(LONG POST AHEAD) ((hah! Classic.))
Hey there, reader!
You're probably wondering if this is yet ANOTHER 0 to hero, nl2 to nl1000, 0$ to $1 million, fish to pro blog. You've read 'em all, seen 'em (almost) all fail and think this is just another one.
W̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶'̶r̶e̶ ̶1̶0̶0̶%̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶!̶
Well this is NOT the case.
I'm MRNDY (that's Mr. Andy), 20y/o Marketing student from Romania, looking to play some poker.
Can't remember how I started, probably was around 14 and the friends who introduced me to sport bets (huge mistake..) called me to a home game. Seen it, played it, loved it. Then went to gamble for like 6 years. Unlike some lucky guys who won from the beginning, I actually kept losing at both bets and poker (never my fault I SWEAR).
I don't know how much I lost and frankly I don't even care. Having said that, I decided to change my life in 2018 (and in every 2018 before that). I quit playing League Of Legends (was playing even 18h/day sometimes), quit betting (actually I bet $130 on Real Madrid vs Villareal) and I made a plan to beat the living hell out of these microstakes.
2018 Poker Plan
01.01.2018
BR=$200 NL2, 12 tables (1kh/hour), 3h/day, 25d/month
EDIT I made some mistakes, 12tables plays more than 1kh/hour and I used that measure in the whole plan. Guess that means I can take an extra day or two off a month.
Expectations: wr 5bb/100h, Profit +$75, Total NL2=$75, 75kh
Reality: wr 4.02 bb/100h, Profit +$61.5, 76.506h, 68.35h/month
I moved at NL5 at $250, even if I didn't made +$75 at NL2
01.02.2018
BR=$250 NL5
BR=$150 NL2
12t, 3h/day, 25d/month
Exp: 3bb/100h, +$112.5/month, Total NL5=$250, 168kh
Reality: started playing since 25.01.2018 15tables
15.04.2018
BR=$500 NL10
BR=$300 NL5
16t (1300h/hour), 5h/day, 25d/m
Exp: 2bb/100h, +$325/month, Total NL10= 390kh, $780
15.07.2018
BR=$1250 NL25
BR=$750 NL10
20t (1667h/hour), 6h/day
Exp: 1bb/100h, +$750/month, Total NL25= 488kh, $1220
15.09.2018
BR=$2500 NL50
BR=$1500 NL25
24t(2kh/hour), 8h/day
Exp: 0.5bb/100h, +$1000/month, Total NL50=1M h, $2500
01.12.2018
BR=$5000 NL100
BR=$3000 NL50
24t, 8h/day
Exp=0.5bb/100h, +$2000/month, Total NL100=1.6M h, +$8000
01.01.2019
BR=$7000, withdraw 50% of every month winnings starting with 01.12.2018
01.04.2019
BR=$8000 NL200!
BR=$4000 NL100
I could go on but you get the idea. I want to become pro and I think that's the first step. I used w34z3l's Walkthrough to fix some of my huge leaks, but I'm not playing so good yet. I will try and make a Poker Learning Plan for 2018, since my experience (not much since I pretty much lost, but for sure I'm not a new player) is not enough to win.
Also it's my first post/blog/challenge/activity in a forum, so if you have any suggestions, I'll be grateful. I'm doing this because I can't seem to find "poker buddies" and I do want to surround myself with people that can mentor me or at least have the same goal and we can help each other work towards that goal.