I see you are taking the Rapidesh method of moving down through the stakes.

GL

Better to move down than go busto lol. Tight brm(100 bi+) and controlled shots in very sweet line ups is the way to go imo, but playing with less than 30 bi even on a juicy game is still reckless.

I think people underestimate how much running bad at those higher stakes can hurt your mental game. And even running well could do that to you, if you have a nice session at nl1k and win 5 bi you could end up going for it again with worse table selection because you are overconfident.

It's a totally different game when you lose 5 bi in a row by making a marginal play and don't give a ****, now if you are always afraid of getting stacked, then you end up playing way worse (at least it's like that for me, maybe people who like to gamble can handle those swings better).

amen - and the survivors, the ones it goes well for are disproportionately loud with twitter graphs, pgc posts etc.

There is a big silent graveyard out there that you want to avoid.

Yeah, just see how many guys here from p&g showed up with insane results, I can recall ja$onB and nathana2, both ran insanely well and started playing games they had no business playing and aren't in the game anymore.

That is also a very constant theme with players that have a more explo approach, they can actually beat the games for 10bbs while their exploits are working, but after people realize what they are doing, then they start losing so much. On top of that, it's way easier to tilt by playing wild west poker and start playing very suboptimal lines and making plays that are 100% -EV with 0 benefit even in explo poker(like bluffing vs a very nutted range that has 0 bluffs).

People often say bad things about people they think aren't good, but there are lots of guys out there who are managing to make a good living off poker despite not being very good at poker, with only a reasonable strategy + smart decisions outside of the tables, good mental game and good brm/table selection.

Ofc it's more exciting to see someone make insane amounts of money out of nowhere, but it's very easy to overlook the ones who went for it and went busto. Success often makes people blind, we humans think very highly of the ones with good results (maybe because of the way we evolved, to make it easier to form tribes?) and think they are always right, that their path is the only way and best way to go if you wanna have success.

I can see a lot of mental leaks of OP in this thread, like overvaluing his winrate, thinking 6bb/100 at nl500 isn't impressive, spending a lot on rent. You know that if you can manage a 6bb winrate at nl500 you are done for life, right? You could even retire in less than 10 years if you invest that money and spend it wisely.

If you wanna see if you are successful at poker or not, just compare it with your cost of opportunity: if you are making more at poker than you would be making otherwise, then you are successful. I can't see you making $9k/month outside of poker, so it's insane for me to see that for you 6bb/100 isn't a big achievement.

In these games rapid, 60k hands is very hard to get at ~250-275 hands/hr

With a 6bb winrate at nl500 you can make $9k with 30k hands, it's very easy for a full time pro to play that volume in a month even in reg tables.

Lol my bad

One of your best posts on the site imo.

Start tracking your expenses. It will hold you accountable.

Homie is full of wisdom here. Preach <3

That’s a bit of a stretch unless you can somehow crank out 50k+ hands a month for 10 years str8.

You don’t see a pharmacist or other ~$100k professionals working 10 years and retiring. I think a lot of people over estimate returns you can achieve in investing.

Other than that I completely agree with your other points in your post.

Car just broke down in the middle of la traffic on i5. When it rains it pours lol

10 years is tough although it's def technically doable if you were to live frugally enough. 15ish years is very doable though with a reasonable lifestyle. The reason you don't see many people become financially independent that fast is because most people don't make wise decisions with their money and spend too much.

OP hasn't been making 8-9k/month though and most people aren't making that and it's only getting tougher. All OP needs to worry about right now is to get the hours in and keep expenses as low as possible.

thanks for the advice man, I appreciate it

agree with this

like I said, I don't want to get into semantics over the word "impressive", but to me a winrate that is only 1/2 what the best regs in the pool make, and one that I've achieved over a largish sample isn't all that impressive to me. that isn't to say it's not a great wr or that someone who can do it isn't a great poker player.

