Hey this is LP. Im 28, and i am living in Nashville, TN. I have been playing poker for almost 4 years, even tho I have only been thinking for myself the last 4 months or so. I have done well live, online i have been slightly losing to break even. I don't have the track record to prove i will be successful. I have averaged 20/hr playing 1/2-1/3 live, but a small sample size on that. Honestly i just believe i am good enough to grind 100nl on Bovada. Maybe higher, but definitely 100nl. Also since Bovada has no rakeback, 100nl is pretty much the lowest level want to actually grind. Basically my thinking of the game has changed, im much more aggro. Also i used to be super nit, so i understand a TAG/Nit/Reg mind state, and i am willing to put the pressure on.

After cashing out i had 255 in my account, its now at 281.25 My goal is to get to $1000 so i can start putting volume n at 100nl. Up to around 1k i will be very aggro with my bankroll. i believe unless i go on a super bad prolonged downswing i wont go bust. This is due to my edge and willingness to drop down in stakes. Here is the outline of my plan

250-400 25nl zoom
400-500 2 table 50nl (jump down to 25nl zoom at 200)
500-700 3 table 50nl (jump down to 25nl zoom at 200)
700-1k 2 table 100nl (jump down to 50nl at 400)

obviously this is very aggro. once i reach 1k+ i will protect my roll much more. but i want to get to point where i can grind 100nl and drop down to 50nl as needed. Again i will drop down and i believe have an edge in these games. I guess we will all find out together.

This thread mainly serves to keep me honest with my volume. I tend to get lazy and hopefully this thread will help with that. I will be putting in 20 hours a week. I dont look at my cashier everyday so expect about 2 graphs a week. In between that I will try to post hands or give some sort of general update. Anyway this is my 3rd time typing this so this is the super condensed version lol . Any questions or comments welcome

**In before, "In b4 Bust"**

"You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money"
--Nas

GL to everyone

aggro money management up to nl100 is not a bad thing, I like that plan, why stay at the micro limits for a long time. After reaching nl100 you can be more careful with your money like you said.

GL

Thanks for the support!!

Got 5 hours in yesterday. Happy n disappointed at same time. Multiple times I had 60-80 on one table and would be up only slightly. Having to reload multiple times will eat at profit.

I think I'm too aggro in some river spots. My biggest pots lost were firing 3rd barrel and getting called by 2nd pair. I have to just get better adapted to player pool and right spots for aggression

Late last night I lost 3 BI in one hour. Just kept running into of fish range
And possibly to aggro in some spots. But I will make proper adjustments. I was up to 320 now I'm at around 230.

Putting in 5 hours today. GL to everyone not playing 25nl zone!!

Just finished 2 hour.session. pretty pleased. I made some adjustments to my pay. I'm basically trying learn zoom on the fly. Some spots are way different but the best poker player is the one who adjusts the quickest. I started off stuck $40ish in 30minutes. Basically villains hitting hands on board textures I usually barell, and then a long stretch of being card dead. But I stayed aggro n things turned around so I finished around $20-30. I

I will be playing more later and will update. Again I don't look at my cashier so I give general updates. But a graph will be coming on Monday. GL to everyone not playing 25nl zone!

Just finished for the night. I went to bed last night suck 3BI but I wasn't upset. I actually couldn't wait to play today.I felt I had a good stratey but needed to make some adjustments in the way I approached certain spots. Anyway today I got stuck $40 in my first 30 minutes but stayed focused and ended today up $100.

Obviously variance controls things in short term, but I feel my strategy for zone will work. Anyway looking forward to tomorrow. I did look at cashier so I can give exact number for BR

BR: 333.3 (hopefully 3's are good luck lol)

Sup guys. hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Mine went well. started off swingy but i made the proper adjustments and have been playing well. I play on Bovada so we have to wait 24 hours for HH so this graph is accurate up to Saturday night. i did win another $20 last night so the bankroll is growing. Variance can be cruel , but unless i run super bad we shud be 2 tabling 50nl this weekend. The 25nl games are soft, and unless u run bad they are easily crushable.

I played 13 hours this weekend, will be getting at least 20 in this week. GL to everyone and if u have questions or comments HMU.



Br at 356

think you've posted in my thread. I'm playing 50NL on Bovada right now and should be at 100NL sometime next month. Good luck on moving up.

I can respect the aggro BRM leading up to the 100NL limit. Especially if it's no big thing to reload if you go busto.

Yea I follow your thread, keep up the hard work. Hopefully I Will see you at 100no and beyond

25Nl zone is giving me the finger today. In last 4 hours I have ran KK into AA 4 times AIPF for stacks. Also card dead/ opponents getting there. I expected this though so all I can do is suck it up. What doesn't kill you...

