Skuz's Road to 500nl+ 2018
04-07-2018
, 03:36 AM
Why are you checking KK on that super wet board? Just asking to get owned, and losing value.
wp sir
Last edited by mirage01; 04-07-2018 at 03:45 AM.
04-07-2018
, 10:35 PM
Day 26/60
Here is the graph for day 26:
Great to have back to back successful days. These are the kind of sessions I need to pull to ensure I can show a respectable winrate at the end of the challenge. My first session was great but kind of lost my way in the second session.
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.81bb/100
Hands: 50,231/100,000
Donation to Charity Count: $9
I will edit the video for day 26 today (after I watch UFC 223). I have also hit 50,000 hands so I will write up a reflection post to review the first 50,000 hands of the challenge. If you guys got any questions about the challenge or anything I can improve on (strategy or Video) feel free to comment.
Here is the graph for day 26:
Great to have back to back successful days. These are the kind of sessions I need to pull to ensure I can show a respectable winrate at the end of the challenge. My first session was great but kind of lost my way in the second session.
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.81bb/100
Hands: 50,231/100,000
Donation to Charity Count: $9
I will edit the video for day 26 today (after I watch UFC 223). I have also hit 50,000 hands so I will write up a reflection post to review the first 50,000 hands of the challenge. If you guys got any questions about the challenge or anything I can improve on (strategy or Video) feel free to comment.
04-08-2018
, 06:23 AM
Day 27/60
Here is the graph for day 27:
Double post day as I was behind on posting Day 26. Pretty frustrating session. Ran QQ into KK and AA a couple of times in super standard pre flop spots. Did manage to recover the session towards the end with a few coolers.
Video for day 26 will be posted tomorrow (Australian time)
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.49bb/100
Hands: 51,574/100,000
Donation to Charity Count: $9
Here is the graph for day 27:
Double post day as I was behind on posting Day 26. Pretty frustrating session. Ran QQ into KK and AA a couple of times in super standard pre flop spots. Did manage to recover the session towards the end with a few coolers.
Video for day 26 will be posted tomorrow (Australian time)
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.49bb/100
Hands: 51,574/100,000
Donation to Charity Count: $9
04-08-2018
, 06:54 AM
Halfway point in Challenge Reflection:
So I have officially reached halfway of the challenge (50,000/100,000). I know a lot of you want to see my 50k hand graph so here it is.
So the challenge started off quite slow. First few days were not very impressive and put me behind quite a bit. Definitely have only really started picking up momentum in the last week or so. My play has definitely improved since the beginning. I think this can be attributed to the reduction in non-poker related work stuff since the beginning of March.
My overall strategy has changed a little bit over the course of the challenge. I have noticed certain spots have not become so standardized and some parts of my range have become a little bit dynamic. This is something I am not used to as I usually prefer having rigid and consistent ranges.
Positional Overview (50k hands):
Here are my winrates per position (however these are not that useful to analyse as my sample size is extremely small):
There are honestly no surprises in the hierarchy of positions and their winrates. The closer I get to the button, the more money I make. I am slightly disappointed with my sb winrate as this is a position I have generally performed very well over the course of my online poker playing days. BB has always been a position I have struggled with particularly as I think I 3b way too high a freq out of the blinds.
Mental Overview:
As of day 7 I started implementing a session review task that focused on some non-strategy reflection. After every session I would input a number (between 1-10) for each category. Here are the averages for each:
According to my ratings I have played above average overall. My focus has been pretty poor and this is definitely something I want to amend over the course of the next 50k hands. Turning off my phone, discord and other social media applications during sessions will become a priority. Tilt has generally been around ~5 which is good. I don't think it has improved throughout the challenge - in fact I think it has gotten worse since starting the challenge and maybe this could be attributed to the fact that there is a winrate goal as opposed to a volume goal. Previously I never worried about winrate - I just played. My note taking has been substandard as well at an average of 5. I could be writing more population notes as I play but have found this difficult when I do live commentary for the videos.
Videos:
I have really enjoyed making video content to complement my PGC thread. It is really motivating when people tell me they look forward to my next video and appreciate a minor change or improvement. Having the video component has been an exterior motive for increasing volume. Generally speaking, the greater volume I input, the higher the probability of interesting spots that I can include in my videos.
Although it has been very satisfying it definitely takes away a lot of time that I could be using towards study or play time. This is definitely something I have struggled with, particularly as I am a noob at editing, it takes a lot of time. It has given me a new found appreciation for people who produce content on a regular basis.
Despite the videos taking away from my game, I find that post commentaries (which I seem to be doing a lot more recently as I am getting lazy....) have been beneficial for reviewing certain hands. Although I do not go into super in depth strategy it gives me some time to reflect on certain hands and critique them.
Anyway this has been a long winded reflection over the last 50k hands.
TLDR: I am building momentum after an average start, need work on big blind and I enjoy doing video content despite it taking away time from studying or playing.
So I have officially reached halfway of the challenge (50,000/100,000). I know a lot of you want to see my 50k hand graph so here it is.
So the challenge started off quite slow. First few days were not very impressive and put me behind quite a bit. Definitely have only really started picking up momentum in the last week or so. My play has definitely improved since the beginning. I think this can be attributed to the reduction in non-poker related work stuff since the beginning of March.
