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03-24-2017 , 05:00 PM
Hello everyone.
First of all , Special thanks to @whitemares who motivated me and helped me a lot by his advice and tips.

I'm Mohsen. 23 Years old. Living alone. Have a couple of websites that covers most of my bills and doesn't take much of my time.
I've been a poker player for about 5 years now as a recreational/serious player. I have some experience both Live (underground Casinos in Iran) and Online (some local websites and FullTilt for a while) . Mostly I was a losing player (and mostly because of tilt)
about 6 months ago I decided to take the game more seriously and become a pro step by step. I started reading and studying really hard during this period.
Had some runs and got some bustos to the resume...

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/69...icide-1659203/

In the topic above , I received so much good advice and comments that helped me start over and play better.
So I decided to start a challenge for myself.
I put together about $400 and deposited $200 of it in BetOnline , another $100 in ACR and the rest in the bank (BTC account actually)
I'll try to put in as much volume as I can (4 Tabling mostly).

I plan on:
1- Play 4-6 hours a day.
2- Study 1-2 Hours a day on articles , books etc on strategies and other aspects of the game.
3- review the season for 1 hour a day.

I've been playing in ACR for awhile now and it seems to be a bit tough to beat for me ATM.
So I decided to put most of the work on BetOnline
Bet Online doesn't have traffic for 5NL 6Max , so it's either 2NL or 10NL.
Traffic on 2NL is pretty low too. So I guess 10NL is the one for now.

I'll be posting Graphs daily , also a couple of hands per day that seem interesting.

Hope to get the game going and get to a point that I can be a pro on the game I love.
Cheers everyone.
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03-24-2017 , 05:18 PM
So here is today's graphs:

ACR Graph:


2 Tabling 5NL (parallel with 2 Betonline tables)
Some idiot mistakes made (ALPF (I'm Small Blind) with JJ VS Steal (In BUT) Ran into KK , OOps , 185BBs !!!!)



It's from BetOnline 10NL
about 2 Hours 20 Minutes of 4 tabling...

The problems that I detect today in my game on BetOnline:
Trying to Iso a fish IP , catch TP Decent kicker , pay his monster off!
in other words , I really got married to my TPs today!!!
I also find it more comfortable to play just in 1 poker room at a time. Betonline winnings (after 3BI downswing around hand 480) comes from 4 tabling 10NL only on BetOnline.
I think because the dynamic in ACR is different than BetOnline , I start to make some moves that I shouldn't... on both of them!
So I decided to play only on BetOnline for a few days and see how it goes.
Any comments on this one guys?

One of the hands from BetOnline:




    IPoker, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #37688907

    SB: $29.31 (293.1 bb)
    BB: $9.89 (98.9 bb)
    MP: $8.92 (89.2 bb) (VPIP: 41 / PFR: 11 / AF: 2.6 Over 150 Hands)
    CO: $13.87 (138.7 bb)
    Hero (BTN): $10 (100 bb)

    Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q K
    MP calls $0.10, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, MP calls $0.30

    Flop: ($0.95) 2 Q 9 (2 players)
    MP checks, Hero bets $0.60, MP raises to $2.70, Hero calls $2.10

    Turn: ($6.35) 3 (2 players)
    MP bets $3, Hero raises to $6.90 and is all-in, MP calls $2.82 and is all-in

    River: ($17.99) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

    Spoiler:
    Results: $17.99 pot ($0.99 rake)
    Final Board: 2 Q 9 3 9
    MP showed A Q and won $17 ($8.08 net)
    Hero mucked Q K and lost (-$8.92 net)



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    I love Top Pair (idiot :-| )

    Last edited by Mohsen; 03-24-2017 at 05:30 PM.
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    04-15-2017 , 11:05 AM
    Hi Guys,
    Been awhile since I updated. Got some issues and couldn't go on schedule.
    In the meantime , I Played some MTTS on CUBED Series in ACR. didn't score anything (Best score: 12th on a $3.5K 9 handed NL)
    Dropped about $30 there...

    I couldn't play on schedule but I studied at least 1H/Day so That wen well at least!

    Also Played some , Not a lot , and BetOnline was really not my friend!
    I also Paid about $100 on software , So initial BR goes down to $300.
    I Also lost $110 on BetOnline (In less than 5K Hands) And we are down to $90 in BetOnline
    I Deposited $140 in ACR with CUBED series reload bonus and I'm putting all the volume on ACR to release the Bonus. Also in 10NL , I am making 3.5bb/100 on rake (27% flat RB) so it's great!

    Here is BetOnline Overall Graph:


    No Swing , Just Down :-D


    And here is ACR:


    A Little bit of Good runs in the last few sessions...

