Hello 2+2'ers, it's been quite some time since I've been on the digital felt and I wanted to create a PG&C thread to keep me accountable and track my progress. So let's just jump right into it and get started, with a little about me.

I'm 27 years old, live in the suburbs of Philadelphia where I currently have a job, a car, a gf, and the urge to get the hell out of this ****hole. I'v'e been playing poker for 10+ years, online/live, shady car dealer games, home games, et cetora. I've always had a competitive nature and genuinely enjoy games that involve strategy, out thinking people has forever been something I excelled at whether it be on or off the felt. I attended university where I studied 3d Animation, I did not finish my degree as I was dating a girl from Brasil, ended up leaving school and moving to Rio de Janeiro. In hindsight this was probably not the best move, but an unforgettable life experience that I will never forget.

I would like to establish myself as a winning player online while building a proper bankroll in which I can take elsewhere (outside US) to play full-time. This is my main target, all while not developing any bad habits in the process. I am going to be approaching this in a nitty fashion so to speak, as in the past online I had the issues with bankroll management (playing underolled) for desired stakes. Also while not mass multi-tabling in the early stages so I can plug my leaks and make proper adjustments. So without further ado let's get into the particulars.

Bankroll - $2000 (USD)
Stake - 25 NL (6-Max)
Tables - 6 tables for first 25k hands
Bad Habits - No graph checking during play, limit distractions, avoid whore houses

This will be a long journey for sure, but I believe in going after what I want, making sacrificies, being honest with myself, and not letting anything get in my way. I will be completely transparent with all of you about everything going on in my life and poker. Currently I have a 5k life roll, I'm going to continue to work part time and just build that as much as I can. I will try to study spanish daily, using (Rosetta Stone), continue my exercise regimen, and stay healthy (eating/drinking/etc). I'm excited and eager to get started, and any support/criticism/haters/whatever is welcomed with open arms. Will update as much as possible, so stay tuned!

If you believe in going after what you want why would
You avoid whore houses? Does not compute.

good luck

I need to limit the distractions, -EV for the bank account also.

Thank you!

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope the weekend festivities are enjoyable and the grinds are going well. So today was my first day back online, only put in 3 hours to do the fact that I'm working a 8 hour graveyard shift tonight. Did a mental warm-up with what I wanted to focus on, what my short term goals are and got a good playlist ready for the session. I started off playing some 5NL since there were super long waitlists for 25NL, once I got 6 tables going of 25NL I dropped the others. Feeling confident and clear minded, I did not feel stress from losing all-ins, making mistakes, and or having the urge to check my graph. I wore a rubber band around my wrist in case I want to look at my graph, I snap it real quick and then go on grinding (only happened once) during today's session. I feel my play had good lines, a few good steals here and there, and also some silly mistakes. The good thing is that at 25NL making mistakes is cheap, so I can make adjustments and plug my leaks while getting used to grinding again. This upcoming week I am off Mon/Tues/Thur so I will for sure be getting three solid days in, with the possible 4th on Friday as I work the graveyard again. Here is my graph for today, with a few interesting hands from the session.




With his flop call and turn sizing, I really thought he flushed it

BB: $21.81 (VPIP: 31.25, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 35)
Hero (UTG): $31.98
MP: $24.45 (VPIP: 21.31, PFR: 13.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 62)
CO: $20.03 (VPIP: 48.15, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
BTN: $25.00 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 19.67, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 257)
SB: $49.06 (VPIP: 23.86, PFR: 21.02, 3Bet Preflop: 10.94, Hands: 182)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, CO calls $0.75, fold, SB calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($3.00, 4 players) K 5 3
SB checks, BB bets $0.75, Hero raises to $2.75, fold, fold, BB calls $2.00

Turn: ($8.50, 2 players) 7
BB bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

River: ($15.50, 2 players) 3
BB bets $5.00, Hero calls $5.00

BB shows 9 K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 23%, Flop 17%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows A K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 77%, Flop 83%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins $24.23

Quads, getting max value lol

CO: $35.94 (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 16)
BTN: $10.00 (VPIP: 26.92, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 28)
SB: $25.35 (VPIP: 23.96, PFR: 19.79, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 105)
BB: $31.69 (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 26.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
Hero (UTG): $31.12

