Hi Lads ! t i m e t o g e t s e r i o u s a b o u t p o k e r

this is gonna be my first thread -not the very first since I'm a newbie- but the first of many many serious and mature posts about poker here in 2+2 ! lol mature and serious who am i trying to cheat ?

ATTENTION 3 very important points about myself as follows:

no1: Im Msc Architecture Student in It, Milano and hopefully be graduated in july.

no2: Im cuban, yes C U B A, that small island in the Caribbean Sea where all activity related to gambling is prohibited since we are a proudly and provenly "socialist country" but if u are thinking of taking some holidays pack some shorts, swimsuits and go there to enjoy 32 °C the whole year ! ETERNAL SUMMER ! with some prime beaches, bi^c^es and lot of party and alcohol for almost nothing! and yes as long as u have a laptop u can find a spot with internet and get online in your pr ! won't be easy to find internet tho :P

no3: As u might have realised my english is not perfect! but why not? this is one of my goals here, bump up my english to its best making new friends and sharing my weekly monthly activity with u all grinders.

ok
didn't say I'm Ernesto, 27

How did i meet Mr. Poker? my new fresh gf
R/ I was around 15 and some cuban dude introduced me to him, i don't know if i was **** but that guy WAS A BEAST! i was wondering if he's the face behind isildur :P ok we all know its Viktor Blom!

When did i start playing online?
R/ I started few months ago (december) made my first deposit of 10$ on Ps.it, lost them in 2 hours, the next day received my welcome bonus of 10$ and i happily lost again in 2 hours, got pissed off and started with some researches and readings, then met the word BR and how to manage it (GOD BLESS THE BRM), softwares trackers i tried a couple of them: PT HEM PC (which i finally paid for and I'm currently using, in the future another goal is getting HEM) after a couple more deposits of $50 i finally started crushing nl2 with a tight,solid and aggressive game loosen up a bit from CT & BTN but i never went off of my confort zone, with a strategy like that went from 60$ to 120$ in 2 weeks so i took a shot at nl5 and my BR decreases a lot so I'm back at nl2.

Today, the present?
R/ Askin here around on 2+2 how to speed up my game some of the war veterans told the best way is getting a coach, so i got the nerve and pm one of the PRIMEST users of 2+2 asking for some help and he kindly replied, we made kind of a deal, and i like to say now that he's my coach and i won't let him down HAIL TO THAT!!(I'm not mentioning the aka of the coach unless he agrees) but only good vibes and thought towards him!

I had today my first section, talked a bit met each other, explained my goals and how to achieve them(ofc he was controlling every single word i was saying) and then i played for a while(3 hours and i RAN GOOD, i can do it much better so i won't say VERY GOOD) he spotted some leaks in my game ! DAMN THERE WERE AT LEAST 100000000000, but I'm working on them now! in this first section we drove me to a new world of poker, he acted like a magician, he's game imo was based more in hand reading and gto than any other thing! i realised and when i say so its because i did WHAT HAND RANGE MEANS and WHAT LEVEL OF THINKING is and how important it it EVEN IN THE MICROS

So my goals are here:
- Play 50-100nl in 6 month (profitably)
- Play 40-50k(realistic goal) hands monthly - and if my thesis project allows me to play more then PLAY MORE AND MORE
- Avoid tilt 100%
- Get off of my confort zone Vpip: 16-19 and reach a lovely 35% regarding my hand range opening, loosen up "more" my game from CO and BTN
- Start recording all my sections with my coach and learn as much as possible from that guy who is PURE DOPE!
- Keep reading, watching videos, studying the gto according to my coach's way to see how i resolve obstacles
- Get flopzilla, equilab or poker stove and start understanding my pre flop range and villains that way i can start thinking about different levels of thinking
- Get the desired subscription on rio and watch videos of pros till my eyes fall down in front of the laptop.
- Play 5bb/100 or more on every level

starting bankroll: 100$
http://i.imgur.com/wzWrZjf.png

this is my detailed bankroll, after 50k hands I have played at least 100k hand more in the cellphone ( thing i will never do again)

Today a new Era begins for me and hope i ve got the guts to achieve my goals!

m.p
no mature,no serious JUST GRINDING

gl mang! Kind of in the same boat. Learning cash (switching from MTTs due to schedule) but starting at 10NL. Hope to be playing 200NL by end of the year.

GLGL will be following along. Hope you keep up with it.

Cheers mate! hope u crush the limit! cash games are getting tougher tougher so what it takes the most is WORK! thats the word of the day to me!

GL GL GL TO U TOO! i will keep the thread updated weekly ! thanks for the support and kit !

Subbed! How is the internet there? Isn't it true that the plans are to build a solid internet infrastructure in Cuba? GL with poker!

Hi geef, 2 year ago i couldn't even pronounce the word internet, very few pple had access to it and there was only via telephone -a nightmare- recently the government has tried to grant access to the pple, there are lot of spots in the city where the pple get online via wifi (some parks, landmarks and hotels) still they are very few and u see 3000 persons gather in a corner of a street getting online! The smartest usually buy this kind of antennas and boom the have internet from home-and not via that nasty slow cable u connect to the modem-phone- anyways its still bit expensive considering our av monthly sal, but they are workin on that! I can say that thing s been running quite fast now that theres no more stupid fight btween cub amd usa

Thanks for the supp and gl to u too
Pd, love the netherlands national football team! THE BEST! Unfortunately what happened recently for the euro!

