my life is a mess
my mental game is awful
i am under-rolled
but ignition 200z+ is filled with trash regs and whales straight out of seaworld and i will catch them all with my harpoon

by the end of the year i hope to have sorted out a lot of the issues plaguing me irl and subsequently establish myself as one of the better players in the 500z pool by grinding up from 200z or even 50z if it comes to it

this is my journey

first

I win

close

in

lol'ed

gl op.

Subbed!

ran like absolute trash yesterday. it was fun watching bad regs cooler me over and over. ended up spewing heaps towards the end of the session and ultimately decided to play some 500 (lol) and won a few buy ins but still ended the day down. currently on a 2-3 week DS running like ape **** and it's definitely starting to take a toll. working on some things now to hopefully alleviate this a bit.

some interesting hands:

1) pretty unbalanced play but against a whale definitely fine

PokerStars - $5 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 109.64 BB
UTG: 96.5 BB
MP: 55.12 BB
CO: 65.17 BB
BTN: 114.05 BB
SB: 99 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T 9

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

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 7 T 9
Hero checks, UTG bets 5 BB, Hero raises to 17 BB, UTG calls 12 BB

Turn: (40.5 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, UTG bets 23 BB, Hero calls 23 BB

River: (86.5 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 66.64 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 53.5 BB and is all-in

Hero shows T 9 (Full House, Tens full of Nines)
(Pre 33%, Flop 81%, Turn 71%)
UTG shows T K (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 19%, Turn 29%)
MP mucks 6 8 (Straight, Jack High)

CO mucks 4 5 (One Pair, Tens)

BTN mucks 7 8 (Straight, Jack High)

SB mucks 8 A (Straight, Jack High)

Hero wins 192.7 BB


2) run better whale reg

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 101.37 BB
MP: 103.9 BB
Hero (CO): 112.65 BB
BTN: 149.71 BB
SB: 97 BB
BB: 74.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T T

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 5 6 8
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 9
MP bets 12 BB, Hero calls 12 BB

River: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 7
MP bets 82.9 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 82.9 BB

MP shows J T (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 45%, Flop 24%, Turn 44%)
UTG mucks 7 2 (Straight, Nine High)

Hero mucks T T (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 55%, Flop 76%, Turn 56%)
BTN mucks 3 A (Straight, Nine High)

SB mucks K 2 (Straight, Nine High)

BB mucks 2 5 (Straight, Nine High)

MP wins 207.3 BB


3) not sure about turn check, river seems free though. nice try whale

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (MP): 182.5 BB
CO: 51.58 BB
BTN: 94.22 BB
SB: 268.43 BB
BB: 108.85 BB
UTG: 127.09 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q J

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) T 7 K
Hero checks, BTN bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, BTN calls 9 BB

Turn: (30.5 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB

River: (60.5 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BTN bets 64.72 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 64.72 BB

BTN shows 9 Q (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 30%, Flop 18%, Turn 4%)
Hero shows Q J (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 70%, Flop 82%, Turn 96%)
CO mucks 3 2 (Flush, Ace High)

SB mucks T K (Two Pair, Kings and Tens)

BB mucks 4 5 (Flush, Ace High)

UTG mucks 9 6 (High Card, Ace)

Hero wins 187.93 BB


4) typical trash reg always has the 3 combos. think this spot is pretty close. we obviously have heaps of 9x to hero but i still think this is +ev in vacuum but who knows

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 145.53 BB
UTG: 212.46 BB
MP: 135.9 BB
CO: 168.9 BB
Hero (BTN): 127.2 BB
SB: 95.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 9 K 3
CO checks, Hero bets 6.5 BB, CO raises to 13 BB, Hero calls 6.5 BB

Turn: (45.5 BB, 2 players) K
CO bets 25.75 BB, Hero calls 25.75 BB

River: (97 BB, 2 players) 6
CO bets 121.15 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 79.45 BB and is all-in

CO shows 9 9 (Full House, Nines full of Kings)
(Pre 21%, Flop 88%, Turn 89%)
BB mucks 3 T (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)

