play regular tables dude, can notice more reliable patterns so reads and edge should be bigger play 1-3 tables if not using hud and 3-6 if using one sure your crush.
winrates should be higher so less swings and also smaller bankroll required cause of that reason (less swingy) to play same stake level, yh hourly might drop but might not might be higher even with less volume, only way to know is to test it out think your be pleasantly surprised though, but if your single tabling speed 3 tables of reg should match that volume and cause you are using a hud you shouldn't miss out on too much bet pattern wise, just maybe miss some showdowns when not involved in hands (which im guessing you are semi use to cause of speed poker anyway).

GL also if fancy throwing some tips advice my way once if i move up appreciate it ha.

keep thread up too dude for long haul im enjoying following this

whats going on guys! so its been a crazy few months in my life. I have been trying to stay focused on playing a lot more poker, and trying to move up from where I am at right now. I am still at 5NL and hoping to move up to 25nl in the next few months.

I have not really been putting in a lot of volume because I have to add more money to my bankroll online.

I have been studying a lot and running PIO sims and studying spots that I need to improve on.

There so many different strategies out there and I am somewhat new to poker, but I am trying to put all the pieces together.

I have a few friends that are doing a 90 day challenge to improve studying and developing a plan to move up to high stakes.

this would be month 2 so far. I honestly slacked last month just because of some things that really can't be avoided in my life.

Hopefully I can rack up the volume this month and really gauge where I am at.


My goals for this month is to get better at my XR bb vs. btn and to run boards and see what I should be check raising on and making a simple note so I can hit those frequencies.

I have a basic poker strategy right now where I am only using one bet size on each street. Idk if thats the best but its basic enough for me to follow and develop my balanced gameplan around.

ill try and post every week but idk its just super depressing putting all this time studying in and still not understanding more than half of what I am learning lol!

good luck to you all

what up up! so I am back at this **** again lol..... so I decided I would start back up my poker journey with one of my friends that is trying to crush in poker. he has been playing far longer than me and is on a different level.

He thinks i have the big balls to make some type of money in poker... so I am going to try this again haha.

so I decided to do a 18 month game plan of playing poker. I started back up at the beginning of FEBRUARY 2020. and completed a full month of playing poker. its been a long time since I played. did I do alright? **** no.... haha it was to be expected. here is my graph from last month:


crazy right? that is like whale times 10...if you played me you probably would just laugh ya way to the bank....geeshhhhh

I mean I think I put in decent volume. hey it is what it is....

oh lets not forget this one....





call me king of the downswing baby!

lol but yea disappointing month. can I improve? idk I think I can but we will see though.


so my goals for march..the second torture month.



Play 25k hands

study 1-5 pio hands a day(hopefully this will increase later)

drink a gallon of water a day

get 2 miles a day in walking

relax when I am tired of getting punched in the face by poker

talk hands with my friend everyday (he probably sick of me asking dumb questions but yolo) anybody want to be my friend so i dont bug him so much hit a guy up.


thats it keeping it simple.

I dont know if I will post weekly but we shall see. lets make a step in the right direction this month...can I make at least $5 so i can by me a coffee?

dev out.

update. well my health goals have completely crapped the bed. this whole covid-19 shaking up the whole world. Just havent been motivated to eat right. I cant even find chicken or rice in my stores but can find twinkies and oreos...the struggle

poker has been stressful this month, but I got a plan and been grinding. I have been consistent with studying and playing. so I am on track for that at least. last weekend I took a few days off to clear my head but started fresh on monday. I was more relaxed and focused after that.

I don't know how some people can play like 7 hours straight must be exhausting.

so hopefully I can quit making some major mistakes and keep making the right plays

but yea till next time. I was bored so I thought i would write something...

Good luck

Update.

I finally have a couple days off of work. everything is closed. I am going nuts. this covid-19 is stressing me out lol.