Had a section today early in the morning! ONE OF THE WORST I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE! THE RESULT OF THE SECTION : ****ED UP 70$ MOUSE, i swear i controlled tilt very well but today was "one of this days"... Played 1 hour 40 minutes, 620 hands with a -8.5 $ profit

actual br: 90.18$ so i ran BAD VERY BAD - 69bb/100 i should kill myself now!

Some things i would like to highlight in this section:
-I tried so hard loosen up my game above all from the co and btn
flop seen: 26% today vs 17% all time R/ Saw lot of more flops, called with a wider range against fishes but it seemed to me that those guys always hit something with nothing! fu****k me! LOST LOTS OF SHOWDOWNS in consequence

Vpip: 32% today vs 17% all time: I called and opened MORE from all positions with "margina hands" but i can say it was ok regarding the fishes on the table and the villains playing at my back! BUT IT DIDNT WORK! JUST DIDNT!

Pfr: 23% today vs 14% all time! I WAS OPENING A LOT, never done that!

Called pfr: 22% vs 10% : no ex

some other data: 3b + - the same today, folded to 3b + , bsa twice, folding to bsa less. the post flop act remained pretty much the same except for my agg factor which decreased A LOT!

My personal thoughts about this sections: I FELT SO SO SO UNCOMFORTABLE playing today that i could not say if it was me or the limits, i have done much much much better!!!! I DIDNT DO THE DONKEY, but its the micros! u have to scare the villain, they got scared with almost nothing, i didn't double barrel today ( except against good regs) didn't semibluff so in the end of the road the fish got me with a bottom pair! I was working on my bet sizing so i guess i didn't get the best out of the VALUE! Ok i will also say that i made some pretty **** ALL-IN CALLS!

Will be posting some weird hands later!


detailed bankroll of the section


All-in equity of the section

Please some recommendations ! i would appreciate it a lot! Should i be back at my tight, agg, solid game working on my bet sizing and donkey bets?

Looks like your coach sucks no offense.

nah! @bs My coach is a provenly and well known winner of all the limits he has played in! Whatever happens to me it is definitely not his fault, something is missing with me such as work, study, understanding of the game and probably many other things that hopefully will be catchable with time and defeats like this one!

im not one of these guys who whose defeats are given to coaches, hadnt looked for one if that would be the case!

yesterday was definitely a nightmare! Ended up on tilt and with a lovely -25$ profit ! ! !

Today did it much better, went back at my tight game, not my best day but i can't complain.

Played: 1,8k hands : 4+ tables
Vpip: 20% : tighter and solid.
pfr: 16% : standard
agg: bit higher than standard

Actual br: 85.65$ with 10.55$ or 29.4bb/100 profit today, so ran on the edge, made some good and bad all in calls!

no stupid calls, no donkey (just some situations, and vs some good regs), still working on my bet sizing and my and the villain's hand rage which is so complicated considering that they are so unpredictable at this level! but ok felt good as long as i keep +

Personal thoughts on today: Keep playing like this and 1+ week i can give a try again to nl5, then on that level i should keep working on my hand range and loosen up my game more ! I will consider this step just as a br builder.... in the mean time i started reading "small stakes" by ed miller and slansky. Still pending the rio sub, I'm afraid they are not for me, the essential pack is all about small stakes nl10 higher and this nl2 I'm playing now is a DISASTER!


detailed bankroll -today-


All-in EV -today-

Not all winning players make good coaches. I'd go so far as to say the majority of coaches aren't good coaches. This doesn't mean that your coach is bad, but don't rule it out. Plenty of people coached by bad coaches end up with good results simply because they work hard.

Yes I like the Dutch team as well! At the Euros they were really bad, yes haha.

I think you can beat 2nl easily. Stay tight, don't tilt, understand variance and trust that you will succeed! Vamos! Tienes que ganar mucha plata ;p

hey nef !

this is exactly what i was trying to say, I can gain from anyone crushing nl100-200, so whatever happens to my journey its 85% on me! how much work i can put and how badly i really want to speed up my game and moving up stakes!

Cheers Geef ! u know how to cheer anyone up ! many thanks, yes i guess its all about stay focus and not going out of my confort zone at least at nl2 ! i think i can easily beat it yeh, a couple of days more like yesterday and ill be back at 5nl ! solid, tight, aggressive, no tilt, variance will hit us all eventually, and yes success and MUCHA PLATA HERMANO! gracias por los comments ! keep rocking!

Played today C game, started so so so **** that i was about to quit! stopped after 500h with a -10$ and i know that i would stop playing for the day after loosing 5bi but i wanted give it a try again, so had another session in the evening and my earnings went from red to green! Didn't feel at my best but ok my game improved ! hope to keep winning a few more days, i was hit by the variance today and costed me a lot, luckily i recovered myself!!

