Hey there!

I'm a former SNG pro who mainly played 18man turbo's a couple years ago up to $100s. After a couple years I got burned out and quit, only playing some MTTs on sundays for fun. Recently I won a 16.50 heads up turbo zoom ko for about $1900.

I've decided to try cash games today starting from the bottom (2NL). I'll be 2 tabling zoom 6max games. I currently work fulltime so I won't be making insane volumes.

So far I played about 2500 hands today with 24.5bb/100 and 20bb/100 allin adjusted.

Will post some of my graphs later.

Cheers!

Some of my old graphs as promised:

All my 18m games:


All games up to 2014:


My best year (2014):


My best MTT cash:


Nice hand I found:


First day of the challenge at 2NL:

Played a little more, lost quite a big flip near the end while running it twice, allin adj BB/100 still near 20 so I'm feeling pretty confident after the first day of the challenge

In GL!

tyty!

glgl, im on similar path. I also used to play sng's back in the old days (mostly 45+), later played more mtt's. In 2018 I burned you and went to "normal" job. I started play nl2 in mid 2019 with 60$ br. Now I'm on nl50, looking to attack nl100. It's a fun ride

Zoom variance is pretty insane, the games are also much tougher than regular tables.
I found zoom more enjoyable in the past though, which is also important!

Good luck!

Thanks and great progression! Keep it up


Thanks! I find it quite enjoyable too and I like the no table selecting and just start to play immediately whenever I want

Great start of the challenge! GL mate!

Tyty!

Played pretty good after watching a cash reg play micros on youtube but ran terrible, 2 times QQ vs AA pre, AQ vs AJ on AAJxx against a fish and overall all big pots didn't seem to go my way.

We'll try again another day!

Ran insanely bad today, also had a stupid missclick that cost me 33bb



Watched a 2NL vid before I played and definately improved though, 2NL has high rake and therefore I have to play 3b or fold except on the bb.

Some of todays big hands:

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

BTN: 705.5 BB
SB: 39.5 BB
BB: 132 BB
UTG: 196 BB
MP: 242.5 BB
Hero (CO): 129 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 7.5 BB, fold, SB calls 7 BB, fold, MP calls 5 BB

Flop: (23.5 BB, 3 players) 5 Q T
SB bets 17.5 BB, MP raises to 52 BB, Hero raises to 121.5 BB and is all-in, SB calls 14.5 BB and is all-in, MP calls 69.5 BB

Turn: (298.5 BB, 3 players) T

River: (298.5 BB, 3 players) A

MP cashed out 252 BB for a fee of 2.5 BB

MP shows T T (Four of a Kind, Tens)

Main Pot [119.5 BB]: (Pre 19%, Flop 86%, Turn 100%)
Side Pot#1 [179 BB]: (Pre 20%, Flop 90%, Turn 100%)

Hero shows A A (Full House, Aces full of Tens)

Main Pot [119.5 BB]: (Pre 72%, Flop 9%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot#1 [179 BB]: (Pre 80%, Flop 10%, Turn 0%)

SB shows Q K (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)

Main Pot [119.5 BB]: (Pre 9%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)


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

BTN: 117.5 BB
Hero (SB): 140.5 BB
BB: 120.5 BB
UTG: 99 BB
MP: 82.5 BB
CO: 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, BB calls 9 BB, fold

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 3 J K
Hero bets 8.5 BB, BB raises to 17 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Turn: (56.5 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BB bets 27.5 BB, Hero calls 27.5 BB

River: (111.5 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 86 BB and is all-in, BB calls 66 BB and is all-in

Hero shows K Q (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 38%, Flop 49%, Turn 68%)
BB shows A T (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 62%, Flop 51%, Turn 32%)
BB wins 235 BB


Can we check fold here or is that too nitty?

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

BTN: 104 BB
Hero (SB): 118 BB
BB: 101.5 BB
UTG: 99.5 BB
MP: 103 BB
CO: 105.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, MP calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 6 5 J
Hero bets 8 BB, MP calls 8 BB

Turn: (37 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 24.5 BB, MP calls 24.5 BB

River: (86 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 19.5 BB, MP raises to 60.5 BB and is all-in, fold

MP wins 120.5 BB


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

BTN: 59 BB
SB: 126 BB
Hero (BB): 145 BB
UTG: 33 BB
MP: 307 BB
CO: 277 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, BTN calls 8 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 6 7 4
Hero bets 11 BB, BTN raises to 22 BB, Hero raises to 101.5 BB, BTN calls 26 BB and is all-in

Turn: (118.5 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (118.5 BB, 2 players) 3

Hero shows 9 9 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 19%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
BTN shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 81%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins 114.5 BB