My overall strategy has changed a little bit over the course of the challenge. I have noticed certain spots have not become so standardized and some parts of my range have become a little bit dynamic. This is something I am not used to as I usually prefer having rigid and consistent ranges.
Positional Overview (50k hands):
Here are my winrates per position (however these are not that useful to analyse as my sample size is extremely small):
There are honestly no surprises in the hierarchy of positions and their winrates. The closer I get to the button, the more money I make. I am slightly disappointed with my sb winrate as this is a position I have generally performed very well over the course of my online poker playing days. BB has always been a position I have struggled with particularly as I think I 3b way too high a freq out of the blinds.
Mental Overview:
As of day 7 I started implementing a session review task that focused on some non-strategy reflection. After every session I would input a number (between 1-10) for each category. Here are the averages for each:
According to my ratings I have played above average overall. My focus has been pretty poor and this is definitely something I want to amend over the course of the next 50k hands. Turning off my phone, discord and other social media applications during sessions will become a priority. Tilt has generally been around ~5 which is good. I don't think it has improved throughout the challenge - in fact I think it has gotten worse since starting the challenge and maybe this could be attributed to the fact that there is a winrate goal as opposed to a volume goal. Previously I never worried about winrate - I just played. My note taking has been substandard as well at an average of 5. I could be writing more population notes as I play but have found this difficult when I do live commentary for the videos.
Videos:
I have really enjoyed making video content to complement my PGC thread. It is really motivating when people tell me they look forward to my next video and appreciate a minor change or improvement. Having the video component has been an exterior motive for increasing volume. Generally speaking, the greater volume I input, the higher the probability of interesting spots that I can include in my videos.
Although it has been very satisfying it definitely takes away a lot of time that I could be using towards study or play time. This is definitely something I have struggled with, particularly as I am a noob at editing, it takes a lot of time. It has given me a new found appreciation for people who produce content on a regular basis.
Despite the videos taking away from my game, I find that post commentaries (which I seem to be doing a lot more recently as I am getting lazy....) have been beneficial for reviewing certain hands. Although I do not go into super in depth strategy it gives me some time to reflect on certain hands and critique them.
Anyway this has been a long winded reflection over the last 50k hands.
TLDR: I am building momentum after an average start, need work on big blind and I enjoy doing video content despite it taking away time from studying or playing.
04-08-2018
, 06:07 PM
04-09-2018
, 02:34 AM
04-10-2018
, 05:46 AM
Day 29/60
Here is the graph for day 29:
Pretty average day. Lost a looott of flips this session. I seem to be going back to my hyper aggro preflop days which seems to be ok now that the pool has gotten a little bit stronger. I do think I am kind of overdoing it though so I need to reel it back a little.
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.14bb/100
Hands: 53,901/100,000
Donation to Charity Count: $10
I will post the Day 29 video tomorrow!
Here is the graph for day 29:
Pretty average day. Lost a looott of flips this session. I seem to be going back to my hyper aggro preflop days which seems to be ok now that the pool has gotten a little bit stronger. I do think I am kind of overdoing it though so I need to reel it back a little.
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.14bb/100
Hands: 53,901/100,000
Donation to Charity Count: $10
I will post the Day 29 video tomorrow!
04-11-2018
, 05:45 AM
Day 30/60
Officially halfway (for days) in the challenge.
Here is the graph for day 30:
I played quite average this day. I tried taking some non standard lines in a few of my hands and got punished. I still have this natural instinct to mix up lines for balance but in an anonymous pool it is really unnecessary. I also will attribute the results to coolering a few people.
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.78bb/100
Hands: 57,144
Donation to Charity Count: $10
Since it is halfway in terms of days, Bani has decided to send me his ~30 day graph. For those of you unfamiliar with my earlier posts, Bani and I also have a side challenge within these 60 days to see who can get a higher winrate.
Here is his graph:
I don't think I mentioned it but there is a financial consequence for not completing the 100k hands within 60 days. As we can see, he is behind schedule for volume but this is due to some non poker related commitments. He has assured me he is grinding hard at the moment to achieve this 100k hand by day 60.
Video will be out tomorrow. I will post when uploaded
Officially halfway (for days) in the challenge.
Here is the graph for day 30:
I played quite average this day. I tried taking some non standard lines in a few of my hands and got punished. I still have this natural instinct to mix up lines for balance but in an anonymous pool it is really unnecessary. I also will attribute the results to coolering a few people.
Overall Progress:
Winrate: 5.78bb/100
Hands: 57,144
Donation to Charity Count: $10
Since it is halfway in terms of days, Bani has decided to send me his ~30 day graph. For those of you unfamiliar with my earlier posts, Bani and I also have a side challenge within these 60 days to see who can get a higher winrate.
Here is his graph:
I don't think I mentioned it but there is a financial consequence for not completing the 100k hands within 60 days. As we can see, he is behind schedule for volume but this is due to some non poker related commitments. He has assured me he is grinding hard at the moment to achieve this 100k hand by day 60.
Video will be out tomorrow. I will post when uploaded