Played: 2k hands : 4+ tables
Vpip: 20% : should stick to this number
pfr: 17% : standard
agg: bit higher than standard

Actual br: 89.7$ with 4.63$ or 11.6bb/100 profit today! Made some ****ty calls in the morning, improved a lot in the evening!

Personal thoughts: VARIANCE IS A BITCH! first 500 hands ran -5bi stopped for a while and the second session was magic 7bi profit! so ended up the day positive! cool cool


detailed bankroll


All in EV

Can you post your all-time graph of 2nl prior to being coached?

here u go bs, As i said while i was out of italy i played thousands of hands on my cellphone( a "huge mistake" I'm not planning to commit again this hands obviously will not appear on the graph) ended up loosing 6bi or 30$ playing at 5nl, i had the br so i took a shot and variance, bad habit(playing on the cell cuz i couldnt use the pc) and my ****ty game hit me. the result: went from 120$ br to 90$ hope to be back soon and try again!


Dbr


all in EV

I was over the red line again today, started very tight and later my game started to loose a bit due to the tables i was playing, lot of maniacs and fishes today calling, and betting with air. Preflop today i decided limping a lot and it worked, there was no sense on betting Axo when the fishes were calling with nothing and hitting wether OTF the turn or the river, so i opted only for limping and betting soft the following streets... At the end of the section the server ****ed me up ! twice today : kk vs AA what are the odds ah? yeh twice and twice i lost! anyways i kept +

Played: 1,8k hands : 4+ tables
Vpip: 20%
pfr: 17%
agg: standard

Actual br: 95.6$ with 7.4$ or 19.7bb/100 profit today! Had it been better if the server would have not hit me in the end with a AA vs kk when deep stack!

keep rocking like this! Im not sure if i should go for nl5 again when i hit 100 or 120 :/
Any help here please?
I will start posting the graph for the week not daily!

Speechless today...

Played: 2,6k hands : 4+ tables then at the end of the session ( A LOOSING SESSION I DECIDED TO TAKE A SHOT IN 5nl and ran the same way as nl2 BAD

actual br: 79.19$

Profit -18.8$ or -28bb/100

yeh... maybe poker its not for me!

Don't be shot taking 5nl until you have at least 25 bi---$125 roll. Also losing at 2nl and then deciding to play higher stakes is a massive mental leak.

Winner day although i felt anxious as hell, probably because of yesterday's loos, i don't usually get mad or pissed off at maniacs and fishes - i love them - but today i was all shouting to myself everytime a fish or maniac make a rive super bet or stupid calls, theres nothing i hate the most than see a table with a maniac with 3-4bi all won by ASSsss calling all ins with air!! Tomorrow before starting i should work on my mental game and not pay much attention to fishes, just get the most value out of them when i get a good hand and not pay any aggression coming from them. Today definitely a C- game. Also the server keeps putting me in ****ty spots ... kk vs AA jj vs qq and so on! Stil i think the server owes me a lot! my equity value is much higher than my ev and that sucks! it frustrates me! Today spent some time reviewing my hands and i realised that i had some leaks, like calling or betting with air, mistakes i wouldn't do again, i was also trying to pick some hands to publish but this nl2 is such a disaster that I'm ashamed to show u all whats happening in the underground!

Played: 3k hands : 4+ tables ( i spent many many hours playing, shouldn't stick to that )


Actual br: 85.5$ with 4$ profit today! got the rest from free rolls i played and did good!

Personal thoughts: looking forward to see when the server is gonna pull in my favor! and my equity and ev graph shows some "equality" instead this -35$

30$ more to reach the goal and jump to 5nl

back at 80.... ps is putting me in really bad spots, felt good with my game today, still loosing!hopefully i will get my expected value soon!

Im still sick of this Ps, i lost today at least 3 times full vs full or full vs quads ! pure **** i guess! Anyways I'm feeling much better now, I'm not starting all the action, I'm letting the villain do his stuff means: stopped the donking bet ( only sometimes against villains with a stupidly fcb stat high)

Played: 2.8k hands : 4+ tables i should focus on how many hours I'm gonna play.

Actual br: 84.5$ with 4$ profit today! got the rest from free rolls i played and did good!

Personal thoughts: Need to insert myself into a scheduled life, otherwise i would be playing poker for hours and let off other important stuffs, Need time for my personal studies and gto as well ! I will be publishing my graphs next cuz somehow i ****ed it all the pc tracker deleting the tourneys summary !

Mental game: the poorest ever experimented, seems like i never learn: I HAVE TO PLAY POKER WITH A CLEAR MIND!!!!!

Actual br: 75€ this swing are making me crazy! Lost 10 today playing stupid zoom + 5 more! Fool me

update?

very very busy lately, i have been working on my thesis since my tutor is giving me just a couple of more reviews before the final presentation! Ill be happy to publish soon my graphs but they look crappy after tilting up a 38% of my bankroll. So, i will be playing almost nothing for a while but i hope to be back at my best the soonest.... Meanwhile I'm planning to watch some videos and read some books to stay as fresh as i can