Hi guys,

Ok, so this would be my third attempt at a PGC (the other two failed miserably) and I hope this time it sticks or at least leads to some +EV outcomes (both Poker/Life wise) .

Short summary: I am 32 yr old from Bulgaria working in Finance. So, in the current poker climate and age i am making no illusions that i will be chasing the poker dream or becoming a crusher. I am making more than enough in my 9 to 5 job, so i will be treating poker more like a part time income/hobby, rather than my full-time job. However, i wanted to start this for several reasons:

- Want to approach poker in a more constructive way (define play schedule, analyze hands, track results) .
- Maybe get involved in skype groups, discuss hands with other SS grinders.
- With regard to travel, i am planning to travel a lot more through the rest of the year (for now mainly in Europe) and it would be cool if i meet some of you guys f2f when i am there. I recently broke up with my girlfriend so i will try to challenge myself and travel solo

Currently i am playing 25NL zoom on stars. This year i have played only 5k hands.. and i am losing 2 BI, so no need to post graph as of now

Shortly, when i get some volume, i will start posting graphs, hands, etc.


Wish me luck and GL to all of you!

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So, i have played very few hands since i started this ( i am only two-tabling until i feel more comfortable with the pool tendencies).

But for the sake of the update, here is the graph:



Basically i started off pretty well and then i lost a hand , where i made a stupid river call and then i started tilting pretty bad and lost 3 full stacks when trying to bluff in impossible spots (the hands are not even worthy of posting, because when i checked them today i was like wtf...) . So i stopped after that and played again a bit today after work, which went better, however i didnt run that good, but thats normal and i dont tilt from run bad anymore (however when i make a mistake i go on crazy monkey tilt, punting off stacks, breaking stuff... etc, still something that i cannot fix , maybe i should read "Mental game" again, i dunno)

One interesting hand though ... the villain is 16/8 over 50 hands (dat hero call , he tanked until the last second of his time bank) :

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $31.63 (VPIP: 16.00, PFR: 8.00, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 50)
SB: $29.73 (VPIP: 20.37, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 55)
Hero (BB): $30.58
UTG: $34.72 (VPIP: 10.34, PFR: 10.34, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
MP: $22.12 (VPIP: 20.18, PFR: 10.53, 3Bet Preflop: 2.13, Hands: 117)
CO: $21.06 (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 27.27, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 7 7

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, BTN calls $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.80, fold, BTN calls $2.05

Flop: ($6.45, 2 players) 3 2 4
Hero bets $2.80, BTN calls $2.80

Turn: ($12.05, 2 players) K
Hero bets $6.30, BTN calls $6.30

River: ($24.65, 2 players) 7
Hero bets $18.68 and is all-in, BTN calls $18.68

quick update:

being lazy, but running good :



some hands:

1) is my 3bet on the flop bad? not sure how should i play these spots (when i have equity but i am oop)
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $93.72 (VPIP: 19.27, PFR: 16.51, 3Bet Preflop: 6.00, Hands: 110)
SB: $30.55 (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (BB): $31.36
UTG: $22.27 (VPIP: 32.61, PFR: 4.35, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 47)
MP: $38.52 (VPIP: 46.15, PFR: 42.31, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 27)
CO: $25.69 (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 23.53, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 70)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 4 5

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.50, fold, SB calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.50, 3 players) J 3 6
SB bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, CO raises to $2.43, fold, Hero raises to $5.55, CO calls $3.12

Turn: ($13.10, 2 players) 7
Hero bets $4.00, CO calls $4.00

River: ($21.10, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $21.31 and is all-in, CO calls $15.64 and is all-in




2) unneccesary (but welcome) shove on the river by villain:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $20.50 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
SB: $24.43 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)
Hero (BB): $29.46
UTG: $26.38 (VPIP: 9.09, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
MP: $43.57 (VPIP: 8.00, PFR: 4.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 26)
CO: $9.74

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J J

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) J 3 3
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00

Turn: ($3.60, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, UTG bets $2.00, Hero raises to $4.80, UTG calls $2.80

River: ($13.20, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $5.80, UTG raises to $19.83 and is all-in, Hero calls $14.03



3)PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $75.60 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
Hero (SB): $33.07
BB: $19.00 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG: $35.87 (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 17)
MP: $34.44 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
CO: $28.71 (VPIP: 31.03, PFR: 26.72, 3Bet Preflop: 12.77, Hands: 118)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q J

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.62, BTN raises to $2.21, Hero raises to $6.00, fold, fold, BTN calls $3.79

Flop: ($12.87, 2 players) J 4 2
Hero checks, BTN bets $4.06, Hero calls $4.06

Turn: ($20.99, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($20.99, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets $10.03, Hero calls $10.03




In other news, i will be travelling to Malta next month (21-26 April). So, if anyone is interested to go grab a beer while there, let me know


GL!