did'nt go to uni yesterday (as it's such a boring crap on tuesday), instead i did put in solid volume and got some EV back yeah!





well, that's obv good for the redline

Very nice thread, I'll be following

didn't play my best the last two days. my session preparation and concentration after some hundred hands was poor and i lost one of my biggest pots so far.

I'll play a max. of one hour without break hoping to get in 3 hours today




vs fish who had a low 3b% at this point:

played 3 hours, break after every full hour, made few mistakes but it was a good session overall.





hand of the day:

that sunday was crushing my mind

i run like *****. i played a too long session today cuz i didn't play a hand on fr+sat but man 2,3k under EV now at 200nl.


this is the month so far:

I'm trying to play short sessions (break after every full hour) and don't let emotions come up. tbh to myself i play really bad the last days, results let me play kinda scared and that sucks.

I started to go boxing in my gym again this week which is +EV. clears my mind a bit.

losing 2,5k in 6 days is just a novum for me. but man, it's ~12BI which isn't the sickest swing in history of online poker at all.
I still have 30BI for 200nl atm which is ok and i'll move down if my roll goes down to 30BI for 100nl.

I think i have to trust in my game when running bad, too. not that easy sometimes, though.




hand of the day:


i think i should've c/shoved turn here.

aggro fish won't fold any draw + he has only 100 left + otr would give me a hard time to call.

folding doesn't seem to be an option here V was like 40/30/15 and i knew he calls 3bets 89o/75o n stuff + is bluffy.

cbetting would make him fold his air so i think c/c, c/shove would be the best line here + 4bet some bbs more pre

Hey man just wanted to drop some motivating words for you.

Take it from myself, a micro grinder who is essentially where YOU used to be. I've seen you rise up from the micros, now at SSNL/MSNL & you're a crusher. Plain and simple you're an amazing poker player & I hope to one day be where you are.

Rough months happen but that's poker. Review your game & don't drop the volume, it'll work out for you.

GLGL

thank you very much! i appreciate the kind words

gl2u2

had a good read in the mental game book today and i start to fight my tilt problems from now on.

Some flaws i already see that cost me $$$:

- try to force winnings back (bluff in bad spots for example)

- act without thinking (call down way too light for example)

and obv much more.


spot the tilt problems -> improve steadily in these areas -> that's the way i have to go now!

yo sup man?

Sucks to be on a downswing, but whenever you feel down/pissed, you might look at this thread and your progress so far to cheer you up... Even if it hurts to run bad at NL200, because of the $$$-amounts, you have made it there from NL25 within months, which is amazing.

I also think boxing absolutely +EV, imo it's very important to do some sports to balance the poker stress and clear one's mind as you said.

Had a good laugh at your latest Live-Poker post btw, esp because of the tipping guy
Unfortunately I won't be able to grind there with you in the near future, as I will be out of country for 3 months.

cheers and gl!

I played better than the last days today and already saw little improvement in my mental game.
not because it was finally a winning session but because i used some tips from the book. true story





vs smallstack reg





thanks for the motivating words dude!

it's hongkong you sicko, is it?

i hope you'll have a great time! text me when you come back, kings will still exist imo

subbed op. i think i remember playing you at 25NL. is your 2+2 avatar the same as stars?

no, not the same thank you for following!

wow, i just realized that i knew/know so little about how hard variance can hit you.

i think i played solid b+ game the last two days. there were some weird and close spots were i maybe didn't play perfectly but overall i'm happy with how i played. i was focused, took breaks strictly after each hour and i didn't make bad bluffs or weird hero calldowns.

basically i played vs top ranges and sick runouts paired with getting so low action when i hold value hands and so much action when my holdings are weak. I'm like 3k under EV with QQ+, AK and when i have 2nd nuts they have nuts no matter if they are playing 90/60 or 100/0





I see the money lost as an investment in my edge but my roll can't stand that down any longer.
So i'll move back to 100nl because i won't bust my roll at a stake were i think i can be a winning player in the longrun. I mean that would be mastery of tilt.

Also i won't post sick losing hands now, because as long as i keep improving losing hopefully will be temporary and things will turn around again. I'll come back stronger but for now:


gl all

back at 100nl since 3,5k hands and it's going a bit better but still a very ugly month.

played well today, a bit too long on sunday as tables were so juicy i had a big fish deep at 4 tables and he ran godlike. at one table he even had 1,4k bb!

obv i did stack him, too:





another hand from sunday, i did quit after this hand.
V was 25/21, reggish
plan was to b/f river but somehow i found the call button. so spewy...
basically he always has a flush when shoving.

just to post some positive results too:

<----

nearly half way there

april:



[ ] create a balanced schedule

I did create one but then didn't really use it over the month.


[x] work through the mental game of poker

I did read pretty much of it but def not the whole thing.
i think it's more a book i'll use from time to time instead of read through it in one month and never look back at it.


[x] play 35k hands

100nl & 200nl


[x] prepare and review every session

i would say i did it 90% of the time.


[ ] 40h of live cashgame

i played only 8hours live this month



i just hope that next month will be better and i'll be able to rebuild my bankroll. i think i did move up a bit too fast after heating at 100nl and then couldn't stand the downswing.

how i hoped the 200nl shot will go:



how it really was:




i'll set goals for may tomorrow! gl all!

damn op. tough luck. i'm sure you'll grind through it.

lol'd at the gifs though

thanks, i hope so.


it starts with a winning session harhar




My goals for this month are simple, i want to grind 35k+ hands with a grind/study ratio of like 70/30.