I still don't get the lolrent thing. my rent in california would be 3k+/month. I'm saving tons of money on rent in mexico


I disagree. I don't play poker for the money. I could make way more money working most jobs in california. my brother is a firefighter and started at 85k/year. 3 years later he's making 165k before overtime. after ot he can easily clear 200k, plus ridiculous benefits. he had to go to school for it and the physical requirements aren't easy, but it's a great job (if you can actually find work - tons of people want to be firefighters in california). most jobs pay very well where I'm from. 9k/month is middle class, and not even really upper middle class unless you're single w/out kids

I was "supposed to" go the route of being a lawyer like my dad. if I wanted to I could finish school in a few months, do the law school grind for 3-4 years, then get a job at his law firm starting at over 10k/month. I'd rather play poker than work 60 hour weeks in an office though


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played quite a bit the last 3 days. today not as much, but I was helping my boyfriend move into my place.

last 3 days at 200z:

3500 hands
+$1400 (+$750 ev)



last 3 days at button blind + antes nlhe:

2700 hands
+$300 (+$1100 ev)

button blind + ante results this month (pre rake):




thanks everyone for the advice/comments, really appreciate it as always. been crazy busy trying to get volume in and get settled with my boyfriend, so updates probably won't be spammed daily anymore lol

oh, guess I said I was going try not to gamble and that I would write itt whenever I do to hold myself accountable.

the next day my dad texts me before golf, "don't forget cash"

at least I only lost $15

god damn i run good

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

MP: 91 BB
CO: 157.93 BB
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 48.19 BB
BB: 27.78 BB
UTG: 248.21 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 A

fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 6.5 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 4.5 BB

Flop: (14.5 BB, 2 players) 6 A A
CO bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

Turn: (24.5 BB, 2 players) 7
CO bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

River: (44.5 BB, 2 players) A
CO bets 136.43 BB, Hero calls 78.5 BB

Hero shows 4 A (Four of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 59%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
CO shows Q J (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 41%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
CO wins 57.93 BB
Hero wins 199.5 BB






splish splash

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

SB: 136.11 BB
BB: 97.34 BB
UTG: 273.97 BB
Hero (MP): 177.33 BB
CO: 153.21 BB
BTN: 313.66 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 8

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

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) T J 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 4.63 BB, Hero calls 4.63 BB

Turn: (15.76 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 12.23 BB, BTN calls 12.23 BB

River: (40.22 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 19.11 BB, Hero calls 19.11 BB

Hero shows 6 8 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 61%, Flop 90%, Turn 84%)
BTN shows 4 5 (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 39%, Flop 10%, Turn 16%)
Hero wins 76.44 BB

running really well in the ufc/ko $1m gt on stars, 58/3745 rn. it's still early but I'd like to request to use my one time now

fishy fishy

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

MP: 110.02 BB
Hero (CO): 246.59 BB
BTN: 81.46 BB
SB: 122.22 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 141.17 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) J 3 T
BB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, BB raises to 10.23 BB, Hero calls 8.23 BB

Turn: (25.95 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 14.33 BB, Hero calls 14.33 BB

River: (54.61 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 72.95 BB, Hero calls 72.95 BB

BB shows K 8 (High Card, King)
(Pre 34%, Flop 14%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows T A (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 66%, Flop 86%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins 198.5 BB

almost itm, 111/2288

PokerStars - 1750/3500 Ante 450 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 41.6 BB (VPIP: 31.43, PFR: 15.69, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 106)
SB: 89.94 BB (VPIP: 35.11, PFR: 21.51, 3Bet Preflop: 7.59, Hands: 188)
Hero (BB): 78.58 BB
UTG: 60.31 BB (VPIP: 19.29, PFR: 11.68, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 140)
UTG+1: 22.86 BB (VPIP: 18.94, PFR: 10.08, 3Bet Preflop: 3.51, Hands: 134)
MP: 32.33 BB (VPIP: 16.18, PFR: 7.46, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 68)
MP+1: 40.26 BB (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 18.13, 3Bet Preflop: 6.06, Hands: 193)
CO: 6.35 BB (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)

8 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.53 BB) Hero has 7 5

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2.54 BB, Hero calls 1.54 BB

Flop: (6.11 BB, 2 players) Q 5 K
SB bets 2.4 BB, Hero calls 2.4 BB

Turn: (10.91 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (10.91 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 4.4 BB, Hero raises to 17 BB, fold

