Stopped playing poker in 2013 due to personal issues that I won't discuss on here. Before though, I played zoom on pokerstars (I think it had just came out when I started in 2012 I think?) Managed to win at 5nl for roughly 10bb/100 and 10nl for roughly 6-7bb/100 over a million hands or so. Rough estimates since it was years ago and I've lost all my stats since then. But I worked up a bankroll for 120BIs at 25nl, played 100k hands or so breaking even I think before the personal issues started.
Anyway, i'm back! Started playing again last week, I do have a bankroll for 25nl but decided to start at the very beginning and work my way up again, mainly just to prove to myself i'm still a decent player I guess lol. It's been ages so obviously i'm a little rusty and I haven't played as many hands per day as I used to, will take me a while to get back into it. Sticking to the same strategy as before, play for an hour (500 hands on 2 tables) then take a 30-60 min break depending on how I feel before repeating.
I've only played 7.5k hands at 5nl in the past week, couple hours a day. Been taking prolonged breaks just until I get into it again, I will eventually but there's no rush lol. My stats so far are: 23VPIP/16PFR/5.5%3bet and currently winning 12bb/100. But 7.5k hands is next to nothing I know lol. Would like to get my VPIP and PFR closer to each other but I tend to call certain hands IP and also I defend my BB light as i'm pretty confident playing post-flop especially at these stakes.
I'll be updating this every now and then with my progress, hopefully I can get back to 25nl and maybe even go further this time
Not much of a forum poster, as i'm terrible with technological things. And I struggle with words/grammar etc but I will update as much as I can, post hands etc.
It will probably take me a while to get back to the normal schedule I had 4 years ago due to rustiness and the fact there isn't any rush. At the minute i'm perfectly fine with a couple hours play per day, little half hour sessions.
Wish me luck! If you have any questions or whatever, feel free to ask, I've probably missed out some information, like I said i'm terrible with using forums, this is my first time posting in one lol.
Spent the entire weekend binge watching the new episodes of PAD, was brilliant lol. I have a lot more stuff to watch to catch up on in the past 4 years, WSOP and EPT mainly. So will be watching those in the next few weeks while also playing 5nl for maybe an hour a day until I've watched everything
Only played 1k hands over the weekend (2 hours) - half of which were drunk poker lol. Lost a couple BIs, mainly due to Tom Dwan bluffing with 93o in PAD, made my drunken self do the same thing lol :P
Will take me maybe a month or so until i'm fully back into the swing of things, but i'm definitely starting to get my love for the game back
Reached 10k hands.. profit of £23.36 at 6bb/100. I know it's taken me 2 weeks to reach just 10k hands but i'm only playing an hour or 2 per day right now until I finish catching up on all the poker I've missed over the years lol. (Currently watching the 2015 WSOP, no spoilers please lol )
fold, fold, CO calls $0.05, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.13, fold, CO raises to $0.30, fold, Hero calls $0.15
Flop:($0.80, 2 players) 6 6 3 Hero checks, CO bets $0.40, Hero raises to $1.20, CO calls $0.80
Turn:($3.20, 2 players) 9 Hero bets $1.70, CO raises to $3.45 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.75
River:($10.10, 2 players) Q
Spoiler:
Hero shows 3 3 (Full House, Threes full of Sixes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%) CO shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 82%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%) Hero wins $9.68
Is there any easier way to search for particular hands? Rather than making a note on the time and hole cards then manually searching, takes me ages lol.
Wanted to post a graph, I saved it and copied it but it won't paste on here , once I figure out how to do it i'll post it .
Finally figured out how to post graphs on here, took me ages searching the internet lol. I really am terrible with technology, honestly my dear old gran knows more than me
First 10k hands at 5nl:
I will post more graphs and hands every now and then
I keep fluctuating between £20-30 profit, been up and down a lot, that's variance for you lol. Not running very well right now but i'm happy with the way i'm playing that's all that matters. Being emotionless is great, means I never go on tilt lol
Plus my footy accumulator came up for an extra £90 so that's a bonus
Going to take advice from someone on a different topic - play 25k hands at 5nl and if i'm still above 5bb/100 then i'll move up to 10nl. Currently at 7.25bb/100 in 12.8k hands.