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q Q

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) 4 8 Q
BB checks, Hero bets $0.75, BB calls $0.75

Turn: ($3.10, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets $1.75, BB calls $1.75

River: ($6.60, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets $3.00, BB calls $3.00

Hero shows Q Q (Four of a Kind, Queens)

Hero wins $11.97

Miracle turns do happen

CO: $25.91 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 67)
BTN: $10.00 (VPIP: 19.69, PFR: 10.15, 3Bet Preflop: 4.31, Hands: 330)
SB: $46.27 (VPIP: 28.48, PFR: 20.89, 3Bet Preflop: 9.84, Hands: 167)
BB: $10.91 (VPIP: 12.88, PFR: 11.38, 3Bet Preflop: 7.27, Hands: 338)
Hero (UTG): $27.39
MP: $36.19 (VPIP: 30.61, PFR: 24.49, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 51)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, CO raises to $2.50, fold, fold, BB calls $2.25, Hero calls $1.75

Flop: ($7.60, 3 players) 4 9 Q
BB checks, Hero bets $3.75, CO calls $3.75, fold

Turn: ($15.10, 2 players) T
Hero bets $7.50, CO calls $7.50

River: ($30.10, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $13.64 and is all-in, CO calls $12.16 and is all-in

CO shows J Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 47%, Flop 86%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 53%, Flop 14%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins $51.70

This was an obvious pre-flop fold, pinpointed him on AA/KK, then after flop I talked myself into it (smh)

UTG: $25.00 (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 11.54, Hands: 86)
MP: $11.68 (VPIP: 18.62, PFR: 10.02, 3Bet Preflop: 3.97, Hands: 429)
CO: $45.37 (VPIP: 26.29, PFR: 19.59, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 205)
BTN: $8.31 (VPIP: 13.44, PFR: 11.58, 3Bet Preflop: 6.76, Hands: 437)
Hero (SB): $52.78
BB: $36.19 (VPIP: 26.23, PFR: 21.31, 3Bet Preflop: 18.18, Hands: 64)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J J

UTG raises to $0.64, fold, CO calls $0.64, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, UTG raises to $9.00, fold, Hero calls $6.50

Flop: ($18.89, 2 players) T 3 5
Hero checks, UTG bets $16.00 and is all-in, Hero calls $16.00

Turn: ($50.89, 2 players) 8

River: ($50.89, 2 players) 3

UTG shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J J (Two Pair, Jacks and Threes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
UTG wins $48.35

Me being stupid, it was my first day back, I'll get the hang of it

BTN: $36.08 (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 21.74, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
Hero (SB): $24.98
BB: $25.00 (VPIP: 32.32, PFR: 20.12, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 169)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A A

fold, Hero calls $0.15, BB raises to $1.00, Hero raises to $2.50, BB calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.00, 2 players) 8 T 5
Hero checks, BB bets $3.16, Hero raises to $22.48 and is all-in, BB calls $19.32

Turn: ($49.96, 2 players) 6

River: ($49.96, 2 players) 6

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%)
BB shows 5 5 (Full House, Fives full of Sixes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 89%, Turn 95%)
BB wins $48.96

And being a noob one more time, would have lost it all regardless, but the rip pre-flop is just not necessary

CO: $12.39 (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 14.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
BTN: $34.49 (VPIP: 25.51, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 208)
Hero (SB): $22.85
BB: $35.62 (VPIP: 12.64, PFR: 10.95, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 360)
UTG: $20.10 (VPIP: 19.31, PFR: 9.80, 3Bet Preflop: 3.97, Hands: 352)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB raises to $2.75, Hero raises to $22.85 and is all-in, BB calls $20.10

Flop: ($45.70, 2 players) J 8 T

Turn: ($45.70, 2 players) 7

River: ($45.70, 2 players) 8

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Eights)
(Pre 18%, Flop 6%, Turn 7%)
BB shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Eights)
(Pre 82%, Flop 94%, Turn 93%)
BB wins $43.70

So breakeven day, I still thoroughly enjoyed the limited 3 hours I put in. Will be back tomorrow for more, see you then!