Won back 40 in 55 minutes. Lost 43 in 2 hand in 5 minutes. Lol. Well played Zone. I will continue my donation to the 25nl zone pool tomorrow

Woke up frustrated bc of how last night went. But what can i do? Zone is frustrating bc when u are card dead your options are limited. I'm def one of most aggro in my player pool but my hands are still tied. In normal games when you run bad you can pick up pots thru NSD winnings. But in zone u can't just hammer ppl without hands bc u never know who u are against. Variance is part of game, but zone makes me feel like a slave to it.

When I get back to 350 ish Ima take shots at 50nl instead of waiting to 400. A big part of my game is NSD winnings and exploiting players. I feel im sacrificing a huge portion of my edge.
The game is soft. Really soft. But. In poker u will run bad no matter what. And not being able to exploit villains for.max NSD wins just prolongs downswings

O well tho.Ima just put hours in and get the hell out zone. GL to every one

so the last couple days have been swingy. I lost 125 during a downswing where i could not win a hand. Ran KK into AA 4 times, getting hands but having nut worst runouts, and of course the dreaded seconds nuts. I beleive tho i could have saved 60-80 if i found the fold button. Its hard to fold 2nd nuts in one bc u have no reads vs some villains certain hands are a sap call and vs other villains its an insta fold. in zone u dont know which is which. but the best will always adjust and thats what i plan to do



the graph is missing about 6 hours of play from yesterday and today. I am frustrated with myself bc even tho i ran bad, i hate making calls when i feel i could have gotten away. O well tho. Live and learn.

A week into my challenge I stand down 1BI at 25zone. It should be about 10k hands. I squandered singe profits early in my first couple hours playing zone, and made some questionable calls with second nuts. So overall with volume I'm confident I would be a decent dinner in that game. But honestly I hate it bc you can't max exploit people.

With that being said since this is the weekend I will be shot taking 50nl FR. 6Max variance is 2 much with 5 BI. Whenever I get to $400 I will continue with the original plan so I will grind 2 table 50nl 6max. Obviously this isn't set in stone, but at the same time I'm not on a kamikaze mission either. I don't mind putting in volume and work but I really don't want to grind 25nl zone with no rakeback, and I'm really not a fan of zone, and I feel my edge is high elsewhere. Plus it's the weekend and what better time to take a shot?

BR 257.77

Played 5 hour tonight. I played 50nl FR. I two tabled and Made $80-90 dollars. Perry much standard but had a couple of tough spots. I started at 10:30 central to maximize my shot. I wanted make due I played in best games possible.

My second hand of the day I get KK in SB and utg+1 shoves for $22. I call he shows 55 and rivers a set. Two hands later lost another 20bb even villain hits 3 outer OTR. Obviously not cool but whatever. Kept grinding and had a positive day.

I started the session at $256 so bankroll back up to around $340. Ready to get work tomorrow and make good decisions.

Pretty good day today. Still two tabling 50nl FR. I made $88 today. Took me 7 hours. I know playing 2 tables of FR would be a slow grind. But it is also low variance. Basically it's like grinding at the casino. I can handle that monotony without losing focus. Taking notes also helps and looking at hands that went to showdown. Anything to keep my mind active.

I am wondering if I should switch to 50nl 6max as planned or keep at FR. I know I can beat the 6max game but it's more variance. Obviously though I can win more than by playing FR. I guess I will sleep on it. If anyone any thoughts let me know

I got a tourney ticket to the $150 200k guarantee tomorrow. A nice score would be awesome!! I will play that, watch some football, then get back on the grind.
BR: 421.31

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I won a seat to the 200k today. Busted a little after second break. I was playing two tables of 50nl FR. Made $100 in two hours. Nothing really spectacular. Just made a couple hands and got good value. I definately like normal takes over zoom bc of different dynamics and beig able to note take and make better decisions. But to each his own. The draw of zone is strong tho and I would like to get better so I can play 100zone when im rolled.

According to my original plan I should be playing 3 tables of 50nl 6max until I get to $700. So my issues are should I 3 table 50nl with no HUD? Or should I stay at 50nl FR until I get to $700 and then proceed to 2 table $100nl FR until I get to 1000? I really want to be in posistion to take shots at 100nl FR this weekend, so obviously 6max gets me there the fastest.

