Hi there, I'm a full time 6 max cash grinder from the UK who is moving to Bogota, Colombia at the end of the month with 6 other poker players.

We will be living in Bogota for at least 5 months, and I thought it would be cool to blog and also video my experiences living there, to give readers an insight as to what it's like to live and grind in a different country. I intend to mainly focus on poker and lifestyle, but I am also quite passionate about fitness, so will be dedicating a small section to my fitness goals.

A bit about me, I'm 23, graduated from University in 2015 with a 2:1 in Economics, and after having success with the game during University, decided to give turning pro a shot, and have been playing ever since. I mainly play on Euro sites, but for the sake of this blog, and to challenge myself, I will put in some volume on Pokerstars, focusing on 6 max zoom.

I often struggle finding the motivation to put in a lot of hours, but I hope this blog will be a good way of focusing myself, and I will be offering weekly freerolls to hit volume targets, poker related and more.

Unfortunately I don't have much to offer in the way of graphs as the sites I play on do not allow HUDs, but starting today I will be updating daily with graphs, hand histories and more.

This was a while ago when I was playing Heads Up Hyper Turbos,
not really relevant today but hopefully provides me with a little bit of credibility as a winning poker player.


Okay, so now for the good part - weekly FREEROLLS!!:

1. 12,000 hands at 50NLz
2. +700 XP Duolingo

3. Update blog everyday
4. Average week weight -71.38kg (last week average 71.88kg)

Each freeroll is worth $50, first person to comment the number gets the freeroll, and obviously only one freeroll per person. I will have until Sunday 25th June 2017 23:59:59 by British time to complete these goals.

Sorry for the essay, I will try to do a short update every evening, including profits, graphs, goal progression and any extras that are worth sharing, so wish me luck, and GL at the tables!!

In, glgl, I'll take #1.

In. No.3. Glgl

in, no 4 gl

In! Columbia brought me here haha
Ill take #2 for the sweat

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GL bro, we're kind of close, im at costa rica, feel free to come by to grind for a couple of weeks, is a lovely place to grind as well..

Try to stay for a couple of weeks at Medellin, one of the top5 cities having the most beautiful woman

Subbed glgl!


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Thanks all for the support, freerolls are booked with first four comments

awesome. will definitely consider it, I've heard Costa Rica is an amazing place. And yes, i think Medellin will have to be a must, also a big fan of the series Narcos

great thanks for the advice.

19/06/17:

-3,036 hands
-405 minutes
--$140.33



Biggest winning pot:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

BTN: $51.25
SB: $77.83
BB: $54.36
Hero (UTG): $65.26
MP: $160.23
CO: $129.37

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with A A
Hero raises to $1.50, MP raises to $5.50, CO calls $5.50, 3 folds, Hero raises to $16.50, 1 fold, CO calls $11

Flop: ($39.25) J 6 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $37.29, Hero raises to $48.76 all in, CO calls $11.47

Turn: ($136.77) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($136.77) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $136.77
Hero shows A A (three of a kind, Aces)
CO shows K J (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins $134.77
(Rake: $2.00)


Biggest losing pot:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

BTN: $50.00
SB: $59.80
BB: $64.65
UTG: $33.39
MP: $60.20
Hero (CO): $64.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 9 K
1 fold, MP raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.50, 2 folds, BB raises to $10, 1 fold, Hero calls $6.50

Flop: ($21.25) Q 9 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($21.25) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $12, Hero calls $12

River: ($45.25) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $17.50, Hero raises to $42.50 all in, BB calls $25

Final Pot: $130.25
BB shows Q Q (a full house, Queens full of Nines)
Hero shows 9 K (three of a kind, Nines)
BB wins $128.25
(Rake: $2.00)

Now i remember why i started playing Euro sites lol , Pokerstars is tough!

20/06/17

-1,010 hands
-146 minutes
--$56.45



Biggest winning pot:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $50.00
Hero (SB): $50.00
BB: $68.47
UTG: $134.67
MP: $51.91
CO: $23.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with 6 6
2 folds, CO raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25, BB raises to $5.25, CO calls $3.75, Hero calls $3.75

Flop: ($15.75) 2 6 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $4.89, CO calls $4.89, Hero calls $4.89

Turn: ($30.42) Q (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $14.76, CO calls $12.86 all in, Hero raises to $39.86 all in, BB calls $25.10

River: ($123.00) 2 (3 players - 2 are all in)




Biggest losing pot:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $108.68
SB: $56.09
BB: $81.65
UTG: $59.99
MP: $93.59
Hero (CO): $70.78

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A A
1 fold, MP raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.25, 3 folds, MP calls $2.25

Flop: ($7.25) 7 T 8 (2 players)
MP bets $6.89, Hero calls $6.89

Turn: ($21.03) K (2 players)
MP bets $19.98, Hero raises to $60.64 all in, MP calls $40.66





Okay okay, I think I've finally worked out how to post pictures now xD
Today's volume (and results) not great, definitely finding Pokerstars tougher than what I'm used to, but feel confident I can still beat 50NLz.