Tried to put in some good volume on 3.7.15, turned out I hit my stop-loss then proceeded to try to grind through it and just completely failed. I got home early from work around 1:30 a.m and thought it would be a good time for some sessions, was down probably 5 or 6 buy-ins and wasn't really fazed at all. Called it a night, and then the next day I was off from work so I thought I could turn it around. Ended up playing breakeven almost for about 2k hands then the doom switch came around. Here are some hands from the sessions.



A little ambitious

SB: $25.00 (VPIP: 18.52, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 142)
Hero (BB): $26.45
UTG: $25.59 (VPIP: 26.43, PFR: 20.06, 3Bet Preflop: 8.82, Hands: 324)
MP: $10.70 (VPIP: 24.35, PFR: 21.24, 3Bet Preflop: 1.56, Hands: 200)
CO: $34.29 (VPIP: 24.53, PFR: 22.64, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 55)
BTN: $31.19 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $3.00, BTN raises to $6.50, Hero raises to $13.50, BTN raises to $31.19 and is all-in, Hero calls $12.95 and is all-in

Flop: ($53.00, 2 players) 5 2 4

Turn: ($53.00, 2 players) Q

River: ($53.00, 2 players) 7

Hero shows A K (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 30%, Flop 26%, Turn 16%)
BTN shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 70%, Flop 74%, Turn 84%)
BTN wins $50.35

Tried putting pressure like live cash, keep forgetting these are micros lol

BB: $28.95 (VPIP: 23.65, PFR: 19.50, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 248)
Hero (UTG): $29.66
CO: $25.25 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 16.00, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 53)
BTN: $17.07 (VPIP: 21.65, PFR: 15.52, 3Bet Preflop: 6.73, Hands: 541)
SB: $25.45 (VPIP: 33.71, PFR: 19.43, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 180)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J K

Hero calls $0.25, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, SB calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.25, 2 players) 3 7 5
SB checks, Hero bets $3.25, SB calls $3.25

Turn: ($11.75, 2 players) 7
SB checks, Hero bets $20.00, SB calls $19.70 and is all-in

River: ($51.15, 2 players) 9

Hero shows J K (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 69%, Flop 53%, Turn 73%)
SB shows J T (Flush, Jack High)
(Pre 31%, Flop 47%, Turn 27%)
SB wins $49.15

Ripped it in on the turn, ran into top two

Hero (CO): $24.65
BTN: $31.36 (VPIP: 23.54, PFR: 18.52, 3Bet Preflop: 5.57, Hands: 801)
SB: $36.99 (VPIP: 23.03, PFR: 15.23, 3Bet Preflop: 1.72, Hands: 158)
BB: $32.00 (VPIP: 21.62, PFR: 18.56, 3Bet Preflop: 8.21, Hands: 577)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T J

Hero raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, SB calls $0.65, fold

Flop: ($2.50, 3 players) 4 K Q
SB checks, Hero bets $1.25, fold, SB raises to $5.00, Hero calls $3.75

Turn: ($12.50, 2 players) 5
SB bets $6.50, Hero raises to $18.90 and is all-in, SB calls $12.40

River: ($50.30, 2 players) 6

Hero shows T J (High Card, King)
(Pre 40%, Flop 32%, Turn 30%)
SB shows Q K (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 60%, Flop 68%, Turn 70%)
SB wins $48.30

I think I'm snapping it off on the turn every time

CO: $35.58 (VPIP: 23.28, PFR: 15.52, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 241)
BTN: $41.95 (VPIP: 20.35, PFR: 15.12, 3Bet Preflop: 9.86, Hands: 176)
SB: $18.78 (VPIP: 26.83, PFR: 23.78, 3Bet Preflop: 7.21, Hands: 340)
Hero (BB): $24.65
UTG: $25.35 (VPIP: 27.03, PFR: 21.08, 3Bet Preflop: 7.84, Hands: 383)
MP: $37.49 (VPIP: 32.06, PFR: 28.24, 3Bet Preflop: 19.19, Hands: 268)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $1.25, SB raises to $2.00, Hero calls $0.75

Flop: ($4.00, 2 players) J 3 3
SB bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25

Turn: ($8.50, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets $4.04, SB raises to $14.53 and is all-in, Hero calls $10.49

River: ($37.56, 2 players) 7

SB shows 5 4 (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 5%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Threes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 95%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins $35.69

