AplJackson's gonna get serious
07-20-2019
, 03:18 AM
Background:
First got interested in poker back in the mid 00's, but I was in middle/high school not much that I could do with my budding interest other than wow my friends by guessing their hands playing 5 card draw between classes.
Interest waned until a few months ago when I decided to start hosting a weekly game with some folks from work. After a few weeks I remembered how much I loved just learning about the game without ever really getting to play it before. I played in a local donkament and took home a second place split for $2200, then I was really interested.
I've since put that $2200 towards some books, PT4, piosolver, and the beginnings of a bankroll.
The Goal:
Short term:
The commitment:
Poker is not a #1 priority for me. I work a good bit and am trying to be a bit more active and social. I'm finding I can comfortably play 6-8 tables for 400-550 hands/hour. I put in 22 hours for 10.3k hands this week, but I'm not sure if that is sustainable.
I'll be satisfied if I get in more than 5k hands/week. I'll certainly aim for more than this but that is the minimum I want to hit.
This is on top of several hours of study per week. Some in pio, some in hand review/database review, and some looking at other material. Feel free to recommend materials!
Where we are starting:
Have played and lost a bit online in the past few months. But I think I have enough of an understanding of the game to beat the micros at this point so about a few weeks ago I started a clean slate. It helps that I'm deciding to post this after a couple run good sessions!
The graph at 15k hands:
https://imgur.com/OKx9DaF
And positional stats:
https://imgur.com/nPAXe9f
First got interested in poker back in the mid 00's, but I was in middle/high school not much that I could do with my budding interest other than wow my friends by guessing their hands playing 5 card draw between classes.
Interest waned until a few months ago when I decided to start hosting a weekly game with some folks from work. After a few weeks I remembered how much I loved just learning about the game without ever really getting to play it before. I played in a local donkament and took home a second place split for $2200, then I was really interested.
I've since put that $2200 towards some books, PT4, piosolver, and the beginnings of a bankroll.
The Goal:
Short term:
- Prove myself to be a winning player in 2NL/5NL.
- Beat 5NL for +8bb/100 and make 100 BI for 10NL
- Move up to 10NL beat it for +5bb/100.
- Start building a proper roll from online winnings to play live.
- Build a big enough roll to be comfortable playing live (one decent 2/3 game in my area and other than that its 5/5 at least).
- Take on 25NL and beat if for any amount.
The commitment:
Poker is not a #1 priority for me. I work a good bit and am trying to be a bit more active and social. I'm finding I can comfortably play 6-8 tables for 400-550 hands/hour. I put in 22 hours for 10.3k hands this week, but I'm not sure if that is sustainable.
I'll be satisfied if I get in more than 5k hands/week. I'll certainly aim for more than this but that is the minimum I want to hit.
This is on top of several hours of study per week. Some in pio, some in hand review/database review, and some looking at other material. Feel free to recommend materials!
Where we are starting:
Have played and lost a bit online in the past few months. But I think I have enough of an understanding of the game to beat the micros at this point so about a few weeks ago I started a clean slate. It helps that I'm deciding to post this after a couple run good sessions!
The graph at 15k hands:
https://imgur.com/OKx9DaFAnd positional stats:
https://imgur.com/nPAXe9f
Last edited by AplJackson; 07-20-2019 at 03:27 AM.
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