56, PFR: 17.04, 3Bet Preflop: 4.77, Hands: 11,328)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6
7 fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero raises to 20 BB, fold, BTN calls 12 BB
Flop: (43 BB, 2 players) 9
6 3 Hero bets 11 BB, BTN calls 11 BB
Turn: (65 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (65 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 69 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 69 BB
Hero shows 6
7 (One Pair, Sixes)(Pre 48%, Flop 79%, Turn 89%)
BTN shows 3
A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)(Pre 52%, Flop 21%, Turn 11%)
SB mucks 2
T (High Card, Ace)UTG mucks 5
A (One Pair, Aces)MP mucks 5
Q (High Card, Ace)CO mucks 7
K (High Card, Ace)BTN wins 201 BB
Going to be streaming in an hour or two, hope you guys tune in! twitch.tv/updogpoker
Will also be using the card catcher now to show live results now that technology has finally caught up to being able to figure out ignition's buggy software. Also will be getting an overlay with a webcam to enhance viewer experience by the end of the week! An eyesore to look at, I know, I appreciate everything still tuning in.
Won't be streaming this weekend though as life plans. Good luck to everyone else at the tables!
04-04-2018
, 05:50 PM
04-05-2018
, 06:10 AM
Long day today, honestly one of the worst days that I have had in my poker career. Every run out was just horrible, we couldn't hold anything, and our value never got any value.
3rd day in a row where we get stuck for a grand right out of the gate. 1st day, I ended up a little over $200 and yesterday, I gave up and called it a sesh after I got a couple stacks - resulting in a loss of -$600 or so. Today, once again, stuck a grand. We were able to climb out due to some generous players donating for the pg&c but the gods of ignition didn't allow it and let it all die after this cooler.
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 170.69 BB
UTG: 141.41 BB
MP: 208.9 BB
Hero (CO): 286.92 BB
BTN: 114.79 BB
SB: 21.34 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A
fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, fold, BB raises to 10.5 BB, Hero raises to 22.5 BB, fold, BB calls 12 BB
Flop: (48 BB, 2 players) T A 4
BB checks, Hero bets 14 BB, BB raises to 48 BB, Hero calls 34 BB
Turn: (144 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 30 BB, Hero calls 30 BB
River: (204 BB, 2 players) 3
BB bets 70.19 BB, Hero calls 70.19 BB
BB shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Fours)
(Pre 54%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks K A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 46%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
BB wins 342.38 BB
On the turn, his bet is so nutted; just ridiculous and just hoping that he's just spazzing here. No point in ever shoving in any point of the hand, I think.
This one of the hands that was just "thank you come again"
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 99 BB
SB: 119.85 BB
BB: 125.79 BB
UTG: 27.1 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 171.79 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A
fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, SB calls 2 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero raises to 24.5 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 14.5 BB
Flop: (54 BB, 2 players) 6 7 K
BB checks, Hero bets 27 BB, BB raises to 101.29 BB, Hero calls 74.29 BB
Turn: (256.57 BB, 2 players) 9
River: (256.57 BB, 2 players) 9
BB shows 8 8 (Two Pair, Nines and Eights)
(Pre 52%, Flop 18%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows K A (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)
(Pre 48%, Flop 82%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins 254.57 BB
and started the comeback. Was literally positive for less than a minute but definitely enjoyed it while it lasted lol.
Todays graph:
https://i.gyazo.com/550aebecd596fc74...af9e230100.png
I have previous hands under a different alias since I started using the hand catcher rather than the hand converter to start recording my hands.
Long day today, near 12 hour grind and streamed the whole thing. Had a peak of 35 or some viewers and super appreciated everyone that tuned in! Like I said on stream, I thought I'd just be talking to myself for the first month at least.
As for stream quality, I should be getting my layout either today or tomorrow. Will have a webcam up and a better viewer experience.
Also wanna give a shoutout to brokenstars, thanks for the host and sharing your reads!
Will be back one more day to stream, similar time, and unfortunately I'll be busy for the weekend so no pokerino until Monday/Tuesday.
3rd day in a row where we get stuck for a grand right out of the gate. 1st day, I ended up a little over $200 and yesterday, I gave up and called it a sesh after I got a couple stacks - resulting in a loss of -$600 or so. Today, once again, stuck a grand. We were able to climb out due to some generous players donating for the pg&c but the gods of ignition didn't allow it and let it all die after this cooler.