Hero wins 19.71 BB

srsly 1 time plz. 11/1751

PokerStars - 2000/4000 Ante 500 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 9.28 BB
MP+1: 78.71 BB (VPIP: 33.98, PFR: 20.69, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 206)
Hero (CO): 93.46 BB
BTN: 82.37 BB (VPIP: 22.15, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 7.79, Hands: 158)
SB: 21.92 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
BB: 21.42 BB (VPIP: 13.95, PFR: 7.06, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 86)
UTG: 26.31 BB (VPIP: 19.62, PFR: 19.15, 3Bet Preflop: 7.04, Hands: 211)
UTG+1: 59.03 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 10)

8 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, BTN raises to 6 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 17.12 BB, BTN raises to 31 BB, Hero raises to 93.33 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 51.24 BB and is all-in

Flop: (166.99 BB, 2 players) 3 9 6

Turn: (166.99 BB, 2 players) J

River: (166.99 BB, 2 players) 9

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
(Pre 93%, Flop 99.7%, Turn 100%)
BTN shows K A (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 7%, Flop 0.3%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 166.99 BB

ended up taking 185th in the ko sunday million. won about $350 in bounties and $350 from the prize pool, +6 buyins.

thoughts? edit: wow I'm dumb, I didn't even notice that I made a 4bet pre until now. thought I was 3betting. I like a smaller size 4bet

PokerStars - 2500/5000 Ante 625 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: 128.96 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
MP: 65.19 BB (VPIP: 34.11, PFR: 20.95, 3Bet Preflop: 6.98, Hands: 214)
Hero (MP+1): 107.7 BB
CO: 26.27 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BTN: 35.54 BB (VPIP: 30.77, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
SB: 73.85 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
BB: 21.3 BB (VPIP: 19.35, PFR: 18.88, 3Bet Preflop: 6.76, Hands: 219)
UTG: 60.5 BB (VPIP: 27.78, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 28.57, Hands: 18)

8 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has K A

UTG raises to 2 BB, UTG+1 raises to 6.2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 18 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 raises to 34 BB Hero ?




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played 4k hands of 200z/200nl, +8 buyins (+3 buyins ev)



also played 700 hands of button blind/ante poker, +$400 (+$20 ev)

This month at ante poker:
35k hands
+$4300 (+$8100 ev)

currently in 24th in the ggpoker rake race. 21-30 all get 1k so just trying to stay in that range and make a push at the end if possible


last 3 days at 200z/200nl:

What's new tgid? Everytime I check this thread there's about 4 new pages of reading and so I just jump to the last page. I see rapidesh is giving out advice , I hope you are okay <3

Tgigs, you have a yearly graph?

Lol, quite a bit actually. Got an apartment in Portland in May, met my boyfriend in Rosarito 3 days before my move-in day at the beginning of June, cancelled the move, and he just moved in with me last week. I've more than ok - I've never been this happy before haha

yup, ytd across all stakes:



ytd at 200nl:



ytd at 500nl:



Included the redline because I think it displays pretty well how I stopped fighting for pots/started playing ****ty when I hit a downswing. really excited to get back in the 500nl streets hopefully starting mid july

yo tgigs, saw you had a question in a diff thread and wanted to answer it here instead-

download the table session from the client once it's made available 24 hours after the fact and then convert it, the hand you're looking for will be in there with all hole cards exposed.

another thing you can do, if you don't want to wait that long/don't have converter license and remember stacksizes/know which table it was- you can find a hand you played at the same table in HM2 or whatever shortly before the disconnect and get the hand # from the raw HH file. search that hand # in the IGN client and then move forward a couple hands to find the one where you disconnected. since you apparently got called and lost a stack, it'll show the bet/call on riv and his cards (and should be the last hand in the table string, as i'm guessing it closed your table out during/after the disconnect)

thanks man. your second suggestion is what I did, but the hh wasn't anywhere in the IGN client. the last hand I could find was the one before the disconnect.

I keep meaning to get the converter though