UTG mucks 8 6 (Two Pair, Kings and Sixes)

MP mucks 8 Q (One Pair, Kings)

Hero mucks J J (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 79%, Flop 12%, Turn 11%)
SB mucks 2 7 (One Pair, Kings)

CO wins 253.9 BB


5) spewy. even though nobody ever bluffs in my spot i don't even think average trash reg would fold even weak Ax here

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 97.5 BB
BB: 99.5 BB
UTG: 104.75 BB
MP: 171.7 BB
CO: 207.27 BB
BTN: 163.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, BTN calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 7 K A
Hero bets 6.5 BB, BTN calls 6.5 BB

Turn: (34 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 21 BB, BTN calls 21 BB

River: (76 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 60 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 60 BB

Hero shows 8 J (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 30%, Flop 3%, Turn 3%)
BTN shows A J (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 70%, Flop 97%, Turn 97%)
BB mucks 3 5 (One Pair, Aces)

UTG mucks J Q (One Pair, Aces)

MP mucks K 3 (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)

CO mucks 8 T (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)

BTN wins 194 BB

The way you played hands 4 and 5 I dont think you should call anyone a whale reg.

Gl M8, where bouts in Oz are you?

man hand 5 if you think a reg should fold any Ax here you are sorely mistaken

if u think hand 4 isn't close in anon pool then pls don't post in my thread, hand 5 is pretty whalely by me. you should see some of the other hands i didn't post


thanks dude. i'm in sydney

yeah i don't. i was actually lighting money on fire to give thanks to the whale gods

>thanks dude. i'm in sydney

You ever play any of the liveaments at Star?

This graph is insane

this obviously looks like it will end well. in.

Last 2 days have been pretty bad both run wise and play wise. Feeling burnt out played like ~50k hands in 2-3 weeks, running horribly for most of it. Definitely started to show and spewed another few buy ins today. My schedule is in wack, barely getting any sleep and diet is the worst it's ever been. The goal of the thread is to become an endboss and no endboss is this undisciplined. I will be taking a few days off from today (maybe more) to get back into a proper sleep schedule, fix my diet and start working out. I will not start playing again until I have made at least some progress in these three fronts.

Some interesting hands/spew:

1) when u underbluff this spot so much that a whale reg decides to overbluff... owned

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 173.97 BB
CO: 51.2 BB
BTN: 143.54 BB
Hero (SB): 98.42 BB
BB: 145.09 BB
UTG: 99 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 K

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) Q A T
Hero bets 2 BB, BB raises to 6 BB, Hero raises to 18 BB, BB raises to 60 BB, fold

BB shows 9 T (One Pair, Tens)

MP mucks 7 9 (High Card, Ace)

CO mucks K 3 (High Card, Ace)

BTN mucks 3 8 (High Card, Ace)

Hero mucks 8 K (High Card, Ace)

UTG mucks J 5 (High Card, Ace)

BB wins 40 BB


2) when some trash reg finds a way to not cooler me pre and then still 4 outs me on the turn, well played must be nice

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 134.94 BB
UTG: 123.48 BB
MP: 140.9 BB
CO: 195.37 BB
BTN: 106 BB
Hero (SB): 113.05 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero raises to 23 BB, BB calls 14 BB

Flop: (46 BB, 2 players) J 6 3
Hero bets 12 BB, BB calls 12 BB

Turn: (70 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 19 BB, BB calls 19 BB

River: (108 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 59.05 BB and is all-in, BB calls 59.05 BB

Hero shows A K (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 12%, Flop 7%, Turn 0%)
BB shows A A (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 88%, Flop 93%, Turn 100%)
UTG mucks 3 2 (One Pair, Threes)

MP mucks J 5 (Two Pair, Jacks and Fives)

CO mucks 4 8 (High Card, Ace)

BTN mucks J 2 (One Pair, Jacks)

BB wins 224.1 BB


3) this is pretty bad, def need to take showdown with flushdraw hands and probably bluff non flush draw combos instead