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 170.69 BB
UTG: 141.41 BB
MP: 208.9 BB
Hero (CO): 286.92 BB
BTN: 114.79 BB
SB: 21.34 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K
A fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, fold, BB raises to 10.5 BB, Hero raises to 22.5 BB, fold, BB calls 12 BB
Flop: (48 BB, 2 players) T
A 4 BB checks, Hero bets 14 BB, BB raises to 48 BB, Hero calls 34 BB
Turn: (144 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 30 BB, Hero calls 30 BB
River: (204 BB, 2 players) 3
BB bets 70.19 BB, Hero calls 70.19 BB
BB shows T
T (Full House, Tens full of Fours)(Pre 54%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks K
A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)(Pre 46%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
BB wins 342.38 BB
On the turn, his bet is so nutted; just ridiculous and just hoping that he's just spazzing here. No point in ever shoving in any point of the hand, I think.
This one of the hands that was just "thank you come again"
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 99 BB
SB: 119.85 BB
BB: 125.79 BB
UTG: 27.1 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 171.79 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K
A fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, SB calls 2 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero raises to 24.5 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 14.5 BB
Flop: (54 BB, 2 players) 6
7 K BB checks, Hero bets 27 BB, BB raises to 101.29 BB, Hero calls 74.29 BB
Turn: (256.57 BB, 2 players) 9
River: (256.57 BB, 2 players) 9
BB shows 8
8 (Two Pair, Nines and Eights)(Pre 52%, Flop 18%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows K
A (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)(Pre 48%, Flop 82%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins 254.57 BB
and started the comeback. Was literally positive for less than a minute but definitely enjoyed it while it lasted lol.
Todays graph:
https://i.gyazo.com/550aebecd596fc74...af9e230100.png
I have previous hands under a different alias since I started using the hand catcher rather than the hand converter to start recording my hands.
Long day today, near 12 hour grind and streamed the whole thing. Had a peak of 35 or some viewers and super appreciated everyone that tuned in! Like I said on stream, I thought I'd just be talking to myself for the first month at least.
As for stream quality, I should be getting my layout either today or tomorrow. Will have a webcam up and a better viewer experience.
Also wanna give a shoutout to brokenstars, thanks for the host and sharing your reads!
Will be back one more day to stream, similar time, and unfortunately I'll be busy for the weekend so no pokerino until Monday/Tuesday.
04-06-2018
, 02:14 AM
Today's session: https://i.gyazo.com/59908df507bad9ae...08e3d69271.png
Still running like crap but I can't complain being up after what happened the last couple sessions. These wins don't even seem like wins after getting beaten down so hard
Short post today as I have to get up early tomorrow.
I actively play and enjoy chess a lot (but suck at it) so I might have some side hobby goals that I'd maybe like to record on this thread.
I'll also be posting hands once I download them over the weekend. Got one or two interesting ones in mind.
Still running like crap but I can't complain being up after what happened the last couple sessions. These wins don't even seem like wins after getting beaten down so hard
Short post today as I have to get up early tomorrow.
I actively play and enjoy chess a lot (but suck at it) so I might have some side hobby goals that I'd maybe like to record on this thread.
I'll also be posting hands once I download them over the weekend. Got one or two interesting ones in mind.
04-09-2018
, 03:32 PM
Stream going live in about 2 hours or so! Expect a huge increase in stream quality/viewer experience. Hopefully the poker content will be just as good. Going to eat and review some stuff before I hit the tables. Good luck to everyone else too!
https://www.twitch.tv/updogpoker
04-10-2018
, 06:31 PM
Graph of yesterday's strim: https://i.gyazo.com/7440aa26bca7ebbf...2681544cb1.png
Pretty good result overall but I'd probably rate my play around a C+, B-. Felt like I ran really well but I couldn't capitalize on any opportunities. You can see my passiveness from 800 hand mark to the 1200 hand mark, and again at the 2200-2700 mark where I just continuously folded thru medium/big size pots.
Not a surprise as I never feel great playing when coming back from a long weekend but nevertheless, happy that I played better towards the end and felt more confident after my plays.
Also had great success in my first day adding 2 regular tables, as I said I would do after I got my overlay and stream looking more professional (still want to do more work on improving quality like getting a 4-table stream overlay). Had near 1k stacks on both reg tables.
