GL! Just started my NL5 bankroll challenge as well but I'm playing regular tables and not ZOOM as it's less swingy and you need to learn to adapt to your opponents more!

Tnx MasterRZA! Okay GL to you 2 then! yeah I like the fast paste and the quick adjustment you have to make at the zoom tables. but I will be checking your blogg as wel

update NL5 on stars

We are back guys! the highest bankroll for this challenge was $207 and I past it finally. I didn't play on 888 so my bankroll there is still $127,13 and my bankroll on pokerstars is now $118,29 so my total bankroll is: $245,42.

stats NL5
hands: 1906
sessions: 5
my amount won on NL5: $48,06

graph


Its time for NL10 on stars!! I failed NL10 on 888 so lets make this try work.

Mrp00ks

update NL10

allright 5NL went pretty good and we started with a bankroll of $245 this week and moved up to NL10. The result after a week is not great. my bankroll dropped to $212, But I played really good at NL10 on stars! I lost a bunch of hands that I had in the bag and lost some coin-flips so it looks like a little downswing (you will see it in the graph).

Overall my game play improved in my opinion because I am less afraid of playing pots to the river. I was trying to make people fold way to much and then didn't give myself the chance of making good value when I have a mid-strength hand vs a mid to weak holding.

stats:
hands played: 3812
sessions: 11
hours: 12
bb/100: 2,65



Mrp00ks

Hi there,

Longtime no see ..

I have just started playing poker again and want to pick up my blogg.. I will start from scratch (well $12 dollar) because I didn't poker for a while.. I will be playign on 888 poker and will be doing 6-max SNAP poker and I will start on 2NL.. SO lets goooo again

My first update on 2NL...

I played 4400 hands and I won $7 dollars. My bankroll is $19 at the moment.

I have been focusing on Button position. I play normally and pretty tight on EP, MP and CU. When Its my turn on the Button and nobody raised or limped before me I play 100% of my hands.

When I reach the flop vs BB I c-bet a lot of my hands on good boards like 883 or K92. I check on boards like JT8 or AJ9. It seems to work for me.

I will be focusing on my BB play and try to improve my defending skills vs BTN.

what do you guys think of this hand? I am not sure what I should have done in this situation.. Especially on the turn and river.

Pacific Poker - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 112.5 BB
SB: 101 BB
BB: 226 BB
UTG: 117 BB
MP: 102.5 BB
CO: 45 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) T J 7
BB bets 1.5 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, BB calls 6.5 BB

Turn: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 7 BB, Hero raises to 17.5 BB, BB calls 10.5 BB

River: (56.5 BB, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets 18.5 BB, BB calls 18.5 BB

Played 7000 hands and my BR=$36,00

I am doing pretty good on 2NL. I try to play in good positions and where I can play cheap I will play multi pots.. Still playing 100% hands on the Button when I am first raiser. I said I would focus on 3-betting and playing Cutoff but on 2NL they just don't 3-bet that much so I just fold with a terrible hand and only continue with okay to good hands in position.

My question for myself is when to move up to 5NL. I have read a few articles where they say the players are better still fishy but not as much as 2NL. So they recomment $150 dollar for 5NL. In my head comming from $12 dollar I thought of a $50 bankroll should be good. But I don't wanna go broke and it is a matter of patience if you are being realistic (so just grind till $150 looks like the best option). So I will be trying to put my mind of $50 and focus on $150.

But first we need to reach a $50 bankroll! So my plan is to keep my plan solid and don't make that many changes for now.

We reached a $50 dollar bankroll!

And I tried to take a shot at 5NL and made the deal with myself to be able to drop til $40 bankroll..

I lost 1 BI (Buy Inn) so my bankroll now is $ 45.

The next session I will start at 2NL and will take a new shot at 5NL when I reach a $55 bankroll.

Good night all

Back at 2NL

I did 3 sessions from a bankroll of $45 and I should have won $7,50 but I lost -$3. So I have a little of a downswing but that is normal in poker. I am glad to see that I still play good after my 5NL shot.

Our goal is still grinding 2NL to a bankroll of $55. Its a trick I learned from a other poker player. When you are taking a shot at a higher level and you fail, you want to go back at your past level and win more money then you started when taking a shot. This is to keep you motivated and also making sure your bankroll is growing instead of declining when you are taking shots to a next level.