Today I got up late (around midday), went to the gym, then head into town to sort my currency out for Colombia. Ended up getting an STA travel card which seemed the best option by far, you can put as many £ on there as you need and it simply works as a debit card once you're out there, no transactions fees, and a better exchange rate than any of the currency exchanges.



As I mentioned, volume has been low today, and the weather is not helping. Makes for a lovely walk to and from the gym, but makes grinding unbearable, not had weather like this in the UK for a long time. Reminding me of Thailand.



Spanish is also improving, hit my Duolingo target for the day and also did some practice with my friend. Looking forward to actually practicing it with Spanish speakers, although I am still far from conversational.

20/06/17

-2,462 hands
-254 minutes
-+$251.62



Biggest winning pot:


Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $81.59
SB: $50.25
BB: $50.93
UTG: $64.30
MP: $36.40
Hero (CO): $95.91

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A A
1 fold, MP raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.25, BTN raises to $6.50, 3 folds, Hero raises to $19.50, BTN calls $13

Flop: ($40.75) 4 8 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $22.50, BTN raises to $62.09 all in, Hero calls $39.59

Turn: ($164.93) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($164.93) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)




Biggest losing pot:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $37.05
Hero (SB): $54.20
BB: $63.36
UTG: $59.38
MP: $53.62
CO: $67.04

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with K K
3 folds, BTN raises to $1.25, Hero raises to $5, 1 fold, BTN calls $3.75

Flop: ($10.50) 7 7 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.29, BTN raises to $32.05 all in, Hero calls $28.76

Turn: ($74.60) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($74.60) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)




Finally a winning day! Felt much more confident today, made a few adjustments to my game which seem to be working out, and of course ran well too which is always nice. Would be nice to be around 4bb/100 after 100k hands, but variance can be a b*tch so we will see.

On track for all my goals, but got some socialising coming up at the weekend which may make things more difficult, always find it impossible to grind after a night out.

Thought I'd throw a pic of my very boring set up in just in case anyones interested:



Another 100XP on Duolingo

21/06/17:

-2,259 hands
-202 minutes
-$263.35




Biggest winning pot:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $58.75
SB: $51.25
BB: $72.00
UTG: $119.11
Hero (MP): $51.73
CO: $180.70

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP with J Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, 3 folds

Flop: ($3.75) 8 A 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1, Hero raises to $4.25, CO calls $3.25

Turn: ($12.25) J (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $8.75, Hero calls $8.75

River: ($29.75) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $19.75, Hero raises to $37.23 all in, CO calls $17.48




Biggest losing hand:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $34.88
SB: $63.26
Hero (BB): $169.39
UTG: $88.84
MP: $84.15
CO: $50.12

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with K A
4 folds, SB raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, SB raises to $12, Hero raises to $169.39 all in, SB calls $51.26 all in

Flop: ($126.52) J 2 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: ($126.52) 5 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($126.52) 8 (2 players - 2 are all in)




Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $186.93
SB: $74.45
Hero (BB): $51.18
UTG: $67.86
MP: $166.00
CO: $55.61

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 7 A
1 fold, MP raises to $1.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3.25) 5 A Q (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $2.20, Hero calls $2.20

Turn: ($7.65) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($7.65) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $3.20, Hero raises to $9, MP folds



^^ this was an interesting spot as I don't think he can ever have Kh, except maybe AKh which we block. Any KhJ/T bets the turn, KKh and KhQ don't bet flop for this sizing, so yeah, felt a good spot to bluff.


Another frustrating day, got set over set 3 times for big pots, and in general not running great. In other news went to watch 'Get Out' finally at the cinema, it was great.

Read or re-read The mental game of poker by Jared T, it might fits very well right now for you.

Hope you to be enjoy those amazing sunny days over there

In, glgl!

22/06/17:

-2,081 hands
-237 minutes
--$284.29



Biggest winning hand:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $50.00
SB: $49.50
Hero (BB): $62.35
UTG: $50.00
MP: $80.76
CO: $35.98

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with J T
1 fold, MP raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4.75) 8 J A (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $3, CO folds, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($10.75) J (2 players)
Hero bets $3.37, MP calls $3.37

River: ($17.49) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $19.50, MP calls $19.50




Biggest losing hand(s):

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $48.52
SB: $56.29
Hero (BB): $51.63
UTG: $103.87
MP: $85.55
CO: $24.75

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with Q A
1 fold, MP raises to $1.50, 2 folds, SB calls $1.25, Hero raises to $7, MP calls $5.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($15.50) 7 A 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $4.86, MP calls $4.86

Turn: ($25.22) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $12, Hero raises to $39.77 all in, MP calls $27.77

River: ($104.76) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)





Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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BTN: $40.00
SB: $51.28
Hero (BB): $50.00
UTG: $50.00
MP: $45.90
CO: $61.41

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with J J
3 folds, BTN raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5.25, BTN calls $3.75

Flop: ($10.75) 5 8 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $5, Hero raises to $44.75 all in, BTN calls $29.75 all in

Turn: ($80.25) A (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($80.25) 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)



^^ assumed I was playing a recreational here due to less than max stack


Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $52.67
SB: $74.15
BB: $57.19
UTG: $87.39
MP: $60.69
Hero (CO): $130.10

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with A A
UTG raises to $1.50, MP raises to $4.50, Hero calls $4.50, 3 folds, UTG calls $3

Flop: ($14.25) 9 9 2 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP bets $4.50, Hero calls $4.50, UTG folds

Turn: ($23.25) 3 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $7.29, MP calls $7.29

River: ($37.83) T (2 players)
MP bets $23.50, Hero calls $23.50





Lol. This is not going to plan.
Definitely feel like I'm running terribly, but sample is getting larger and no change in results... Think I will spend some time tomorrow watching some RIO videos at the 50NL level, see if there's anything I'm doing majorly wrong. Still not so worried, the pool in general feels soft, also got some rake back saved up which cushions the downswing a bit.
If anyone feels I played certain spots incorrectly let me know, I know most are just coolers and probably not the most theoretically complex spots but yeah let me know.

Today I went to visit the city I studied in, York, and caught up with an old friend. Was a really nice day, and managed to get some decent volume in when I got home too.

Think the hands on the whole wp although:

a) JT BTNvsBB AJ4ddc think out bet sizing should be more polar ie 80% rather than 1/3 could be wrong though. We're going to have a bunch of gutshots and flush draws so do think we want to bet large, and 100% vs a fish who's never folding a draw or Ax

Think if denying equity more important say it were 652 5 I can get on board with 1/3 pot lead though

b) AQ OOP 3!pot A78dd, not sure who villain is, vs fish think I just prefer betting, same vs regs tbh although having some checks nice.

Think on the whole people do try to realise their equity a lot on these types of boards but that's my experience, maybe i'm being results orientated but have "messed" up a bunch of these spots by trying to be tricky in the past so trying to stamp it out from my own game. Results may vary!

glgl! York, last time I went there was on a school trip on Yr 4 #old


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Hey,

subbed! glglgl!

Yeahh agree completely with your points. The idea behind the 1/3 lead was that we turn a range advantage , so leading full range for 1/3 was my idea, however perhaps not the best board to try this on after villain c bets into 2 players. Leading polar for close to pot is also another option, although have to be sure you leave some Jx in a check as well.
Second hand felt was just basically RNGd as a check jam as opposed to a bet.

Thanks for the advice, some really good points, let's hope today goes better!!

Might give this a read at some point as I've heard it's quite good, although I don't struggle with tilt very much, especially playing 50NL on stars as it's quite low stakes compared to what I usually play. Even so, it can't hurt to give it a read, maybe I'll buy it for the flight to Colombia

Man you will love to know how the brain works, and some other important points... Big suggestion I guess

23/06/17

2,192 hands
228 minutes
+$170.79




Biggest winning hand:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $54.30
SB: $57.61
BB: $73.62
UTG: $72.30
MP: $38.43
Hero (CO): $90.74

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with Q Q
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, 2 folds, BB raises to $2.50, Hero raises to $7.75, BB raises to $13, Hero calls $5.25

Flop: ($26.25) 4 5 5 (2 players)
BB bets $60.62 all in, Hero calls $60.62

Turn: ($147.49) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($147.49) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)




Biggest losing hand:

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $84.00
SB: $74.56
BB: $141.30
UTG: $106.27
MP: $65.41
CO: $51.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with A T
2 folds, CO calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2, 2 folds, CO calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.75) J 9 6 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $1.49, CO raises to $5, Hero calls $3.51

Turn: ($14.75) 8 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $10.51, CO raises to $44.50 all in, Hero calls $33.99

River: ($103.75) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)




^ think I made a mistake betting turn here vs a rec, and the call off can also be questionable, but you see so many spaz outs at this stake that I don't think i can fold getting 2:1


Overall a decent day, hit my 12k hands goal so that freeroll has expired. The only one I'm really struggling with is the Duolingo one, looks like I am going to have to grind it out on Sunday. Going out tomorrow so won't be playing poker, but will take some pictures and do a brief update of the day, along with a fitness update - GL at the tables.

Just a quick update, not any poker this weekend so far because had friends round and went out, but going to try and get some hours in on Sunday

In terms of prop bets, really struggling for Duolingo but just going to have to grind it hard for a few hours today. Updated everyday, hit 12k hands and looks like I'm on track for the weight loss too!

Okay so week 1 is finished, managed to hit all my goals

13,040 hands
-$322.01
700XP Duolingo
Updated everyday
Average weight: 70.59kg