1 lol hand from 200NL regular tables (also the biggest win of the session):
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (SB): 339.71 BB
BB: 131.29 BB
UTG: 26.16 BB
MP: 186.59 BB
CO: 262.15 BB
BTN: 125.25 BB
Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 3
fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB
Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 3 2 7
Hero bets 4 BB, BB calls 4 BB
Turn: (14 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 9 BB, BB calls 9 BB
River: (32 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BB bets 33 BB, Hero raises to 81 BB, BB raises to 115.29 BB, Hero calls 34.29 BB
Hero shows A 3 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 27%, Flop 89%, Turn 93%)
BB shows A K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 73%, Flop 11%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins 260.57 BB
Biggest loss of the session:
*Also would appreciate any insight and tips on this hand. I like my strategy here but looking at this hand afterwards, I don't feel too strongly about it. Could also just go for a call with my whole range here.
**Don't like the donk from his perspective as I think I rarely have 2p here but thoughts of his play too?
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 116.68 BB
BB: 246.94 BB
UTG: 151.7 BB
MP: 169.93 BB
CO: 60.88 BB
Hero (BTN): 137.9 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q K
fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB
Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) T J 8
BB checks, MP bets 5 BB, Hero raises to 18 BB, fold, MP calls 13 BB
Turn: (45.5 BB, 2 players) 5
MP checks, Hero bets 34 BB, MP calls 34 BB
River: (113.5 BB, 2 players) 7
MP bets 50 BB, fold
MP wins 163.5 BB
Yesterday was the first day I streamed with an overlay and a sub button with alerts with other fancy things. As a result, I have no clue on what emotes to make. Any ideas on that would be appreciated!
Already did my pre-session studies and about to fire the stream 5 mins after this post:
https://www.twitch.tv/updogpoker
Come catch me there - it's day 7 and I'm 1 day closer to proving my skill and profitability within the month of April! Thanks for supporting the stream and all of you that comment, chat, read, watch, anything in both 2p2 and in the stream.
Pretty good result overall but I'd probably rate my play around a C+, B-. Felt like I ran really well but I couldn't capitalize on any opportunities. You can see my passiveness from 800 hand mark to the 1200 hand mark, and again at the 2200-2700 mark where I just continuously folded thru medium/big size pots.
Not a surprise as I never feel great playing when coming back from a long weekend but nevertheless, happy that I played better towards the end and felt more confident after my plays.
Also had great success in my first day adding 2 regular tables, as I said I would do after I got my overlay and stream looking more professional (still want to do more work on improving quality like getting a 4-table stream overlay). Had near 1k stacks on both reg tables.
1 lol hand from 200NL regular tables (also the biggest win of the session):
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (SB): 339.71 BB
BB: 131.29 BB
UTG: 26.16 BB
MP: 186.59 BB
CO: 262.15 BB
BTN: 125.25 BB
Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A
3 fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB
Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 3
2 7 Hero bets 4 BB, BB calls 4 BB
Turn: (14 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 9 BB, BB calls 9 BB
River: (32 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BB bets 33 BB, Hero raises to 81 BB, BB raises to 115.29 BB, Hero calls 34.29 BB
Hero shows A
3 (Flush, Ace High)(Pre 27%, Flop 89%, Turn 93%)
BB shows A
K (Flush, King High)(Pre 73%, Flop 11%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins 260.57 BB
Biggest loss of the session:
*Also would appreciate any insight and tips on this hand. I like my strategy here but looking at this hand afterwards, I don't feel too strongly about it. Could also just go for a call with my whole range here.
**Don't like the donk from his perspective as I think I rarely have 2p here but thoughts of his play too?
iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 116.68 BB
BB: 246.94 BB
UTG: 151.7 BB
MP: 169.93 BB
CO: 60.88 BB
Hero (BTN): 137.9 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q
K fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB
Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) T
J 8 BB checks, MP bets 5 BB, Hero raises to 18 BB, fold, MP calls 13 BB
Turn: (45.5 BB, 2 players) 5
MP checks, Hero bets 34 BB, MP calls 34 BB
River: (113.5 BB, 2 players) 7
MP bets 50 BB, fold
MP wins 163.5 BB
Yesterday was the first day I streamed with an overlay and a sub button with alerts with other fancy things. As a result, I have no clue on what emotes to make. Any ideas on that would be appreciated!
Already did my pre-session studies and about to fire the stream 5 mins after this post:
https://www.twitch.tv/updogpoker
Come catch me there - it's day 7 and I'm 1 day closer to proving my skill and profitability within the month of April! Thanks for supporting the stream and all of you that comment, chat, read, watch, anything in both 2p2 and in the stream.
04-10-2018
, 06:51 PM