Hmmmmm

UTG: $48.21 (VPIP: 19.44, PFR: 19.44, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 36)
MP: $33.05 (VPIP: 23.35, PFR: 19.82, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 235)
CO: $25.00 (VPIP: 28.44, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 5.04, Hands: 334)
BTN: $30.44 (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 22.42, 3Bet Preflop: 9.45, Hands: 353)
SB: $25.10 (VPIP: 26.87, PFR: 21.64, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 138)
Hero (BB): $35.97

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 7

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.55, fold, Hero raises to $1.55, BTN calls $1.00

Flop: ($3.20, 2 players) 6 5 7
Hero bets $1.55, BTN raises to $4.50, Hero calls $2.95

Turn: ($12.20, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($12.20, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BTN bets $7.75, Hero calls $7.75

BTN shows 2 2 (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 47%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows 9 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 53%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins $26.32

A little light

BB: $25.00 (VPIP: 23.18, PFR: 16.82, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 229)
BTN: $48.50 (VPIP: 29.07, PFR: 22.14, 3Bet Preflop: 9.15, Hands: 450)
Hero (SB): $49.79

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A 2

BTN raises to $0.55, Hero calls $0.45, BB raises to $2.05, fold, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.65, 2 players) 2 5 5
Hero checks, BB bets $2.94, Hero calls $2.94

Turn: ($10.53, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BB bets $6.25, Hero calls $6.25

River: ($23.03, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB checks

BB shows 4 Q (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 41%, Flop 27%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows A 2 (Two Pair, Fives and Twos)
(Pre 59%, Flop 73%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins $22.03

No one's really replied to this yet but I thought I'd say good luck with this, keeping working hard. Variance is a big thing but you have the roll and really have to be indifferent to it. At the start of a challenge it's always nice to run well as a confidence boost but that isn't going to happen every time.

Here's my thought on some of your hands (from your second post), I'm by no means an expert but thought I'd give it a shot. Maybe increase your c bet sizing by a bit btw.

H1 - Up to you whether you want to get in AKo pre OOP. That 4 bet sizing is usually pretty strong but this spot just comes down to personal preference and how often the BTN is 4 betting BB light at this stake (maybe sometimes depending on villain).

H2 - Eh I mean I don't love the 4 bet, yes we have good blockers but when he 3 bets vs your UTG range he's generally a lot stronger than if you opened CO/BTN etc (I love the 4 bet when we open in LP). I don't even hate checking back flop with zero equity but c betting seems fine. On the 7 turn part of me doesn't hate sigh shutting down even though we rep a strong range. I don't hate the line but as you said micros, the fact that someone called a 2xpot with a flush draw and two overs on turn says it all. Bluff less in these spots and wave the white flag more.

H3 - can make c bet sizing a bit bigger but 1/2 is alright. calling the raise seems fine with decent implied odds vs weaker players. Turn jam seems fine.

H4 - I like the flat, could 5 bet fold but we're in position and i don't mind seeing a flop here. Calling is totally fine. On turn it's pretty much a must bet. No way we're folding when is jams and lol.

H5 - Can flat or three bet, I don't hate flatting since when we get 4 bet we have to fold a hand that flops pretty well. That being said we need to bet more towards 2 dollars on the flop. Giving a lot of his range a great price to continue. Calling his raise seems alright, could just jam but keeping bluffs in his range is a good thing. Turn is fine and I like check calling river and letting his bluffs stab.

H6 - Fine to peel a A2s imo, calling flop is fine, calling turn is pretty spew imo unless we have a plan for river which I'm not sure if you do on every run out.

Thanks for the support, will keep going and try to turn it around.

