Previously had similar threads with poor outcomes due to impatience and terrible bankroll management. Took a long break from poker and I'm back with a fresh attitude.

Starting from the bottom again, plan is to take a shot with 50BI for the next level and move down when I only have 35BI for that level, but if I maintain my desired ROI I might start the 7s with a little less. Starting with ~$50 online but have 250 more to deposit once I've gotten back into the swing of things by playing $3.50s.

Goals:
[ ]Play 100+ games a day
[ ]~3% ROI over 1k+ sample (required to move up)
[ ]Start or end each session with review of previous session
[ ]One hour non HH Review daily

Feels good to be playing again. Currently 8% ROI over 18 games. will post graph at end of day and any interesting hands at end of session.

Current BR: $302.78

PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|15/30 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 14.33 BB (VPIP: 52.94, PFR: 31.25, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 17)
Hero (SB): 19 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 9

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 5 6 K
BB checks, Hero bets 1.5 BB, BB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Turn: (10 BB, 2 players) K
BB bets 1.5 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB and is all-in, BB calls 7.83 BB and is all-in

River: (28.67 BB, 2 players) 7

BB shows 8 K (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 29%, Flop 18%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows K 9 (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 71%, Flop 82%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 28.67 BB

Good to be on the right side of this cooler, but is shoving turn the best option? I think it's the best play against draws, which I think are the majority of villain's range, but I could be wrong.

In!

Good Luck with your goals. Playing 100 Games a Day you can go way further than 15$s in 10 months!

See you at the tables

Thanks! Ideally I'll be playing 30s by the end of the year and in a dream world, 60s, but I have a lot of learning to do before then. 100 a day is also a minimum, I'm loving the games lately and have been two tabling with no difficulty so on days when I have no other obligations 200 should be easily achievable.

Thanks for the well wishes!

Good day gameplay wise, easily achieving 3%EVROI despite getting my Ax/Kx called by mid strength pocket pairs all day. Lost a lot of flips but feeling good. I've been getting a lot more thin value than I used to by just betting around 20% pot with 3rd pair and getting spite called.

Will probably play a few more later tonight, 70 in a row is about the maximum I can play without getting a little burnt out at this point.

gl, in.

Pretty good for a pre-coffee session. Playing well and running like god, mainly against the same poor soul who kept running worse AJ+ into my AQ+

My ROI and EVROI have now converged at ~6%, which is obviously sustainable (if I keep getting dealt only A9+).

PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 22.5 BB (VPIP: 71.43, PFR: 42.86, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
Hero (SB): 27.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 J

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) K 6 2
BB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Turn: (8 BB, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets 4 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero raises to 23.5 BB and is all-in, BB calls 8.5 BB and is all-in

River: (45 BB, 2 players) J

BB shows 7 K (Two Pair, Kings and Sixes) (Pre 60%, Flop 82%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows 6 J (Full House, Sixes full of Jacks) (Pre 40%, Flop 18%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 45 BB

Been running okay today. Can't seem to lose any important all in pre either.

Doubled my account balance in under 24 hours BOOM (only deposited 50 to start though lol).



Still running at a totally reasonable rate.

Nice results, small volume !

Where are you from mate?

Keep on rocking !

For sure, I'll fix the volume problem soon.

From Wollongong, Australia (about an hour away from Sydney).

Thanks for the encouragement!

Playing great running in a truly appalling fashion. Woke up a few hours late and had some other obligations but still easily hit my volume goal (will aim for 200 tomorrow). Still can't lose a flip when it matters, getting it in great and holding and when I get it in bad I win anyway :b Obviously super happy with my results and pleased with my EV results as well.

PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 23 BB
SB: 27 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, SB raises to 27 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 14 BB and is all-in

Flop: (46 BB, 2 players) 4 7 A

Turn: (46 BB, 2 players) J

River: (46 BB, 2 players) 6

Hero shows K A (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 75%, Flop 94%, Turn 80%)
SB shows 8 K (Flush, King High) (Pre 25%, Flop 6%, Turn 20%)
SB wins 46 BB

Finally losing some hands.

Nice work..im about to start on turbo HUSNG. new goals for the new year (chinese new year and all).

Will be checking out ur progress and hopefully mine will be just as good!

Starting a new goal post thread today thanks for ur inspiration

Thanks for the kind words, glad there are people reading!

Just finished a set of 100 or so in time for lunch, will try to play another once I recover from the fatigue, I can feel my game shift from A to B to C after 50-100 games.

Still two tabling with good success, don't think it's having a significant impact on my winrate. I could probably play 4 tables for about 3% ROI at these stakes but it would stagnate my improvement as I wouldn't be able to easily identify mistakes as they happen.

