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Nice post, Mirko

There's not a Poker player on this planet who hasn't got things to work on, both IRL and in respect to their game. Even the most elite players have weaknesses/leaks that they work to plug. This is evidenced by the meta game consistently changing at all stakes.

I am sure you will figure it out. It might take 1 week, it might take 1 month, it might even take another year, but so long as you work hard and stay focused, you will get there. Nothing of value comes easily in life, and the only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.

I think you have a solid game that is more than capable of beating 25z, it's just about being on the right side of variance sometimes! As you said you have come a long way this year, so the 1mill BE stretch is not accurate to your current approach.

GL mate!

Thank you so much!

Stuborness plays a big role and sometimes its good, but in the beginning I was stuborn to not learn and just build on false myths that i will get better by just playing. Watching it from my current perspective now, back then i learned a lot of bad habits and ive build my game from bad rescources, which like you see guys it took some time to be fixed. Im very pleased how it went and i dont regret a single month. A few months ago I heard something like, Don't wish it was easier, whish you were better. Don't wish for more favourable win, thats like whishing something thats not gonna occur.


<3 thanks


Thanks man, I believe in that too!

Nice thread, takes some courage to post that 1M hand graph, actually there are a lot of people who are in the same boat as you. Probably hundreds of regs at all stakes who might think they are winning but are actually not and don't even have it in them to reflect on their game to conclude there is something fundamentally wrong in their approach.

Goodluck with all your goals!

Have lots of respect for you.

Gl for 2017!!

thanks guys, May success be with you and everything you do, Merry Christmas and a happy New Year too!

cya in 2017

January came fast, Its a new year and a fresh start. We did not have the best start, but everything is aight and we gonna finish the year strong! I have something in mind, so I will start January by playing a little bit of 10nl and then move up to 25nl after a few 10-20k hands.


Today






1)

no hands, i Just kinda wonder about the river

Hero (CO): $11.30 (113 bb)
UTG: $10.12 (101.2 bb)
BTN: $7.70 (77 bb)
BB: $13.07 (130.7 bb)
SB: $18.08 (180.8 bb)
MP: $10.23 (102.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A T
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 8 2 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.23, BTN calls $0.23

Turn: ($1.21) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($1.21) K (2 players)
Hero bets $0.76, BTN calls $0.76





2)

again no hands, not sure about T and R

CO: $33.17 (331.7 bb)
BB: $11.73 (117.3 bb)
BTN: $10 (100 bb)
Hero (SB): $10.45 (104.5 bb)
UTG: $14.27 (142.7 bb)
MP: $10.94 (109.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3 A
2 folds, CO raises to $0.20, BTN folds, Hero raises to $0.80, BB folds, CO calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.70) 2 4 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.53, CO calls $0.53

Turn: ($2.76) K (2 players)
Hero bets $1.75, CO calls $1.75

River: ($6.26) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

h1 - think flop can go either way tbh no big deal. River doesn't seem great given you have a lot of other hands that you should choose to bluff with first, and bluffing this hand combo prob means you are overbluffing. altho that may not matter at 25z, still rather check imo

h2 - looks good to me

hey, thanks for the feedback


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I was going to do earlier update, but we had a power cut for like a half day and the next day didnt had internet so here we end up today. Needless to comment on the graph all i can say is that, honestly it doesnt bother me at all. I spent a little bit of time fixing some postflop errors, altho i took it a little bit too far, into today's practice





I think i ran bad in every way possible xD


I would like to share some of the
runouts


BTN: $14.21 (142.1 bb)
SB: $6.43 (64.3 bb)
BB: $2.89 (28.9 bb)
UTG: $10.83 (108.3 bb)
MP: $10 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $10.09 (100.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q K
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, 3 folds, MP calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.95) J 9 9 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $0.61, MP calls $0.61

Turn: ($3.17) Q (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $1.51, MP calls $1.51

River: ($6.19) T (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $2.95, MP raises to $6.98 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.03





BTN: $0.90 (9 bb)
SB: $5.20 (52 bb)
BB: $11.69 (116.9 bb)
Hero (UTG): $21.58 (215.8 bb)
MP: $10 (100 bb)
CO: $10 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4 4
Hero raises to $0.20, 3 folds, SB calls $0.15, BB folds

Flop: ($0.50) T 4 T (2 players)
SB bets $0.36, Hero raises to $1.26, SB calls $0.90