OR (my super aggro side speaking) I could take 200 of the 250 I won this weekend and take a 2BI shot at 100nl tonight. I would strictly adhere to my stop/loss. I kind of like this idea bc I love shot taking on weekends. Also I'm comfortable if I have to 2 table 50nl with $300 if my shot fails. On the other hand if I win a BI or two I will be very close to the last leg of this challenge. How aggro should I be? Again when I get to $1000 I will stop the aggro shot taking and Grind 100nl from there. So the $1000 mark is basically the amount I feel I have reasonable risk of ruin with at 100nl, n I'm aggressively tying to get there. Idk. I'm about to smoke n figure out my next move.
Any suggestions or comments get at me

BR $522.22

I like the FR games on Bovada for many of the reasons mentioned. Also weaker overall player pool. Glad I saw this thread. It has motivated me to play more and better poker. Stay in touch LP. You still going to circuit in Cherokee.

Thanks for support. Idk about Cherokee. I will be in SC that weekend for my birthday. But I know the wait lists will be crazy. If I can't get a room near casino I may not play cash. I will prolly just go up, play a nightly and some craps n just have fun for a while. But if I find a room then yea Ima play cash

i haven't played since Monday night. The games were super good. 4-6 way limped pots. I isolate and get 2 callers. Good stuff. Unfortunate for me i was card dead/ couldn't hit a flop when i got cards/ when i did hit the turn and river completely poop on my hand. These types of nights can be expensive. Especially at a table full of calling stations bc its hard to bluff multiple idiots out of the pot when the are determind to take their bottom pair to the river. But i did make 3 or 4 huge folds. I know on Monday i was suppose to lose 3BI at minimum. I lost $65 or a little over a buy in. I felt like i had won lol. 4real tho, these guys were going runner runner like crazy. It sucks having to fold after u raise pre, bet flop, turn, and some times river. But alot of times these fish will SAVE u money. They get so trappy and super over shove rivers or do other stuff where if u have discipline u can make ridiculous folds in spots where u should have went broke. At the end of the month the money u save by "reading the tea leaves" and getting out of sticky situations can mean the difference between a breakeven month and a crushing one. So hopefully i can keep it up. It is hard when u get shown a bluff and u realize u could have stacked villain. But the times u lose 30bb instead of 100 more than makes up for this, bc face it, 80% of time these fish aint bluffing. If u dont believe me, wait 24 hours, look at ur HH and see what they have.

Anyway this graph is accurate and up to date. Idk if ill play tonite. i usually take wednesday off, but who knows. GL to everybody not playing 50nl FR



BR $459

I log out.of bovada at 10p last night for like 5 minutes. Come back lobby won't refresh. Long story short Bovada was down like 8-10 hours, ALL of it during prime fishing hours. Damn man. O well. Try to make up.for it but really puts a dent in my volume goal for the week.

Br 440

Yes last night sucked, wanted to grind a lot myself.

We still have all week-end, let's go!

So this weekend was fairly disappointing. Bovada was down all night Friday, was sketchy on Saturday, and crashed after 2 hours of play tonight. Frustrating bc I only got in 13 hours this week which is half of where I should be.

I feel I played well this weekend. Couple spots I feel I over adjusted and that cost me about 50BB. I'm pretty sure I will play 100nl FR at $600 if I'm there this weekend. I will take a strict 3BI shot, if I lose it's back to 50nl FR.

I want to play 6max but I am going to wait until I have a HUD. Seems the Holdem Indicator one is most reliable but it's ~$100 so I will wait until I get to $1000 and get it. Anyway if Bovada let's me I'll grind a couple hours later tonight

BR $524

Keep it up! I've enjoyed following these

Thanks for the support!! my laptop charger broke so I had order a new one. I'm cheap and got one of ebay for $10, while Wal-Mart and best buy wanted ~$40. Hopefully will be here by the weekend. I ended up Playing two more hours on Sunday night and won about $30.
I'm pretty sure I'm taking a 3BI shot at 100nl FR this weekend. I really don't see a point in waiting until I get to $700. I believe I can beat the game so it basically comes down to if I run good to start and how willing I am to rebuild from $250 at 50nl FR. I feel the upside is easily greater than the downside. Basically I ask myself this question.. an I miss likely to win 3BI brie I lose 3BI, and how will I and my bankroll feel off I lose the 3BI shot. I came up from $250 once, I'll do it again if necessary. I didn't start this to grind 50nl, I did it to come up and shot take 100nl as many times as possible until it sticks. Also I think it's important to note that I started this thread with $250, but really that $250 came from a $100 deposit that I ran playing SNG. I started at the 3.3 and got up to the $14 triple up turbo. So I basically feel I'm free rolling. But again, I'm not going too let myself go broke ( unless variance and poker gods deem it necessary.)

I usually do a graph but since I can't start my laptop up it's a no go, so take my word when I tell u....

BR $549