Prepare and review all sessions and try to play my best in every hand.

Improve poker/life balance and maybe get some coaching when BR allows it.

gl all!

Yo guys, sup? been a while since my last update but i'm not broke yet

I spent much time thinking about how i'll go on after getting crushed at 200nl.

Meanwhile i think it was a big flaw to move up so fast. I ran godlike at 100nl over some hands and then did insta move up with 30BI for 200nl where i had little to no edge on most regs without recognizing it.

So after few hands at 100nl with about 20-30BI the first days of may, i decided to use a much more nitty BRM again and now i find myself grinding 50nl €uro tables only.

I feel like i have an edge on nearly everyone there (when i compared their stats and lines to 200nl regs i realized how little edge i really had at 200) only 2 or 3 regs i've seen are solid at 50 imo. But i threw it away by playing 8 tables in too long sessions and leveling myself so bad the first days. I didn't even review or prepare sessions. Here's the graph(50€):



I'm back to 6 tables now, playing max. 1 hour without break.

I do prepare and review again and do some work off the tables too.

I do boxing/fitness regulary and try to eat good stuff.

Also i try to see things in a more longterm way now and when i'll be Supernova and grind 100nl regulary by the end of the year then I did hit my goals.

BR is at ~2400€ and i'll keep playing 50nl until i have a bigger sample, bigger bankroll, bigger confidence and bigger improvement in my game.

Invested ~300€ today in a coaching video course.

I'm really looking forward to it and i hope it'll help me improve faster and in a better way.
Never had any coaching before so i think it could help me a lot on my way becoming a solid player.

I'm motivated and i want to succeed. no matter what.

1st thing i've changed a little is my HUD as i had some pretty useless information in there and also missed some.

Here's my graph for the month at 50nl before coaching:



I'm curious what it will look like in a month or so. i hope it was worth the 300 then

gl all!

Just finished a hot session with +4BI but there's strange things going on in my HM imo.



Note: smallstack 3b overshoves 44 pre
other Villain is a reg 4b range 8 over ~400 hands and i assume he knows smallstack shoves light so i think he will ship wide enough for a call.
but that's not even the point, please read below and tell me if i'm wrong or HM!?




TT has ~45% in this specific hand, AQo has ~37% and 99 only ~17%.

HM shows an EV of -64€ but should show +76€, no? also the other 3 hands in the picture below are imo wrong calculated:
1. KK vs TT 2. AK vs AA 3. AA vs 88, all PFAI



?

https://www.pokertracker.com/blog/20...-all-in-equity

All-In EV in Theory


Let’s say it’s a $1-$2 no-limit hold’em game online with $200 stacks.
Preflop ($3): The cutoff ($200) opens with a raise to $7 holding J♦ J♥. Hero ($200) reraises to $22 on the button holding A♠ K♠. Both blinds fold, and the cutoff calls.
Flop ($45): 3♠ 2♠ 2♥. The cutoff checks. Hero bets $40. The cutoff raises all in for $178 total. Hero calls.
Turn ($403): 8♦
River ($403): A♥. Hero wins with two pair, aces and deuces, king kicker.

In this case, according to the odds calculator in the Alpha version of PokerTracker 4, Hero has 49.596% equity on the flop, which is the player’s all-in equity. The player’s expected value (EV) is the total pot size times the player’s equity in the pot, and his EV-adjusted win is this amount minus the player’s contribution to the pot.

EV = (49.596%)($403) = $199.87
All-In EV = $199.87 – $200 = -$0.13.
Player Amount Won All-In Equity Pot Size EV Contribution to Pot All-In EV
Hero $203 49.596% $403 $199.87 $200 -$0.13
Villain -$200 50.404% $403 $203.13 $200 $3.13

i'm running pretty well atm, one example from today:
don't give me no credit





Last days i worked on my leaks in steal situations and i feel so much better about it right now.

I was in the gym 3x last week, that's okayish.
i'd like to go 4x-5x a week as i am planning to go for my first boxing fight whenever i feel ready.
therefore i have to be in really really good shape, as i don't want to lose obv

May is over and here's my short review for this month:

Decided to play € tables, nl50 only. I have a confident roll for it atm at ~2.800€



I'm quite sure that i can maintain this hourly at nl50 and that's not a bad thing to fall back on if shots won't work in the future.
I mean i don't have to get any kind of job that sucks while studying at university as 99% of other students have to.

What i mostly worked on this month:

-> Steal situations, especially SB vs BB, BTN vs blinds
-> Cbetting, sizing
-> Maximize value against fish
-> adjust, adjust, adjust to different player types

I think i realized that tilt/spew is just one of the worst things that can happen. Only one spew and the winnings of two hours or more playing fine is gone. just gone by ONE tilt mistake.
Hardly considered to play with stop loss too. Will do it this month as i don't think i have the mental strength (yet) to prevent tilt/spew after losing 4BI+.



I'm really looking forward to improve and hope i can put in 25k hands next month.
I'll have exams in the beginning/mid of July. That's why i have to do much work this month. Success won't come without hard work, so i'll stop whining now.

I have 57.708 VPP atm, so on pace for Supernova.