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 151.08 BB
SB: 104.03 BB
BB: 398.38 BB
UTG: 95.78 BB
MP: 42 BB
CO: 123.17 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 5

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB raises to 10.5 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 3 9 9
BB bets 6.72 BB, Hero calls 6.72 BB

Turn: (34.94 BB, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets 10.47 BB, fold

Hero shows 8 5 (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)

SB mucks J 2 (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)

BB mucks A 6 (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)

UTG mucks A 7 (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)

MP mucks J 3 (Full House, Threes full of Nines)

CO mucks 2 8 (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)

Hero wins 33.2 BB


4) this was so ****ing tilting

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 67.89 BB
CO: 33.37 BB
BTN: 126.36 BB
SB: 165.09 BB
Hero (BB): 131 BB
UTG: 102.28 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A T

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 15 BB, fold, SB calls 12 BB

Flop: (33 BB, 2 players) 3 8 3
SB checks, Hero bets 10.5 BB, SB calls 10.5 BB

Turn: (54 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 24 BB, SB calls 24 BB

River: (102 BB, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets 81.5 BB and is all-in, SB calls 81.5 BB

Hero shows A T (Two Pair, Tens and Threes)
(Pre 35%, Flop 16%, Turn 14%)
SB shows J J (Two Pair, Jacks and Threes)
(Pre 65%, Flop 84%, Turn 86%)
MP mucks 6 J (One Pair, Threes)

CO mucks 7 3 (Three of a Kind, Threes)

BTN mucks Q K (One Pair, Threes)

UTG mucks 6 2 (Two Pair, Threes and Twos)

SB wins 263 BB


5) imagine running so good that u can fold AJ here

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 168.13 BB
MP: 112.4 BB
CO: 87.18 BB
Hero (BTN): 90.5 BB
SB: 123.23 BB
BB: 509.61 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 3

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB raises to 10 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 9 7 3
SB bets 10.5 BB, Hero calls 10.5 BB

Turn: (42 BB, 2 players) A
SB bets 21 BB, Hero calls 21 BB

River: (84 BB, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets 49 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero shows A 3 (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)

UTG mucks Q J (High Card, Ace)

MP mucks T 6 (High Card, Ace)

CO mucks 3 Q (One Pair, Threes)

SB mucks J A (One Pair, Aces)

BB mucks 9 4 (One Pair, Nines)

Hero wins 82 BB


6) potential spew

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 355.1 BB
Hero (MP): 92.75 BB
CO: 104 BB
BTN: 97.73 BB
SB: 169.38 BB
BB: 73.95 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 9

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, CO raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) Q 8 6
Hero checks, CO bets 9.75 BB, Hero calls 9.75 BB

Turn: (39 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, CO bets 19.5 BB, Hero raises to 74 BB and is all-in, CO calls 54.5 BB

River: (187 BB, 2 players) T

Hero shows 9 9 (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 60%, Flop 50%, Turn 3%)
CO shows T J (Flush, Jack High)
(Pre 40%, Flop 50%, Turn 97%)
UTG mucks 2 9 (Straight, Ten High)

BTN mucks J Q (One Pair, Queens)

SB mucks 8 T (Two Pair, Tens and Eights)

BB mucks 7 J (One Pair, Sevens)

CO wins 185 BB

At least you are aware of the issues. Gl fixing them in the next few days

nah not for a while, haven't really set foot in the casino for 2 years

thanks man i really appreciate your support you have no idea how much it means to me thankyou

thanks! i will do my best

Glgl endboss. I think we all grinders have the issues you talking about. Hope you will overwin. PM if u wanna talk about poker and the other ****. We all have it mate. Gl!

K8 hand is jokes, kid got heart. :')

i usually write down notes/hardcore rage into notepad as i play so i can look up the hand later. k8 hand:

thanks friend, gl to u too!

k8 hand was me

I'm so happy

at least respect your fellow trash reg enough to bluff with a straight blocker

lul.



Good luck op, hopefully things will turn around.