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

BTN: 128.5 BB
Hero (SB): 123 BB
BB: 105.5 BB
UTG: 195 BB
MP: 87 BB
CO: 122 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10.5 BB, fold, CO calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (22 BB, 2 players) T 5 A
Hero bets 7.5 BB, CO calls 7.5 BB

Turn: (37 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 21 BB, CO calls 21 BB

River: (79 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, CO bets 31 BB, fold

CO wins 76 BB


Should probably size up a bit here to jam the turn

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

BTN: 101.5 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 129 BB
Hero (UTG): 107.5 BB
MP: 103 BB
CO: 116 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, CO raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 19.5 BB, CO calls 12.5 BB

Flop: (40.5 BB, 2 players) J 6 6
Hero bets 14 BB, CO calls 14 BB

Turn: (68.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 24 BB, CO calls 24 BB

River: (116.5 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 50 BB and is all-in, CO calls 50 BB

Hero shows K K (Full House, Sixes full of Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
CO shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Sixes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
CO wins 209 BB


This last hand should probably be a smaller bet or check/decide I guess?

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

BTN: 185 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 195.5 BB
UTG: 109 BB
MP: 54.5 BB
CO: 183.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 7.5 BB, BB calls 6.5 BB, BTN calls 5.5 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 3 players) K 6 Q
Hero checks, BB bets 1 BB, BTN calls 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Turn: (25.5 BB, 3 players) 6
Hero checks, BB bets 1 BB, BTN calls 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

River: (28.5 BB, 3 players) T
Hero bets 14.5 BB, BB raises to 186 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

BB wins 55.5 BB


After checking some of the hands I noticed that I should probably be more consistent in my 3betting size (3x ip and 4x oop), not sure why I didn't do that while playing

Any feedback is welcome!

Rough day mate,keep you head up,tomorrow is a fresh day! GL!

It's all good, I only play 2NL because I wanted to start from the bottom and I can play way higher if I want to so I don't care about the $. Also I have really good tilt control as I used to be a 25-35 tabling sng reg back in the day (usually didn't even have time to see my bad beats/coolers while playing )

GL u2!

Did a super tiny session where I won 2.5 BI in 220 hands, also 2.5 BI AI adjusted, hopefully it's the turnaround of the bad luck!

Gonna head out to do some skateboarding, will play the 55 scoop ko in about 2 hours and some turbo mtts later

Lost about $50 in mtts, played together with a friend and we always split 50/50, one of us got like 200th place in the 55 scoop knockout but got coolered qq vs kk unfortunately.

Started a 3 zoom tables session after and did pretty good again, notable big pots lost were set over set and got called after tripple barreling when the guy tanked for 1 min on the river.




Some of todays hands:

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

Hero (BTN): 104 BB
SB: 101 BB
BB: 97 BB
UTG: 160 BB
MP: 475.5 BB
CO: 89.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB raises to 10 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 3 T 7
SB checks, Hero bets 7 BB, SB raises to 14 BB, Hero calls 7 BB

Turn: (49 BB, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets 14.5 BB, SB raises to 29 BB, Hero calls 14.5 BB

River: (107 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 37.5 BB, Hero raises to 51 BB and is all-in, SB calls 10.5 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 7 7 (Full House, Sevens full of Threes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
SB shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Threes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
SB wins 196 BB


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

BTN: 30.5 BB
Hero (SB): 142 BB
BB: 113.5 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 108 BB
CO: 189 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, BB calls 11 BB, fold

Flop: (27 BB, 2 players) 3 5 8
Hero bets 9.5 BB, BB calls 9.5 BB

Turn: (46 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 23 BB, BB calls 23 BB

River: (92 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 97.5 BB and is all-in, BB calls 69 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A J (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 72%, Flop 12%, Turn 7%)
BB shows A 8 (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 28%, Flop 88%, Turn 93%)
BB wins 222 BB


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

Hero (BTN): 100.5 BB
SB: 194.5 BB
BB: 217.5 BB
UTG: 103.5 BB
MP: 173.5 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB raises to 4 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (8.5 BB, 2 players) 6 8 2
BB bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

Turn: (36.5 BB, 2 players) Q
BB bets 21 BB, Hero calls 21 BB

River: (78.5 BB, 2 players) 8
BB bets 178.5 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 76 BB


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

BTN: 276.5 BB
SB: 88.5 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 115.5 BB
MP: 111 BB
Hero (CO): 106 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, SB raises to 7 BB, fold, Hero calls 4.5 BB

