Hmmm I'm still not sure who you are. The 1/3 player pool is so huge. I'll figure it out eventually though.

Right now I want money and I also want to prove to myself over a large sample size that I have what it takes to beat 25nl online.

In 5 years, I want to have saved up $100k+ through poker and I want to be a winning player at 200nl online. To me, that's the point at which you can say that you've really started to master the game, comparable to hitting 2300 elo rating in chess and gaining the "master" title.

So I guess I'm half in it for the money and half in it to become a super competitive and proficient player.

I have played against him...he has ability considering he is not a pro and doesnt have a bankroll of his own.

Not having a bankroll, and being a good player or not is often tied together.

If he truly is so good as you say, how come he doesent have a bankroll? Strange right? A big part of being a good player is managing your money in smart ways, also known as bankrollmanagement. Not just the technical abilities of the game.

In my world, the players i have met through the years who claims they are good but they just dont have a bankroll (small detail right,what a coincidence), very often isnt as good as they think.

Here are some targets for you. 5/10nl online capable reg @party poker. Crushing apps high stakes. Crushing live without the degeneracy. Savings/bankroll should exceed 300k-500k

Who could have known.

Petrucci...there are many aspect of bankroll management...there are guys who have rolls of 20buys or less on avg yet pull in 700buys within that year...Its not always abiut having a bankroll that correlates to being a winning player...sometime life expenses just get in the way...this is dif to degening your small bankroll up to bigger stakes and going broke

Winning an Oscar. Getting a blowjob from Jessica Alba. Solving climate change.

We're making a list of things not gonna happen right?

Hand 2: Don't 3bet/gii with AK off suit vs UTG at a full ring low stakes live table. That is a long run losing play. If he's "volatile" and showed up with KK, clearly your reads are WAY off and you need to improve them. Leave the ego at the door and don't label everyone as a fish.

Likewise hand 3, his hand is screaming QQ+ and yet you still can't help yourself from calling it off.

Hand 4: don't 3bet marginal hands. Check turn, you have no fold equity with a jam.

H1: Raise pre. Check flop. Turn you could just flat and call it off OTR to allow him to bluff more.

H2: If your read on Asian guy is accurate this seems fine. Typically folding to the 4 bet vs most players.

H3: Fold to 4 bet this is just AA way more than anything else. Sometimes KK. You are crushed vs a typical limp/reraise range.

H4: Just call preflop. Check flop. Check turn. You have a lot of outs but are still way behind anything that calls and I doubt you have much FE here.

Very meh, imo (although you'll definitely get opinions suggesting this is fine).

GcluelessNLnoobG


H1:

I'm cool with the overlimp. Preflop is dicey getting just 14:1 or so, but closing the action in a 4way pot, especially if anyone is an idiot (which clearly at least one is), then ok.

I'm cool with rest of the hand.


H2:

Would really need some HHs showing Villain's volatility, in what position, for what types of $$$. Against maniacs, likely warranted. At action tables I would also flat the initial raise a lot from this spot and hope someone else reraises (over a pretty small open) so I can then rejam over huge dead money (the best way to flex our FE with AK here, imo).


H3:

Again, really would need to know exactly how crazy this drunk guy is getting. In the end, we're facing a limp/reraise from UTG; if he's been doing this multiple times tonight with lol hands, ok, fine. Otherwise, meh, it's likely what it is. Also think this is a jam vs fold spot.


H4:

Already commented on this in your HH thread, but mostly don't play big pots with mediocre hands especially on a limited BR (see below).


On a limited BR, one that is so limited you can't even afford to not be staked and if you go busto you're life busto, preserving your BR should be your overriding number one concern. You can't afford swings on this BR and you should tailor your strategy accordingly.

Look up Sol Reader's giraffe in the winrates thread. It is both (a) the most impressive +EV giraffe you'll see there and also (b) contains the most hideous downswongs you'll ever see there. Almost no one has either the BR or the mental fortitude to play an extremely high variance (albeit perhaps ++EV) style and withstand those types of swongs (both in terms of $$$ and mental health). Especially you.

GgoodluckG

If you are getting annoyed at players calling with bad hands you don't understand how poker works.

If you get annoyed because someone raised when you limp you don't understand how poker works.

If you get annoyed because drunk people spaz out with bad hands you don't understand how poker works.

Yeah you need to remove yourself from the results and just try to play your best game.

Should probably aim for 300K savings first. That won't take long on 50% of winnings at 1/3.

Should probably aim for 300K savings first. That won't take long on 50% of winnings at 1/3 minus living expenses. In Melbourne. For a guy who only eats takeout.

Yo, quick question that doesn't have to do with cooking or whatnot.

Do they have like, $25 or $50 sit n gos at the casino in Melbourne? Just wondering cos I like em online to get my itchiness outta my pantaloons, and the OP can do last longer bets with the other players too. This might maybe help with the "spazzy" play. It's alot better pushing KQo in position with 11 bb than torching off a 200bb stack.

You're playing back against strength way too often. Villain's ranges are just way ahead of your holdings while you inflate the pot and are nowhere near deep enough to ever get folds. Just pure punts to people playing extremely face up and probably dont beat 1/3.

Lol true....he has to break out into apps more then get off stake then buy a tatts ticket and get lucky
Living expenses in Melb are thru the roof
There are no sng at crown

That's nice but I'm pretty sure your limited bank roll and staker would disagree.

You can be very good at poker and also have very bad spending habits.

I love it when drunk people spaz out and I love it when people call down with bad hands. I hate it when people attack limpers though.

In summary, I love it when people play badly/spew away stacks, but I hate it when people play well.

And when there's a player that normally punts off stacks and gets it in super light, but he just happens to have KK/AA against me everytime, then I get upset.

I try my best but it's hard sometimes. Like the old saying goes: EV doesn't pay the bills.

No Sit n Goes. They do have a $60 buyin midday madness tournament though, which is basically a hyper turbo format that gets about 50 players per day. The rake is 20% though so it would barely be profitable even if you knew your push/fold charts perfectly.

+1 to this

I know plenty of people that work part-time jobs and are constantly broke. This is because their income = their living expenses, so they don't save.

It's the same with me at poker. I was hardly putting in volume and I had high living expenses, thus I ultimately saved nothing. My win rate was pretty good though.

So the 2 things I need to work on are:
1) Putting in more volume; effectively turn this into a full-time job instead of a part-time job.
2) Keeping living expenses low, buy less luxury items.

If they indeed have KK/AA against you everytime, then either:

a) your reads are way off the mark and you need to improve them
b) these opponents adjust specifically to you by playing a tighter range, but against other players, they play looser

Sure you might get unlucky to run into the top of their ranges every now and then, but if it's happening all the time, it's not bad luck.

Are you still spending $40+ a day on eating out at takeaways and restaurants? Because if you are, that's something you could cut out right away if you cooked your own food. Words are utterly meaningless unless you back them up with actions.

They're definitely not adjusting to me. They're not good enough to adjust. They just play the same losing strategy for 20+ years and never change.

Not spending that much. I spend maybe $25 per day on food.

And yet they just happen to have KK/AA against you everytime? Something isn't adding up I'm afraid.

That's still an utterly ridiculous amount to spend on food. Think about it - if you spent only 1/3 of that (which is a far more reasonable amount), you could save up an extra ~$6k in a year, which is a decent shot at 2/5.

$25 a day on food and you're trying to save, lolololololol.

Dude, $25/day on food is ridiculous. I eat frivolously and don't meal plan well and less than half that lol