Turn: ($3.02) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $2.16, Hero raises to $4.32, SB calls $1.58 and is all-in

River: ($10.50) T (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Small weekly update, still trying to climb back from the Party doomswitch i had in the beginning of the month. I had some time to actually re evaluate wtf happen with my BB play in the last ~2 months and so far for now i got it back to like ~ - 30 again for the last ~30k hands, will keep an eye on that till the end of the month

this week



i got 2 hands where i played vs spewy regs which i think i might have fked up


BTN: $8.56 (85.6 bb)
SB: $14.71 (147.1 bb)
Hero (BB): $10.27 (102.7 bb)
UTG: $5.11 (51.1 bb)
MP: $18.11 (181.1 bb)
CO: $10.31 (103.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A Q
4 folds, SB raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $1, SB raises to $2.30, Hero calls $1.30

Flop: ($4.60) K 8 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.19, SB calls $2.19

Turn: ($8.98) 7 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($8.98) T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5.78 and is all-in, SB calls $5.78





2)


SB: $11.06 (110.6 bb)
BB: $11.62 (116.2 bb)
UTG: $10.32 (103.2 bb)
Hero (MP): $12.99 (129.9 bb)
CO: $9.65 (96.5 bb)
BTN: $18.56 (185.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A Q
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.30, CO folds, BTN raises to $0.90, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.95) J 4 J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.93, Hero calls $0.93

Turn: ($3.81) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($3.81) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.73, Hero calls $2.73

How come you moved up to 25nl?

not sure what you mean mate



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quick update before to dive into the bed




also bb / sb started to look good again

Looking solid mate! Glad to see you on the upper up!

This is going to be a bit of a different post, where i am wondering if i should had buried my head in shame and not post, or listen to what my philosophy teacher taught me, dont beat yourself up, but just sit and write down where you think you've messed up, never forget it, and never do it again. So right now even though ashamed, im taking the different approach. Starting a little bit earlier, I had small problems in the past with BlackJack, DB Roulette, but with help i managed to get out of it and delete that page of my life, until yesterday. I finished my session yesterday and was waiting my movie to be downloaded, meanwhile i restarted the PS client and saw that they've added the Casino feature for my country aaaand here we go with deciding to just play a little bit untill the movie is finished with downloading. As u might guess I started with 1-2$ bets and prolly 20 min later i was betting the max on both BJ and db Roulette, u can guess the end right? Teh sad part is i was gonna take shots tommorow at 25nl with the intention of not moving back down

Why are you moving up to 25nl when you haven't beaten 5nl yet? It would be the best way to improve but it could get costly.

Sorry to hear this mate, hope you not lost to much. If you can just buy faster broadband, problem solved .

If I was you I would just focus hard on what BJ as cost you here, and what you could of potentially been making, also I would be looking to work on the mental game to, seems like a lot of us need it at the moment in cfp .

rip, BJ is the devil

nah m8 lost most of it at 1-12 Double ball roulette :d. Not rly rip though, I dont give up that easy and obv im back on track i just decided to finish 100k hands and make the update



hey thanks for the support m8, this month i already have started and made my choice to leave behind my technical game and work on the mental part, we will see where it ends.

hmu on skype again buddy

Same path with BJ)

samll update for the last 2 days

yesterday



today



1)

vs reg


BB: $15.03 (150.3 bb)
MP: $27.46 (274.6 bb)
UTG: $10 (100 bb)
Hero (BTN): $10.31 (103.1 bb)
SB: $13.53 (135.3 bb)
CO: $10 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with K T
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.25, SB raises to $0.90, BB folds, Hero calls $0.65

Flop: ($1.90) 7 9 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.90) J (2 players)
SB bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25

River: ($4.40) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $2.45, Hero raises to $8.16 and is all-in, SB calls $5.71





2)

im not sure here




3)

vs reg

bet h1

bet flop h1, this board heavily favours your calling range, you have all sets etc.

It won't be the best way to improve that would be like saying you can just jump into 100/200 NL and improved you fastest because it would cost you the most that is not how it works.
You could take a shot and run hot, but maybe be even worse skillwise than you started

While i thought i've seen everything in poker in terms of hot winning streaks like 2 russian guys won ~50BI in one session at 200zoom or it was 500 not sure, and the other one won 37BI in one session at 50nl recently, today i saw this and managed to make a quick SS and fun thing about is ive played quite a bit vs this guy


my graph for today