Lets do this!

Still grinding at 2NL

I should already be tacking a shot at 5NL but a downswing is keeping me from taking my new shot. Because I should have a bankroll of $58 but variance is a *****.. I am at a $43 bankroll right now.

I am impressed by myself by not tilting because of the downswing. I still play good poker and make good all-ins but I lose them unfortunately.

So for next sessions it still is at 2NL trying to reach a $55 bankroll.

https://gyazo.com/ecb7c3b4793d590c66c95747d63e98df

This graph shows my sessions on 2NL after my failed shot at 5NL

Update

Bankroll is $44 ATM. I played over 10k hands om 2NL and with 18 bb/100 ev adjusted.
I think this is my best result on 2nl ever. I am dying for my next 5nl shot.

Cya tomorrow

Yeaaah bankroll of $55 is reached!

Next session will be on 5nl. This will be my second attempt!
Letsss gooo

Yess

my 2nd shot on 5NL went good. I played for 30 min on one table and won 1 BI (buy inn) so my BR is at $60.

Tomorrow we can do another session on 5NL!

Night night

Hey guys,

My name is Tom.
I've been playing poker off and on for the past 15 years.Now with this corona thing i'm sitting at home more than ever before and picked up playing (lots) again.

I've thought of this new challenge where I start with +/- $100.00 and try to increase this with at least 5% daily.

Here's some promising numbers that'll keep me motivated:

5% growth daily starting with $100.00: in 2 months time this oughta be around $2000.00 .....Def something to look forward to since corona has hit my 1-man-business as an entertainer/pianist pretty hard.

I hope posting my progress daily will keep me level and focused, as it instills a sense of regarding my playing as a business.

This bankroll progress DOES include rakeback money.

I'll allow myself a 20 buyin bankroll for any game; dropping down the the previous limit at 17 buyins.

Once I'll hit 25c/50c I'd like that bankroll to be 50 buyins.

I will focus on 2 tabling zoom NL hold'em 6 handed.

Think I can do this??!

Here's the first (today's) numbers, playing 2c-5c only:

Apr 3rd:

Start of day - $113.50
End of day - $160.58

Hi Tom,

I think you replied on the wrong thread since this is where I update my own challenge in this thread.

GL

Okay back to my challenge.

I did another session on 5NL and I managed to grow my bankroll to $73.
At the start of the session I made some bad plays (c-betting wrong boards and bluffing in stupid spots). But after I told myself to keep focussed and play your normal game it went good.

So the plan is to keep at it on 5NL!

Did a few more sessions. I first went up to $82 dollars but had Some Badbeats last session that Brought me back to $73 dollar. You can’t win every session.

Night all

good day all,

I am greatfull to still play on 5NL. I managed to grow my bankroll to $80.

But that is not the mean thing I am happy about. I am playing good poker IMO and my Graph is agreeing with me.

I have been playing poker for years and to show a nice steady mindset and a good solid poker plan for 2NL and 5NL makes me feel good.

I am far away of 10NL but that gives me time to show myself that I can beat 2-and 5NL steady and still learn on some weak spots in my play.

Some spots where I feel comfortable is when I am on the BTN in SRP vs BB or SB and in cheap multiwaypots.

Some spots where I am not comfortable is 3-bet pots and where I am playing a hand in the SB.

So there still is a lot to learn. You might think why is this dude making money on these stakes while he can't play properly in 3-bet pots. IMO that is because on these stakes people are not 3-betting a lot and don't apply really big pressure on my hands.

But I wanna be ready when the times come they will be doing that. So grind steady on 5NL and learn tp play in SB and 3-bet pots more..

here is a graph of all my hands on 2NL (from my $12 BR)

https://i.gyazo.com/6b0bcb5a343c6b33...e20f421506.png

Here is my graph of all my hands on 5NL (from my first shot at a $50 BR and on till this moment)

https://i.gyazo.com/e046f6ba720c2cdc...3191845c33.png

I played a few more sessions and my bankroll went a bit down and up again to $79. But EV wise we should have had more so still happy.

I will be keep on grinding.