Ok not a bad last week. I am making so many mistakes when I review hands its killing me. today I am going to review my biggest pots lost and see if I can improve. maybe I will post some of those and talk about my thought process.

but still trying to figure out how to stop my redline from tanking lol. any suggestions?

OK BOYS! we made it out alive man. I been crazy consistent the past two months. I almost lost my ****. o man almost lost my ****. so lets get up to date...

OVERALL PICTURE OF THE JOURNEY:






Month 1:






Month 2:






month 2 was sad man. up down up down up down. Was able to finish strong though.

my goals for last month didnt go so hot.


Play 25k hands (SUCCESS)

study 1-5 pio hands a day(FAILED)

drink a gallon of water a day(FAILED)

get 2 miles a day in walking(FAILED)

relax when I am tired of getting punched in the face by poker(SUCCESS)

talk hands with my friend everyday (SUCCESS)

so hard to stay healthy during a pandemic in the USA ok lets make some new goals then....


Month 3 Goals:

Play 25k Hands

study 1-5 hands in pio a day or 35 a week.

drink a gallon of water a day

relax when I am tired of getting punched in the face by poker

talk hands with my friend everyday

find some poker friends??? where yall at?



well thats it guys hope you guys crushing your poker journey. update for this month so far. I am getting my ass kicked. lol down 6 buy ins today but hey its the norm.


p.s. anybody know how to fix my redline? its just tanking man how do u STOP IT!??

and how do you increase this wwsf? i need like a 48 to feel happy to move up to 25nl.

these are the only two things i feel like that are holding me back to move up. so any advice to help me fix these issues will be greatly appreciated!

Dev out.

Good luck! Try and find more bluffs and fold less. Very general, but hopefully that will lead you in the right direction.

sup. here we go again. so I havent posted on here for the past few months because I have been grinding. April sucked. I don't how much I can keep doing his and losing without seeing progress. I literally put so much work in last month. the most hours Ive played in a month this year.

I think im doing good then boom I lose I lose I lose. so lets look at the update and see where i'm at.

OVERALL PICTURE OF THE JOURNEY:





MONTH 3:






MONTH 4:





Jokes. effing jokes. working a full time job and still trying to make this work sucks. yolo.

Month 5 Goals:

Play 25k Hands

study 1-5 hands in pio a day or 35 a week.

drink a gallon of water a day


whats that quote? doing something over and over and getting the same result is insanity? I must be insane for keep playing this game and studying getting no results.

sup. got a few hands that I played yesterday that confused me.


Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 108 BB
UTG: 177.8 BB
MP: 58.6 BB
CO: 300.6 BB
BTN: 97.6 BB
SB: 103.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J K

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has 4 8

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has A 6

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) CO has 5 9

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BTN has 4 3

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) SB has T J

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) T T A
SB checks, Hero bets 4.4 BB, SB calls 4.4 BB

Turn: (14.8 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets 10.6 BB, SB calls 10.6 BB

River: (36 BB, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero bets 25.6 BB, SB calls 25.6 BB

SB shows T J (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 83%, Turn 89%)
SB wins 83 BB


I didnt know if I should bet on the turn. I feel like Im repping AT A9 JT QT etc my bluffs would be these gut shots. when I am thinking of his range I mean he as AA AK that he could call on turn. then since i missed I thought this would be a good hand to bluff river with.

dont know much about blockers. maybe I block too much of his folding range?



Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 96.4 BB
SB: 207.6 BB
BB: 303.8 BB
UTG: 101.2 BB
MP: 146.4 BB
Hero (CO): 103.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BTN has T 8

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) SB has 8 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BB has K Q

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has 9 6

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has K 6

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9 K

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.4 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 7.6 BB, Hero calls 5.2 BB

