Hi guys, I am a recreational player from Slovenia and have decided to set a new goal for myself. I have just finished my studies and I am unemployed and by the looks of it, will be for some time. Therefore I decided to get some money by playing poker.

I am not a stranger to the game since I played before, but I never made it past 10nl. My main drawback was my fishy mental game, so I will be working on that the most.

I deposited on pokerstars all I had on skrill which is just over 30$ and the goal is obviously to get to 1k. I started by playing 2nl and will be taking a 10 buyin shot on the next limit when I have at least 30 buyins for that limit. Rakeback will be included as bankroll.


First week of playing is already over. I played both zoom and regular tables. I got my bankroll to 151$ (including 20$ from starscoin).



Tommorow I will try my luck on 5nl and hopefully it will not be too swingy.

BR: 151$

So nl5 shot was a bust. I ran horrible the whole time and 7 buyins uder EV, but no problem its all part of the game. For my next shot I decided to play full ring regular for a while tables just to decrease variance as much as possible. But for now back to 2nl till 150$.



BR: 101$

How many tables do you play at a time? and how many hours a day are you playing?

I play 4-6 tables zoom and 8-12 normal short hand tables, but I feel comfortable doing that only on nl2. On nl5 I play less. Time wise I play 3 hours in the evening or sometimes 6 if I have the time.

good luck !

Thx Dysic. Am running breakeven for a couple thousand hands now. This hand still haunts me Figured he had the house.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 183 BB
SB: 91 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
BB: 105.5 BB (VPIP: 17.86, PFR: 12.86, 3Bet Preflop: 3.92, Hands: 141)
UTG: 84.5 BB (VPIP: 5.26, PFR: 5.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
UTG+1: 82.5 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
MP: 195.5 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 2.53, Hands: 214)
MP+1: 102.5 BB (VPIP: 10.87, PFR: 7.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.68, Hands: 427)
MP+2: 102 BB (VPIP: 13.76, PFR: 11.93, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 112)
CO: 77 BB (VPIP: 7.02, PFR: 5.26, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 58)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, MP raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 4 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) Q Q K
MP checks, Hero bets 5 BB, MP calls 5 BB

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero bets 13 BB, MP raises to 36 BB, Hero calls 23 BB

River: (91.5 BB, 2 players) 6
MP bets 150.5 BB and is all-in, fold

MP wins 88.5 BB

It took some time but I am back at 150$ and rdy for another shot at 5nl. After the last shot I fell into a breakeven and at times spewy state, so that because of that I builded 40$ of my roll with rakeback on freaking 2nl. Feels like time wasted but still better than going busto.

My game has a lot of flaws in it but I feel that most of mine drawbacks come from a bad mental game. During my grueling breakeven period I identified 2 major flaws that are the most damaging to me.

1. Not plaing consistently. During times when mine morale drops or I become tired, I sometimes start playing with apathy and dont care about the money anymore. I start calling 3bets oop with ****y hands and start calling river bets even tho I know im beat just to see villains hand. I am not talking about tilt, but rather a different mellow state of mind that hinders progress. And the worse part is that sometimes I do this on autopilot and dont even realize it.

2. Not accepting that every session will not be a wining one. After a long session if no progress has been made, I tend to start playing a little bit more aggresive so that I fininsh the session with a couple of buying in the green and with that I set myself into playing in a -EV way.

I will try to be aware of mine mental drawbacks during this nl5 shot and play more slowly and think about hands. Also I will stay away from zoom tables, just to decrease variance a little bit at least until I get a couple of buyins in the green. And a new addition I am thinking of implementing in my game is a 4 buyin stoploss.



BR: 150$