A small intro:
I'm 22 years old, and currently a software engineering student.
One more semester to go and I'll be out of this misery (for now).

I had a couple of PG&C threads in here before, none of which actually got anywhere but I'm hoping that'll change .
I started playing poker as a teenager, about 7-8 years ago for fun. 4 years ago I actually made my first deposit of 100$ on pokerstars, hoping for a nice grind for the first time.

Well, unfortunately it didn't go as planned. However, the most I got out of that experience, was being a winner at 10nl zoom. Until I pretty much messed everything up (including my confidence) at 25nl.

I had a couple of staking deals, also did not go as planned. And finally stopped playing poker about 2 and a half years ago.

I kept playing once every couple of months just for the sake of having a bit of fun, until pokerstars decided to exclude Israel. And that was pretty much the end of it.

I've been working as a waiter (on and off) in a lot of different places the past 5-6 years, just so I can have my own pocket money. And I started my studies as a software engineering student 2 years ago (currently doing a diploma not a degree), which I'm pretty excited about because of the massive range of job opportunities in this field (in and out of the country).

My poker background:

- A graph in 10nl zoom from about 2 and a half years ago.



After that I really just hit a brick, I have experience of beating 10nl zoom, but nothing further.

My current poker status:

- Starting from scratch with 2nl and 4nl



My goals for 2017:

I made a very small deposit (due to not having a direct way to deposit from Israel on poker sites) on a microgaming poker skin.

- Finish my practical software engineering diploma with 80+ average.
- Play/study poker in alongside my college priorities.
- Climb the stakes as fast as possible (with proper BRM).
- Finish the year as a potential 50nl winning reg.

Since there's no 25nl on microgaming skins, my minimum goal is to at least finish the year winning at 20nl.

Note: I will only be playing regular tables, as I believe table-selecting and the higher WR just can't be ignored.

Good luck everyone and happy grinding!

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Update after a month and a half:

Microgaming stopped writing hands in which you haven't put money in. Therefore Pokertracker stopped supporting Microgaming (and I personally think it's bull**** to do such a thing) however hands and huds can still be tracked on previous pokertracker versions which is still something.

All this means, graphs are going to be skewed, huds will only be relevant to the sample that you've put money in. No direct way to have a correct bb/100 as well. However I can estimate how many hands I played and indirectly calculate my bb/100 via hours played and number of tables.

I'm currently at 10nl, so far so good. I managed to do well at 2nl 4nl and now 10nl. So I'm pretty much back where I left myself a few years ago.

However, I couldn't put a lot of volume due to a period of college exams and other priorities.

The following graph will show a 37k hands sample, when in reality the actual numbers (according to my estimations) should be somewhere between 52k to 60k hands.



You will notice how toward the mid graph the upswing doesn't go with the flow (because of what I explained earlier). However the win amount is still relevant and correct.

In the beginning when I decided I wanted to play again, my game was a bit swingy and unstable, but after a while it got more consistent.

All in all, it's been going very well so far, even though I hoped for more volume. Maybe this month before I get busy with exams again.

GL everyone!