Flop: (15.6 BB, 2 players) 7 5 T
BB bets 7.6 BB, Hero calls 7.6 BB

Turn: (30.8 BB, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (30.8 BB, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows K Q (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 52%, Turn 67%)
Hero mucks 9 K (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 28%, Flop 48%, Turn 33%)
BB wins 29.4 BB


my question is should I of XR this on flop..I think the size is small enough so i could barrell off. when he checks I think he is checking some over pairs and over cards like AK KQ maybe some 10x hands? I should of def bet here. but is this a good hand to barrell on river when he call and checks the river? do I block too much of his folding range? block enough of his calling range?

anyway lol when it goes check check I should of bluffed river. missed opportunities everywhere lol.

anyway had a good session last night won 3 buy ins. I was focused. Hopefully I keep this focus up. turn on the tunes and just think of my spots



IF anyone reads this I follow a doug polk gto approach to the game. I have been studying a lot of his trainings and other people stuff as well. so right now just trying to understand range vs range interaction. hopefully in time ill get better breaking this ish down lol

Nice forum skills, you baited me for put icons on my tittle lol
Following GL

Nice thread, I have a similar one myself if you want to check it out. I’m currently playing 16nl on stars. I, like you have a full time job and can’t dedicate my life to poker but am trying to give it as much time as I physically can, also don’t really know anyone within the poker community to bounce ideas off and learn from. Everything so far is self taught and all from training videos. Keep working hard mate

lol thanks man.

Word man I will check it out for sure! that's dope. how do you like 16nl? is it tough? Yea same here man. having a full time job and trying to play poker is e f f i n g nuts but hey I love it hopefully we can stay connected and keep the dream alive!

few hands I had some questions about.

Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 143.4 BB
CO: 28.4 BB
Hero (BTN): 100.4 BB
SB: 99.8 BB
BB: 97 BB
UTG: 100.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has 9 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) CO has 4 7

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A J

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) SB has A T

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BB has K Q

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has 3 Q

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.4 BB, fold, BB raises to 9.6 BB, Hero calls 7.2 BB

Flop: (19.6 BB, 2 players) 3 J Q
BB bets 13 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

Turn: (45.6 BB, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (45.6 BB, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows K Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 43%, Flop 74%, Turn 89%)
Hero mucks A J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 57%, Flop 26%, Turn 11%)
BB wins 43.4 BB


I was wondering if i could bet river for thin value or whatever....

so this next hand right....my friend would kill me if he knew I did this but yo listen to my thought process ok?

Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 95.2 BB
CO: 56.4 BB
BTN: 155.2 BB
SB: 105 BB
Hero (BB): 166.6 BB
UTG: 212.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has 2 5

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) CO has 9 7

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BTN has 7 3

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) SB has J A

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 2 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has 3 Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) J 7 3
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB

I bet my whole range in this spot so we good here.

Turn: (10 BB, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero bets 7.2 BB, SB calls 7.2 BB

I felt like I have no showdown value here with my 22....thats why i just continued betting.

River: (24.4 BB, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets 17.4 BB, SB calls 17.4 BB


Same here im not winning if i check so why not bet? I would try and break these ranges down but way too tired lol

SB shows J A (Two Pair, Jacks and Threes)
(Pre 58%, Flop 95%, Turn 97%)
SB wins 56.4 BB


so some hands from the other day. hopefully ill get some feedback from u guys.

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) J 7 3
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB

I bet my whole range in this spot so we good here.


why you bet your whole range here?

I guess it’s an exploit that I found watching some old nick Howard videos. I bet my whole range for 33 percent on a lot of boards that disconnected. In this spot sb vs bb srp pfc ip I do it as well. I probably should of checked the flop because I have some type of value but it is what it is.

idk but these type of boards are the opposite of disconnected, anyways hand is clear check i think

here is another hand from last night. I wanted to know if I should call the river or just fold.

Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 99.2 BB
UTG: 29.4 BB
MP: 186.6 BB
CO: 101.4 BB
BTN: 119 BB
Hero (SB): 104 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BB has K 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has 6 4

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has 8 5

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) CO has A 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BTN has Q T

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T T

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 16 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 13 BB

Flop: (36 BB, 2 players) 8 9 6
Hero bets 13.2 BB, BTN calls 13.2 BB

Turn: (62.4 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 18.4 BB, Hero calls 18.4 BB

River: (99.2 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 26 BB, fold

BTN wins 94.4 BB

I ran this in PIO to see. here are the results:





FLOP:







Turn:








River:









looks like I should of bet turn as well. :\ even when I checked and he bet on the turn I should of raised. On the river looks like I should of called as well. thoughts?

hmm interesting. you most likely right.

Only just seen your reply mate. 16nl I’m definitely still finding my feet, I play 2-3 regular tables so it takes time to get the volume in, probably only played 2k hands of 16nl but after last nights session I’m about 2.5BI in profit so far, it’s a little tougher but definitely still beatable, and still tonnes of fish. Luckily covid is still around so I’m getting plenty of poker time and it was attracting lots of terrible players. I think some of them may of got back to there busy lives now there’s still lots of 60/5 kind of players at the tables, are you based in the UK?

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Nice bro! I am based in the United States. Upstate New York.

some hands from yesterday session:

Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 103 BB
UTG: 78.8 BB
MP: 123.4 BB
CO: 302.4 BB
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 86.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BB has 6 9

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has 7 8

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has 8 Q

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) CO has K 7

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A A

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) SB has J K

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.4 BB, SB calls 2 BB, fold

Flop: (5.8 BB, 2 players) Q 7 2
SB checks, Hero bets 4.2 BB, SB calls 4.2 BB

Turn: (14.2 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets 10.2 BB, SB raises to 27.2 BB, Hero calls 17 BB

River: (68.6 BB, 2 players) 2
SB bets 52.4 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 52.4 BB

SB shows J K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 17%, Flop 67%, Turn 83%)
Hero mucks A A (Two Pair, Aces and Twos)
(Pre 83%, Flop 33%, Turn 17%)
SB wins 164.8 BB

I typically check range on boards like this. I don't if I played this right on the river. I think I can bet because I have the Ad





Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 99 BB
BB: 84.6 BB
UTG: 64 BB
MP: 97.6 BB
CO: 162.4 BB
BTN: 80 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J J

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BB has 6 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has K A

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has T 5

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) CO has J 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BTN has 9 9

UTG raises to 64 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 99 BB and is all-in, fold

Flop: (129 BB, 2 players) A 5 T

Turn: (129 BB, 2 players) 3

River: (129 BB, 2 players) Q

UTG shows K A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 54%, Flop 93%, Turn 97%)
UTG wins 122.6 BB



here I have no idea. dude just shoved and im thinking in my head this guys is a **** so Im just going to call.




but its not all bad! check this hand out. made my night.


Ignition - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 183 BB
UTG: 216.6 BB
MP: 109.6 BB
Hero (CO): 103 BB
BTN: 101.4 BB
SB: 99 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BB has Q 2

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) UTG has J T

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) MP has 2 Q

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K A

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) BTN has K 4

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) SB has 7 7

UTG raises to 4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11.4 BB, fold, SB calls 11 BB, fold, UTG raises to 216.6 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 91.6 BB and is all-in, SB calls 87.6 BB and is all-in

Flop: (306 BB, 3 players) 2 6 A

Turn: (306 BB, 3 players) J

River: (306 BB, 3 players) Q

UTG shows J T (One Pair, Jacks)

Main Pot [298 BB]: (Pre 29%, Flop 3%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot#1 [8 BB]: (Pre 39%, Flop 3%, Turn 14%)

SB shows 7 7 (One Pair, Sevens)

Main Pot [298 BB]: (Pre 34%, Flop 6%, Turn 3%)

Hero wins 7.8 BB
Hero wins 283 BB



feed me boys!

I had a really good week! I was focused and had a lot of mental clarity. going to play a little bit today and post my week 1 graph maybe tomorrow. I will try to keep doing weekly updates to keep me accountable. I just hope I keep this consistency up because when I have great weeks, it tends to be taken out by a huge downswing I always go on