Flop: (15 BB, 2 players) J A 6
SB checks, Hero bets 6 BB, SB calls 6 BB

Turn: (27 BB, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (27 BB, 2 players) 3
SB bets 18.5 BB, Hero calls 18.5 BB

SB shows A K (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 73%, Flop 93%, Turn 97%)
Hero mucks A T (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 27%, Flop 7%, Turn 3%)
SB wins 62 BB


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

BTN: 99 BB
SB: 141.5 BB
BB: 99 BB
UTG: 123.5 BB
Hero (MP): 118 BB
CO: 113 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2 2

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

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 9 6 2
Hero bets 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB

Turn: (12.5 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 8 BB, BTN raises to 22 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

River: (56.5 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN bets 71.5 BB and is all-in, fold

BTN wins 54.5 BB


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

BTN: 64.5 BB
SB: 90.5 BB
BB: 90 BB
UTG: 114.5 BB
MP: 122.5 BB
Hero (CO): 123.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 8

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (15 BB, 5 players) 3 8 T
SB checks, BB bets 1 BB, UTG calls 1 BB, MP raises to 6 BB, Hero raises to 16 BB, fold, BB calls 15 BB, fold, fold

Turn: (54 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

River: (56 BB, 2 players) Q
BB bets 54 BB, fold

BB wins 54 BB


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

BTN: 151.5 BB
SB: 141 BB
Hero (BB): 104 BB
UTG: 103.5 BB
MP: 101.5 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 6 J 6
SB bets 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB

Turn: (9 BB, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets 4.5 BB, SB calls 4.5 BB

River: (18 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets 13.5 BB, SB calls 13.5 BB

Hero shows 5 K (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 38%, Flop 15%, Turn 25%)
SB shows A J (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes)
(Pre 62%, Flop 85%, Turn 75%)
SB wins 43.5 BB


Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

wow waddup dude, how you been? long time! you not have any interest in SNGs anymore? would be sweet to catch up on skype; dont think I have you on my new skype but gonna PM you <3

Damn bro indeed! SNGs are kinda dead except for the crazy ones you play I guess


If a mod reads this please remove post #17

Pocket 77 i think is a set up..i will get stacked there aswell
AJ hand..i will probably x/fold the flop..i'll float if i had the A of diamonds..as played i like the turn bet..i'll go probably a little bit bigger to apply pressure..and as played i like the river jam aswell..we don't have any SDV and to apply pressure again i think it's fine
T9 hand..i like the flop call..i will probably raise that turn..we have tons of equity to do that..
A10 i like the small cbet on the flop..and on that run out we have a easy call on the river..we're not happy about it but it what it is
22 i'll probably go a little bit bigger on the flop..maybe 4bb?
88 hand..the 1bb bet on the turn would have probably messed with my head..and i'll probably have called river..he will call a wide range in the BB as he gets a good price pre..it may be 9j that got there..i think probably a flush will not bet 1bb on the turn..he may have a weak T? and shoving river with maybe QT? but yeah..i'll probably call there as a bluff catch with the set against a fishy player..
K5 i will probably check back the river..him calling the turn makes me think he's ahead most of the time..and i don't think we can create any folds after he called the turn..so i will problably check back

AJ Yeah I thought the bb probably has quite some suited broadways/ace highs he'd fold to a small flop bet.

T9s agreed

Hmmm I think the AT river call isn't that easy but I guess still a call, not sure though

About the 88 hand, he bet 1bb on flop and called a cold 3b, when he bet 1bb again on the turn I put him on a draw he completed trying to induce a big raise as I've seen this quite a few times in the past when people played a hand like this, also on 2NL most people won't play 2p or even a set this way on this river where all draws are completed

K5 well ofcourse he's ahead like always but when he checks turn I'd immediately remove all strong jacks from his range so I guess this river bet is good against the population except people who play AJ KJ QJ like this


Ty for the feedback!

K5 hand..i think we can remove the strong jacks..but about underpairs..do you think we can make something like pocket 10,88 that check turn to fold river?

GL, sir! I'll follow. In my opinion you should try and move up to 5NL as soon as you have 20bi. There is no skill gap difference between these stakes, and from the hands you posted, you have a pretty solid game .

Yeah, we have all the jacks and sixes in our range except AJ

Thanks man! I have the roll for way higher just wanted to start from the bottom, was thinking of starting 5NL tomorrow, if you can do you have some suggestions about my hands that would be great!

Thanks for explaining ..i'm just trying to get the opinion of an experienced player..i'm at the beginning and i want to improve..i'm sorry if my question are dumb sometimes lol Thanks again and GL!

It's all good man, no question is dumb and I'm also at the beginning of cash games, just have a lot of experience in SNGs and some in MTTs, I've definately improved already by playing 2NL