3.8.15 I woke up on a mission and had finally got some normal sleep. Here is my graph with some hands afterwards.



Interesting his X/C

SB: $76.50 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
BB: $420.60 (VPIP: 31.82, PFR: 31.82, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
UTG: $200.00 (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 22)
Hero (CO): $161.17
BTN: $254.08 (VPIP: 25.93, PFR: 23.46, 3Bet Preflop: 14.71, Hands: 83)

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has T T

fold, Hero raises to $6.00, fold, fold, BB raises to $20.00, Hero calls $14.00

Flop: ($41.00, 2 players) 5 9 7
BB checks, Hero bets $22.00, BB calls $22.00

Turn: ($85.00, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets $36.00, BB calls $36.00

River: ($157.00, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero checks

Hero shows T T (Two Pair, Tens and Fives)

Hero wins $155.00

Preferred to check river

UTG: $400.00 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 42)
MP: $406.00 (VPIP: 10.34, PFR: 10.34, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 29)
CO: $413.40 (VPIP: 25.36, PFR: 22.98, 3Bet Preflop: 10.60, Hands: 574)
BTN: $407.90 (VPIP: 25.76, PFR: 19.70, 3Bet Preflop: 10.64, Hands: 271)
SB: $402.00 (VPIP: 55.00, PFR: 55.00, 3Bet Preflop: 42.86, Hands: 21)
Hero (BB): $803.00

SB posts SB $2.00, Hero posts BB $4.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $6.00) Hero has A 9

fold, fold, CO raises to $8.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $4.00

Flop: ($18.00, 2 players) 2 9 J
Hero checks, CO bets $8.55, Hero raises to $20.00, CO calls $11.45

Turn: ($58.00, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $27.50, CO calls $27.50

River: ($113.00, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows A 9 (Two Pair, Nines and Twos)

Hero wins $110.00

Tried to make this river jam look like total miss with AK trying to buy it

SB: $400.00 (VPIP: 34.21, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 38)
BB: $400.00 (VPIP: 8.00, PFR: 8.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
UTG: $208.20 (VPIP: 25.46, PFR: 23.20, 3Bet Preflop: 10.80, Hands: 560)
MP: $413.90 (VPIP: 25.10, PFR: 19.03, 3Bet Preflop: 10.34, Hands: 253)
CO: $509.00 (VPIP: 58.82, PFR: 58.82, 3Bet Preflop: 42.86, Hands: 17)
Hero (BTN): $402.00

SB posts SB $2.00, BB posts BB $4.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $6.00) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $8.00, SB raises to $32.00, fold, Hero calls $24.00

Flop: ($68.00, 2 players) 9 2 3
SB bets $24.00, Hero raises to $54.00, SB calls $30.00

Turn: ($176.00, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets $85.00, SB calls $85.00

River: ($346.00, 2 players) 5
SB checks, Hero bets $231.00 and is all-in, SB calls $229.00 and is all-in

SB shows 8 8 (Two Pair, Eights and Threes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Threes)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins $801.00

As DJ Khaled would say "you played yourself" lol

BB: $102.73 (VPIP: 34.48, PFR: 31.03, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 30)
UTG: $121.15 (VPIP: 22.55, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 13.51, Hands: 106)
MP: $100.00 (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 39)
CO: $100.00 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
BTN: $222.30 (VPIP: 23.20, PFR: 16.57, 3Bet Preflop: 5.08, Hands: 186)
Hero (SB): $127.82

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has T T

UTG raises to $3.00, MP calls $3.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $2.50, fold

Flop: ($10.00, 3 players) 7 5 Q
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $6.33, Hero calls $6.33, fold

Turn: ($22.66, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, MP bets $15.00, Hero raises to $118.49 and is all-in, MP calls $75.67 and is all-in

River: ($204.00, 2 players) T

MP shows Q Q (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 99.9%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 0.1%, Turn 0%)
MP wins $201.00

3.9-3.10 Here is some more action Jackson from this week. Hope you guys like it, I will come back to reality and be playing 25NL and 50NL now.



His flop lead and just flat call, I knew I'd be getting it in. Also his 3bet sizing makes me think AK/AQ/JJ-KK

SB: $700.40 (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 23)
BB: $682.39 (VPIP: 18.46, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 3.57, Hands: 68)
UTG: $618.00 (VPIP: 25.51, PFR: 19.45, 3Bet Preflop: 7.94, Hands: 299)
MP: $673.20 (VPIP: 19.79, PFR: 14.89, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 98)
CO: $660.75 (VPIP: 20.51, PFR: 12.82, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 40)
Hero (BTN): $658.35

SB posts SB $3.00, BB posts BB $6.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $9.00) Hero has A K

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $18.00, SB calls $15.00, BB raises to $78.00, Hero calls $60.00, fold

