Hahaha brilliant. But to be fair, runescape is pretty good

Lmao A+ troll

Another losing session at 1/3 live

So I put in a session yesterday and lost $310. It was a mediocre table. There were a bunch of passive fish but none of them were really that spewy or overly loose, one guy that loved to make ridiculous overbets but was usually very value heavy, and also a couple of competent TAG regs, both of whom had position on me.

There actually weren't many interesting hands at all that popped up, despite it being a 5hr session. Most hands were just like: 3 people limp, I raise to $25 IP with a hand like T9s, get 4 callers, miss flop and give up. I was missing a lot of flops and most hands were multiway, so I barely got to see any turns or rivers.

I did get sucked out on one hand though. I didn't write up the full hand history, but it involved me opening JJ from EP, getting multiple callers, betting flop and jamming turn. Runout was 64278 and I lost to 55.

My last 4 sessions of the stake have been:
Lost $20
Lost $655
Lost $57
Lost $310
I guess this is just standard variance for 1/3 NL live though. Having a few breakeven to losing sessions isn't the end of the world.

Currently still $2913 up under DLuo's stake. Hopefully will get some more run good and softer tables in the next few sessions, like I did when I just started the stake.

You wouldn't have admitted this a few months ago.
Finally starting to recognize you're inexperience and starting to gain true perspective.
You are now slowly turning into a poker player.
I think?

I took a trip down memory lane and decided to read some of my older posts. I can hardly even fathom how degenerate I used to be. For example:

This wasn't even that long ago. Happened about 3 months ago.

In a way, I'm glad that I had experiences like this. They taught me how, when you're either drunk or tilted, you can sometimes play hands in such a way that feels fine at the time, but is actually far too loose, such as calling 3 streets with 99 on a QxxxQ board under the logic that "I can't fold to donk bets or else I'll be too exploitable".

They also taught me about how hanging around certain people sort of just pressures you to get drunk. I'm not saying my friends are to blame for this, but I have noticed that I've been drinking significantly less since I stopped hanging out with these 2 friends. It was virtually impossible for me to see either of these guys without us getting drunk together. That's just what we did.

DLuo has also taught me the value of being disciplined and putting in longer and more organised sessions, having a zero tolerance policy for alcohol on the poker table, and effectively just taking the grind seriously.

I think that if I was ever back in this position again, with 10k to my name, I wouldn't repeat these same mistakes.

Is it just me, or is that story basically a thought process of a gambling addict? Not having a go or anything, gambling addiction is no laughing matter. GL to you

Yeah I basically was a gambling addict at one stage.

Clap clap. You’re growing. I hope the best for you. I’ve been on your threads for a long time, from Cardschat as well. A lot of things change in a few years, haha. I don’t want to be mean, but your life has kind of been going on a constant downward slope the past few years. You have a chance to turn it around. Use it. I wish I could play poker again, but I can’t for now haha. My hands are tied atm, maybe after I graduate lol. I’d be happy for you if you succeed and dont degen like you have been for however long.

If you ever want advice on Ignition in general, have HH questions, etc you can pm me. I did play many many hands there from 5NL-200NL. I’ve been wanting to come back for the past year but I can’t haha. I might mix live and online once I do come back hopefully within a year, 1.5 max

What's changed since then?

And just 3 months later, you aren't anymore?

lul

For the past 1 month, excluding pub poker and micro stakes home games, I haven't played anything other than 1/3 NL live and 25nl online. There hasn't been any jumping stakes at all. No roulette, blackjack or baccarat bets. No playing whilst drinking or intoxicated.

I really think I've got this figured out. Being disciplined is no longer an inconvenience to me; it's now becoming a habit. I no longer even have the desire to play other stakes. There's no temptation when I see a 5/10 table to jump on it. No temptation when I walk past a roulette table to play. No temptation when I log on Ignition to play a tournament, a SnG or any stakes except 25nl zone.

I think I'm really starting to change for the better.

there are two parts of changing a bad habit

firstly actually starting the change and secondly actually maintaining the change

all you've done is the first part, the second part never ends

don't get complacent

You're right... and the third part is making sure that if something goes wrong and you break one of your rules, you don't use that as an excuse for "well I've already failed my challenge, so I might as well keep playing drunk 5/10 now".