My play felt lacking today. Not a lot of interesting spots or games, played my B game and things worked out okay. Only felt like I was crushing for a 10 game stretch from game ~35 to ~45 where I just always knew if my opponent had it or not based on timing tells/bet sizing. Obviously still running great, way above EV. It's a good feeling. Bad beats just slide right off, it's just variance catching up with me.

Getting nailed by card distribution this morning. Very small sample, standard, but ew.

PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 25 BB
Hero (BB): 25 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 7

SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 2 2 2
Hero bets 3 BB, SB calls 3 BB

Turn: (12 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 5 BB, SB calls 5 BB

River: (22 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 14 BB and is all-in, SB calls 14 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 4 7 (Full House, Twos full of Sevens)

SB shows 2 5 (Four of a Kind, Twos)

SB wins 50 BB

PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 27 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
Hero (BB): 23 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 6

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) K Q T
Hero checks, SB bets 2 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, SB calls 4 BB

Turn: (16 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 5 BB, SB calls 5 BB

River: (26 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 10 BB and is all-in, SB calls 10 BB

Hero shows K 6 (Two Pair, Kings and Sixes) (Pre 38%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
SB shows A 5 (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 62%, Flop 97%, Turn 91%)
SB wins 46 BB

lots of getting top pair outkicked and top pair>my second pair etc. as well.

Running reaaaallly weird. Terrible, terrible card distribution, but winning anyway. My flop c/raises with draws are getting called almost 100% by made hands but I get there. Lots of better Aces and pocket pairs slightly above my hand etc, but I hit it. Concerned about the EV line but outside of a few sets against certain opponents who loved to call my bluffs with overcards I think the majority of the EV dip is just card distribution. Obviously going to do a lot of review to make sure.

Never been this over EV in my life, pretty gross. If I don't have 3%+ EVROI after 100 I'll play sets of 500 until I have a set with 3%+ or I have $300+ profit.

Been watching videos and reviewing hands. Noticed a lot of leaks. I'm too hesitant to play Ax postflop almost ever, have been calling too wide with ~15bb against 3bet shoves and I've never, ever been betting above half pot on the flop for value. That's a giant mistake that I wasn't making before, I don't know why I picked up the habit because I think in general I am playing much better than before.

Played 100+ games today, will next post graph when I have 1000 games played. Spending the evening playing the hot 3.30 while watching strategy vids and will probably play a few more sngs.

Running bad playing well. Need to move to 7s to hit Goldstar this month so will probably start tomorrow.

Thanks!

Owning souls
PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 25 BB
BB: 25 BB (VPIP: 65.12, PFR: 31.43, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 44)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 7

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 3 6 3
BB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Turn: (8 BB, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets 4 BB, BB raises to 8 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

River: (24 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 13 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 13 BB and is all-in

BB shows Q K (Two Pair, Sixes and Threes)

Hero shows 7 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes)

Hero wins 50 BB

PokerStars - $3.40+$0.10|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 28.5 BB
SB: 21.5 BB (VPIP: 55.56, PFR: 41.18, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 18)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 K

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) Q T Q
Hero checks, SB bets 2.4 BB, Hero calls 2.4 BB

Turn: (8.8 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, SB bets 3.5 BB, Hero calls 3.5 BB

River: (15.8 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, SB bets 9.45 BB, Hero calls 9.45 BB

SB shows 7 6 (Three of a Kind, Queens) (Pre 44%, Flop 27%, Turn 17%)
Hero shows 5 K (Three of a Kind, Queens) (Pre 56%, Flop 73%, Turn 83%)
Hero wins 34.7 BB

Hopefully done with the 3.50s! Need to play 1245 7s in a week to hit goldstar, which will be difficult. No way I could do it at the 3.50s so I'm jumping ahead of schedule because I feel good about my play (and have more money to deposit if needed which is the plan anyway to get deposit bonuses). GOGO GADGET: MAINTAIN SUNRUN

If I lose more than 10BI at the 7s I'll move back to the 3.50s until I've played the full 1000 and reevaluate.

Hey man, GL! Trying to climb the hyper ladder myself

No more 7s for a whiles. Played great and almost always took an early lead, then ran terribly in card distribution and worse in flips. Surprised my EV is actually break even because every pocket pair got called by a better pocket pair, Axs got trumped etc. Not tilted, would happily still be playing them if not for immediate BR concern as it will be hard to deposit more until some paypal funds clear. Will probably just play 3.50s until next month as I can still learn a lot there and move to 7s next month to go for goldstar then.

how are you doing?