Flop: ($174.00, 2 players) A 6 6
BB bets $54.00, Hero raises to $204.00, BB calls $150.00

Turn: ($582.00, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets $376.35 and is all-in, BB calls $376.35

River: ($1,334.70, 2 players) 3

BB shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 25%, Flop 18%, Turn 10%)
Hero shows A K (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 75%, Flop 82%, Turn 90%)
Hero wins $1,331.70

Some capping going on

CO: $176.63 (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 12)
BTN: $254.76 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
SB: $216.00 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 147)
Hero (BB): $390.00

SB posts SB $2.00, Hero posts BB $4.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $6.00) Hero has T T

CO calls $4.00, fold, SB calls $2.00, Hero raises to $16.00, CO raises to $28.00, fold, Hero calls $12.00

Flop: ($60.00, 2 players) 9 9 6
Hero checks, CO bets $30.00, Hero raises to $92.00, CO calls $62.00

Turn: ($244.00, 2 players) 5

River: ($244.00, 2 players) T

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Nines)

Hero wins $242.00

Really should be folding this turn 100% of the time

BTN: $602.40 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
SB: $727.20 (VPIP: 23.75, PFR: 17.69, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 264)
BB: $600.00 (VPIP: 18.67, PFR: 15.07, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 77)
UTG: $657.75 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (CO): $625.67

SB posts SB $3.00, BB posts BB $6.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $9.00) Hero has A 9

fold, Hero raises to $15.00, BTN calls $15.00, fold, BB calls $9.00

Flop: ($48.00, 3 players) A T 2
BB checks, Hero bets $25.00, BTN calls $25.00, fold

Turn: ($98.00, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BTN bets $48.00, Hero calls $48.00

River: ($194.00, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN checks

BTN shows 9 7 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 31%, Flop 38%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows A 9 (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 69%, Flop 62%, Turn 0%)
BTN wins $192.00

Wait what?! Why are you playing 400nl?

"I would like to establish myself as a winning player online while building a proper bankroll in which I can take elsewhere (outside US) to play full-time. This is my main target, all while not developing any bad habits in the process. I am going to be approaching this in a nitty fashion so to speak, as in the past online I had the issues with bankroll management (playing underolled) for desired stakes"

I'm going to go out and say it right now that you have no chance of playing full time if this kind of stuff happens.

You're probably going to reply something like "I realise it was stupid and I know I ran really well but I'm just super focused on crushing 25NL and 50NL and it won't happen again", unfortunately I wish I could believe these kind of statements but there have been way to many times people go broke from this kind of stuff. Why do you think you'll restrain yourself from doing it again. If you create a whole PG+C and talk about approaching the challenge in a nitty fashion and then just go on to play 400NL a few days in I don't know how anyone let alone yourself can take you seriously.

I even posted responses about the hands you played and it would of been nice to here some kind of responses or thoughts towards what I said but instead you just reply quoting "Labex", one quoting my name wrong somehow and secondly just saying thanks for the support.

Please prove me wrong but degens gonna degen.

Time for some degen blasting! Haven't updated for a few days. I've worked every day so sessions have been short. I've been playing 4-6 tables max to focus on my decisions and not auto-pilot. Let's take a look!

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Some hands

UTG: $207.00 (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 23.53, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 35)
MP: $403.25 (VPIP: 26.09, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
CO: $173.88 (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 13)
BTN: $243.77 (VPIP: 31.03, PFR: 27.59, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 29)
Hero (SB): $236.00
BB: $200.00 (VPIP: 22.58, PFR: 16.13, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)

Hero posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to $8.00, fold, Hero calls $7.00, fold

Flop: ($18.00, 2 players) 7 4 8
Hero bets $8.00, CO raises to $32.00, Hero calls $24.00

Turn: ($82.00, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, CO bets $133.88 and is all-in, Hero calls $133.88

River: ($349.76, 2 players) 4

CO shows A K (One Pair, Fours)
(Pre 46%, Flop 28%, Turn 35%)
Hero shows J J (Two Pair, Jacks and Fours)
(Pre 54%, Flop 72%, Turn 65%)
Hero wins $346.76

