Hello!!!

Long story short. I am giving PKR one last chance as I have a lot of time during quarantine in Poland. I started with $10 playing $0.25 45man SNGs but it was really swingy beginning. Most probably I will take first shots at $0.5 45-180s within few days when I reach $25. I haven't set any main goal yet as I wanted to start acting first rather than writing about it.

Background? Over 80k of micro MT SNGs in my "career"... 30+ tables at the same time...






GL at the tables!

GL

Really nice graph you have there! (lol'ed when I read "printing" and "10$ BR", but now...)

Do you only play on PS?
Is there enough action at micro MTT-SNG for you?
Still mass-tabling with 10$ bankroll?

Thx mate!

Currently only PS but in the past I played some games on PP or Everest. It's great time for micro noobs like me as a lot of people stay at home these days and traffic is fantastic

It's possible. I am trying to run 35 tables at once; it takes ~1-1.20h to register at $0.25 stakes. But I need to spend more time out of the tables if I want to move up. So many bad decissions and missclicks when you are grinding like that...

Why not reduce it to 12 or 16 tables max running, until your roll allows you to play more than one big session?
Do you intend to re-deposit, in case of going broke?

Probably you are right. I have already doubled my bankroll but I need to take your advice into consideration at higher games. I don't want to lose half of my money because of one bad session or lack of internet connection.

I didn't think about re-deposits. I hope it won't be necessary. So far I am learning how to be patient and calm facing no luck at FTs

You won freaking 18k... over "just" 80k games at micro mtt-sng, mass-tabling?

What is your ROI over that sample?

What was your avg buy-in of that graph?

If I could still transfer on PS, I would likely happily stake you for a few hundred dollars, and just want 25-30% of profits, until I doubled my money...

IMO, you should quickly get a license for the marketplace on here, and get a backing deal. I don't know if you need a certain number of posts before it works, like personal messages on here, but you should really try that.

If that graph is no higher than 3,50$ mtt-sng, you are a printing-machine, and need to play at least 3,50$ mtt-sng ASAP!

In which time did you play the first and last game of that graph?




I also mainly struggle with mindset during bad luck. But I mostly play cash, and just set a low stop-loss on many days, where I don't feel like it'll be 100% A-game.

Thank you for your kind words! I want to move up asap and try to make it on my own. I have lost enough of my life playing micros

I started in 2010 but I have had a lot of long breaks from PKR mostly because of my weak mindset. Additionally, I cashed out every winnings instead of building my roll. Short term thinking in the truest sense of the word.

Below you can see all my SNG from $0 to $3.5 included:

Not the best beginning at $0.25 but finally I will take first shots at $0.5 today!

TBO I expected 40%+ ROI. I know that the sample is really low, but still...

So far:


Historically:

Finally built sth up at $0.25. I have made 2 small shots at $0.5 but without any success yet. I will take another shot this evening and hopefully we can make some progress.

$0.25 45s so far:


$0.5 45-180s shots below. Small sample so I don't care about the results yet.

Guys! I don't want to post only nice graphs here and write **** stories about motivation and so on. The truth is that I should play much higher games than I am playing currently, but... because of my previous lack of confidence or fear of losing money I spent last 10 years playing micros. I promised myself that I won't make the same mistakes again.

Albert Einstein once said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." I sign my name here! That's why I started this challenge and I haven't set any goal except of constant growth.

As I am a big fan of sightseeing and traveling here and there, starting from my next post I will post some photos from my previous journeys. That's what drives me and I miss it badly.

In the meantime I climbed up a bit and I am going to take shots at $1-1.5 45s regular and turbo still today:



GL for all!!!

Following! GL with this. About to try something similar myself. Used to grind the 180's back in the day.

What are you going to do differently this time to get around the fear of losing money?

Your graph should give you confidence. What sort of BRM are you using?

Looking good man, I used to play a lot of 0.25 45-mans (not as much as you tho lol) was a pretty soft game. GL at higher stakes.

This time is slightly different as I have nothing to lose. Few years ago I had to pay back a lot of money when I quarrel with my associates and left the company. For about 10 years in total I was facing constant fear and stress - letters from court, phones from debt collectors and so on. I was so destroyed that I took personally every bad beat. I blamed variance, God, fate for my failures.

Now, when I am a 'free' man, I am ready to build up my bankroll and check if PKR is for me. Jacek Walkiewicz in his book "Pełna moc możliwości." (~Full power of possibilities) wrote the sentence that change my way of thinking for good.

"Every time when you face fear of sth, ask yourself what is the worst that can happen."

So when I am taking shots I am asking myself the same. What is the worst? I will lose part of my bankroll. And then? I will grind my way back at the lower stakes and take another shot. And so on. I am using this 'strategy' on daily basis, not only in terms of poker.

Regarding bankroll I am taking shots when I have at least 1 BI above 100 BI from lower lvl, e.g. when I have $55 in my cashier I play 5-6 $1 45s or 3-4 $1.5 45s and all the rest $0.5 45-180s. It's temporary solution as I would like to start adding some micro MTTs to my schedule soon. Ultimately, I want to have 300 BI for particular stakes.

Currently I am playing $0.5 and $1.5 45s. I would love to climb to $2.5 180s or $3.5 45s witihin week or two.

From the beginning:

qbvbsite & Daniel1979 thanks Guys and GL at the tables

Following this. Have a similar challenge going myself. Im sure have seen you a few times at the tables. GL bro!

Nice challenge man, keep printing!

April is over so it's time to sum up.

SNGs played (and a few MTTs): 1040
Profit: $169 ($5 from PS chests)
Hours spent on learning: 0

PKR goals for May:
Volume: 1500+
Work on my ranges!!!
Work outside the tables!!!
Play at least 4 MTT session
Change HUD settings
Never ever going back to $0.25!!!

Today I am playing my first session on $3.5 45s (plus $1.0 45s for bigger volume). We will see what the future will hold but I will be working hard to reach $1k in profit and choose which games are the best for me.

I would like to thank you guys for supporting me during this challenge. It's time for some poor motivation "Life is to short to be little!!!"

April's graph:


Any suggestions regarding best HUD settings? I have some general knowledge but I would like to know your opinion.

GL and HF!