I will do my best to stick to all 3 parts.

Lets put this to the test, and see if your staker will allow you to visit a casino without minders constantly wiping your ass.

It's pretty standard for people that get staked to provide evidence of their buyin and cashout amounts. I don't see what the problem is.

The purpose would be to see if you spaz out without a babysitter. It is really easy to not do something when you have no opportunity to do so. Fact is the moment you got a chance to play on your own money you started jamming KQo.

That's because I was 66bbs deep and it was a perfect squeeze spot against a maniac with a tonne of dead money in the pot and the perfect stack size for 3bet jamming.

Lmao, Kelvis for president

Hit my stop loss for the first time

Terrible session today. Lost $807. Had to go home early because I hit my stop loss for the day. What makes it even worse is that I was $350 up after the first hour. So I effectively lost almost 1.2k in the span of 2.5 hours. I took some high variance spots and literally every one of them blew up in my face.

It was annoying because I saw some really spazzy stuff go on. I saw an old man limp-reraise UTG to $60 and show up with 65s. I saw a drunk guy iso raise to $45 pre with A9o and the same guy also stacked off $200 pre against an old guy and they showed down KJo vs 55. An old woman raised to $20 UTG with 33 too. I just couldn't capitalise on any of this.

So here are 4 notable pots that I played:

Hand 1: Binked the perfect turn card

$300 effective
UTG limps $3
Volatile Asian guy limps $3 HJ
Hero limps $3 CO with 77
SB raises to $25
2 callers
Hero calls $25

Pretty annoying because I very rarely limp in preflop, but the one time I do it, someone wants to attack my limp.

Flop ($93, 4ways) is K53r

3 checks
Hero bets $40
SB folds
UTG folds
Volatile Asian guy calls $40

Turn ($168) is K537 with bdfd

Volatile Asian guy donks $100
Hero jams $235
Volatile Asian guy snap calls $235



A great start to the session. Hand 2 happened very shortly afterwards...


Hand 2: Preflop madness

$450 effective
Volatile Asian guy opens $10 UTG
Hero 3bets $35 UTG+1 with AKo
2 people cold call $35
Volatile Asian guy 4bets to $150
Hero 5bet jams $450 effective



Hand 3: More preflop madness

$270 effective
Drunk guy limps $3 UTG+2
MP raises to $11
HJ calls $11
Hero 3bets $45 CO with JJ
Drunk guy now 4bets to $120
Hero flats $120

I thought that he should be fairly AK heavy here, so I'll look for a flop with no Ace or King on it.

Flop ($251) is 976

Drunk guy announces all-in for $150 effective before flop is even dealt
Hero calls $150



Hand 4: Short-handed aggression

$300 effective, 6-handed
UTG opens $15
Old woman calls $15 CO
Hero 3bets $70 SB with QJdd
UTG folds
Old woman calls $70

Flop ($143) is Ah Qh Td

Hero bets $50
Old woman calls $50

Turn ($243) is Ah Qh Td 9d

Hero jams $180



Well I'm just going to watch some YouTube or netflix, maybe play some online chess, and sleep it off. I'm putting in another session tomorrow night so hopefully my luck changes then.

Currently still $2106 profit for the stake, which is more than $30/hr profit despite the recent losses, so I can't complain.

Haha didnt mean for it to be a troll actually....that is below my own hourly and I play same games as 6betme and also play vs him at times

Well, the heater is definitely finished. The variance is catching up to you now, and you will without doubt continue to go on huge swings in the future (even bigger than normal) due to your very high variance playing style.

Hmm I'm curious who you are. Do you play primarily 1/3 NL at Crown?

I don't mind the swings, just as long as I'm maximising my EV.

DLuo reckons that some of my plays, such as 3betting QJs and ATs against early position raises, are not only high variance, but also -EV. So I'm going to experiment playing a more passive style and 3betting less at LLSNL. I'll save this aggression for 6max online.

Yes i play primarily 1/3nl and also 1/3plo crown...depends on the gameflow during the session. My career has mainly been online however. You seem competant enough to crush. Keep smashing the btn ...dnt underestimate your opponents...dont overvalue your own ability until proven...fuvk off small stakes online....and understand what you want from poker now vs 5 years from now...it took me 6 years to realise $? Fame? Skills? Think about that for a moment

lel