Hey guys, I've been playing poker a long time and attempted to take ot more seriously a few times but never really did mainly due to irl personal issues. I've at a decent stage of my life now and have decided to give it another shot. Given myself what I think is a pretty realistic goal of getting to 100nl by 2023. I'm a solid winner over at 10NL lifetime so don't wanna spend too many hands there. Hopefully move up to 16/25nl soon.

Spent about an hour studying today. Trying to focus on BB play as cold caller as I feel like being OOP especially without the initiative is the weakest part of my game.

Trying not to look at results till the end of the month but here are some of the biggest hands.


Any thoughts would be appreciated.

PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players
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UTG: $10.93 (109 bb)
MP: $12.15 (122 bb)
CO: $8.61 (86 bb)
BU: $10.47 (105 bb)
SB: $12.44 (124 bb)
BB (Hero): $13.84 (138 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with A♣ T♣
4 players fold, SB raises to $0.30, Hero 3-bets to $0.90, SB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) 9♣ 5♣ J♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.80, SB calls $0.80

Turn: ($3.40) 4♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.60, SB raises to $10.74 (all-in), Hero calls $8.14

River: ($24.88) J♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $24.88 (Rake: $1.12)

Showdown:
SB shows K♣ Q♠ (a pair of Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 24%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) shows A♣ T♣ (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 76%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BB (Hero) wins $23.76


PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 5 players
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UTG: $40.08 (401 bb)
CO: $10.00 (100 bb)
BU (Hero): $21.25 (213 bb)
SB: $14.06 (141 bb)
BB: $14.08 (141 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with Q♣ K♦
2 players fold, Hero raises to $0.25, SB 3-bets to $0.85, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) T♣ T♦ J♠ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.52, SB calls $0.52

Turn: ($2.84) A♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.17, SB raises to $4.34, Hero calls $2.17

River: ($11.52) 9♠ (2 players)
SB bets $8.35 (all-in), Hero calls $8.35

Total pot: $28.22 (Rake: $1.27)

Showdown:
SB shows T♠ A♠ (a full house, Tens full of Aces)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 86%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

BU (Hero) shows Q♣ K♦ (a straight, Ten to Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 14%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

SB wins $26.95


PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players
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UTG: $8.29 (83 bb)
MP: $15.02 (150 bb)
CO (Hero): $10.00 (100 bb)
BU: $12.48 (125 bb)
SB: $11.27 (113 bb)
BB: $7.12 (71 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with A♥ K♠
2 players fold, Hero raises to $0.22, 1 fold, SB 3-bets to $1, 1 fold, Hero 4-bets to $2.40, SB calls $1.40

Flop: ($4.90) Q♠ 7♣ A♠ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.20, SB calls $1.20

Turn: ($7.30) 9♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6.40 (all-in), SB calls $6.40

River: ($20.10) K♥ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $20.10 (Rake: $0.90)

Showdown:
CO (Hero) shows A♥ K♠ (two pair, Aces and Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 59%, Flop: 82%, Turn: 68%, River: 0%)

SB shows J♣ T♣ (a straight, Ten to Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 41%, Flop: 18%, Turn: 32%, River: 100%)

SB wins $19.20


PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players
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UTG: $24.64 (246 bb)
MP (Hero): $18.91 (189 bb)
CO: $10.20 (102 bb)
BU: $10.00 (100 bb)
SB: $5.57 (56 bb)
BB: $10.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with K♣ A♥
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.22, 3 players fold, BB 3-bets to $0.87, Hero calls $0.65

Flop: ($1.79) 3♦ A♣ 5♠ (2 players)
BB bets $0.56, Hero calls $0.56

Turn: ($2.91) 8♠ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.40, BB calls $1.40

River: ($5.71) 8♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.30, BB calls $7.17 (all-in)

Total pot: $20.05 (Rake: $0.90)

Showdown:
MP (Hero) shows K♣ A♥ (two pair, Aces and Eights - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 69%, Flop: 82%, Turn: 93%, River: 100%)

BB shows T♦ A♦ (two pair, Aces and Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 31%, Flop: 18%, Turn: 7%, River: 0%)

MP (Hero) wins $19.15

Some nice hands bro, don't see any glaring issues in the ones I read. I've got a study space in my Discord if you have any more, there's a fair few microstakes players in there, we're all trying to improve and climb stakes. Feel free to join!

So, been a long time with no update. Had a lot of irl stuff and havent done anything poker related for a couple months. But wasn't gonna let this thread die. Still have the goat of getting 100nl by year end. Might be a bit optimistic now but would be happy enough to get to 50NL. Didn't really get to play much before but here are my results before I took the break.



Obv not great but felt like I ran really bad and not a big sample size. Going to grind nothing but 10NL for the rest of the month and see how it goes. Try and put more time into studying as the more I play the less I feel I know. Will be prob be only updating once or twice a month going forward.

Gl at the tables all.

Cool thanks, I've joined.

May Update

Not much of an update. Didn't play many hands in May. Got back into poker pretty late in the month so very few hands. Glad to be back playing poker again though and nice to win a winning month albeit a small sample.







Goals for May:

[ ] Play at least 40k hands
[ ] Study at least 10 hours a day
[ ] Post at least 10 hands a week on the forum for review

Monthly Recap






YTD




Pretty happy with my results overall. BAnkroll is just over $1000 so going to start taking shots at 25nl this month. Also won about $100 from Star' Monthly challenge and chests etc Have been given a $90 challenge this month up from $40 which is nice. Obviously volume was low and was disappointed with that but had a very active social life in June with a bunch of concerts and things so a lot of days with no poker at all. July doesnt have anywhere near as much so hoping for much better volume.

June goals

[ ] Play at least 40k hands.

Came waaaaay short of this. Should do better this month,

[x] Study at least 10 hours a week.

Not tracking this except mentally but pretty sure I done this.

[ ] Post at least 10 hands a week in the forum for review

Absolutely didnt do this at all. Need to be more active in the forums in general.


July goals.

[ ] Complete my 2 monthly challenges on Stars
[ ] At least 30k hands
[ ] Play at least 10k of those hands at 25nl
[ ] Study at least 10 hours a week
[ ] Post 10 hands a week in the forum and be more active in general.