Nice flop I suppose

Hero (UTG): $186.83
MP: $197.00 (VPIP: 17.41, PFR: 10.45, 3Bet Preflop: 2.53, Hands: 214)
CO: $200.00 (VPIP: 70.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 10)
BTN: $216.33 (VPIP: 33.80, PFR: 25.35, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 72)
SB: $200.00 (VPIP: 22.92, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 51)
BB: $287.95 (VPIP: 27.45, PFR: 23.53, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 53)

SB posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $3.00) Hero has T T

Hero raises to $6.00, fold, CO calls $6.00, fold, fold, BB raises to $26.00, Hero calls $20.00, CO calls $20.00

Flop: ($79.00, 3 players) 3 T 4
BB checks, Hero bets $36.00, fold, fold

Hero wins $76.00

Don't think I'm getting much more out of him

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $6 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $224.85 (VPIP: 52.17, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 31.25, Hands: 48)
Hero (CO): $871.15
BTN: $112.25 (VPIP: 35.29, PFR: 22.39, 3Bet Preflop: 16.00, Hands: 70)
SB: $114.00 (VPIP: 29.82, PFR: 24.56, 3Bet Preflop: 14.81, Hands: 57)

SB posts SB $3.00, BB posts BB $6.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $9.00) Hero has 9 K

Hero raises to $15.00, fold, fold, BB calls $9.00

Flop: ($33.00, 2 players) 2 K 8
BB checks, Hero bets $15.00, BB calls $15.00

Turn: ($63.00, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($63.00, 2 players) 9
BB bets $18.00, Hero raises to $42.00, BB calls $24.00

Hero shows 9 K (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)

Hero wins $145.00

Should have got out on the turn

MP: $409.10 (VPIP: 26.00, PFR: 23.00, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 103)
CO: $1,115.43 (VPIP: 36.25, PFR: 28.75, 3Bet Preflop: 11.54, Hands: 83)
BTN: $729.80 (VPIP: 22.06, PFR: 17.60, 3Bet Preflop: 6.36, Hands: 1,322)
SB: $183.60 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 14.07, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 145)
Hero (BB): $510.95
UTG: $360.70 (VPIP: 45.65, PFR: 24.44, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 47)

SB posts SB $2.00, Hero posts BB $4.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $6.00) Hero has 9 9

UTG raises to $8.00, MP calls $8.00, fold, BTN calls $8.00, fold, Hero calls $4.00

Flop: ($34.00, 4 players) 3 5 7
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, BTN bets $16.15, Hero calls $16.15, UTG calls $16.15, fold

Turn: ($82.45, 3 players) T
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN bets $60.96, Hero calls $60.96, fold

River: ($204.37, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets $130.24, Hero calls $130.24

BTN shows 3 3 (Full House, Threes full of Tens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows 9 9 (Two Pair, Tens and Nines)
(Pre 81%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
BTN wins $461.85

Welp can't dodge the A, I tried to isolate at least

CO: $248.95 (VPIP: 39.39, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 33)
Hero (BTN): $332.50
SB: $96.00 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
BB: $1,519.51 (VPIP: 21.64, PFR: 17.47, 3Bet Preflop: 6.61, Hands: 1,265)
UTG: $510.39 (VPIP: 28.00, PFR: 24.00, 3Bet Preflop: 19.05, Hands: 50)
MP: $188.35 (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)

SB posts SB $3.00, BB posts BB $6.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $9.00) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $15.00, SB raises to $96.00 and is all-in, BB calls $90.00, Hero raises to $332.50 and is all-in, fold

Flop: ($288.00, 2 players) 3 A 5

Turn: ($288.00, 2 players) 7

River: ($288.00, 2 players) 5

Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Fives)
(Pre 68%, Flop 14%, Turn 5%)
SB shows 8 A (Two Pair, Aces and Fives)
(Pre 32%, Flop 86%, Turn 95%)
SB wins $285.00

I'm with Labax. Either you've moved up way too fast or you're somehow winning $450 pots at 25NL. Something smells fishy about this.

More likely than not, you're going to feel the pressure of med-stake variance soon I assure you so I'd definitely +1 moving back down before you get pwned for your roll. Also as mentioned, if you've set a goal of sticking to a BRM, best sticking to it for future safeguarding your decisions.

..nice swing though.

Tenfold.