    Current BR:
    ACR: $259 (About $12 in rake and Bonus available too)
    BetOnline: $90 ( )
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    04-26-2017 , 03:05 PM
    Hi guys.
    Another update.
    BTW , Thanks for all your support ( :-)) ) Not even a single response ))
    Anyway , I'm doing it for myself... Anyone reads , Thanks for the time!
    After 16th , I only played around 8K hands which is awful!! Less than 1K hands/day!
    Had some huge bad runs/bad plays , So took the time off and studied about mental game.
    Just finished the Awesome book "The Poker Mindset by Mathew Hilger" Which is a peace of art. I suggest every poker player who has any intention of improving their games read this incredible book.

    BR went down a bit , So I reached the final peace of my poke savings which was a $100 in my BTC wallet and added that to ACR to continue playing 10NL. Because I know the last 4-10 sessions was absolute disaster luck-wise for me and all of my downswings is because of variance in short time and it's not bad play. (TBH , Most of it , not all of it :-D )
    Anyway , Here is the graph between 16th and today.


    So I added $100 to the last amount. It should be $359
    Lost a bit , So at the moment BR is: $315
    Thanks to bonuses and Rackeback :-D

    You don't sub , Thant's All right , Just wish me luck .
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    04-26-2017 , 03:12 PM
    Here are some Hands:
    Villain is an absolute fish. (VPIP: 58 / PFR: 38 / AF: 2.1 over 95 hands)

      WPN, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 4 Players
      Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #37712785

      CO: $10 (100 bb)
      BTN: $21.02 (210.2 bb)
      SB: $12.28 (122.8 bb)
      Hero (BB): $35.17 (351.7 bb)

      Preflop: Hero is BB with K K
      CO folds, BTN raises to $0.30, SB folds, Hero raises to $1, BTN calls $0.70

      Flop: ($2.05) 2 7 Q (2 players)
      Hero bets $1.55, BTN calls $1.55

      Turn: ($5.15) 2 (2 players)
      Hero bets $4, BTN calls $4

      River: ($13.15) 6 (2 players)
      Hero bets $28.62 and is all-in, BTN calls $14.47 and is all-in

      Spoiler:
      Results: $42.09 pot ($2.00 rake)
      Final Board: 2 7 Q 2 6
      BTN showed 6 6 and won $40.09 ($19.07 net)
      Hero showed K K and lost (-$21.02 net)



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      Second hand:
      Villain is an aggro guy. Stats are OK but I saw him doing idiotic stuff so I believe he is a total fish. (VPIP: 26 / PFR: 22 / AG: 2.5 over 525 hands)


        WPN, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 4 Players
        Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #37712786

        BTN: $19.57 (195.7 bb)
        SB: $9.16 (91.6 bb)
        BB: $28.62 (286.2 bb)
        Hero (CO): $10 (100 bb)

        Preflop: Hero is CO with A A
        Hero raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds

        Flop: ($0.75) 7 3 3 (2 players)
        Hero checks, BTN bets $0.48, Hero raises to $1.92, BTN calls $1.44

        Turn: ($4.59) 5 (2 players)
        Hero bets $2.91, BTN calls $2.91

        River: ($10.41) J (2 players)
        Hero bets $4.87 and is all-in, BTN calls $4.87

        Spoiler:
        Results: $20.15 pot ($1.00 rake)
        Final Board: 7 3 3 5 J
        BTN showed 9 Q and won $19.15 ($9.15 net)
        Hero showed A A and lost (-$10 net)



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        Anything wrong with the way I played this hand!?

        Another hand from this same Villain (And I saw him do it 3-4 times more!)




          WPN, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
          Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #37712787

          BTN: $10.27 (102.7 bb)
          SB: $21.79 (217.9 bb)
          BB: $8.41 (84.1 bb)
          UTG: $28.48 (284.8 bb)
          MP: $10.72 (107.2 bb)
          Hero (CO): $10 (100 bb)

          Preflop: Hero is CO with K K
          2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BTN raises to $0.90, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2.45, BTN raises to $10.27 and is all-in, Hero calls $7.55 and is all-in

          Flop: ($20.15) J 2 4 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
          Turn: ($20.15) 8 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
          River: ($20.15) A (2 players, 2 are all-in)

          Spoiler:
          Results: $20.15 pot ($1 rake)
          Final Board: J 2 4 8 A
          BTN showed A 9 and won $19.15 ($9.15 net)
          Hero showed K K and lost (-$10.00 net)



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          04-26-2017 , 03:52 PM
          You didnt do anything wrong with those hands, you seem to get the money in good everytime. Where is this by the way? BOL or ACR?

          I mean considering the way you played etc, I would have played them differently. Like my betsizing etc but the end result would have been the same.

          For example, in the first hand with KK I would have repopped it to 1.20 out of the small blind. The river pot bet was too big, Id have bet around 9.50-10$ ofcourse he spiked a 6 and got lucky but in general I would expect to be ahead more often then not and want a call from top pairs or a smaller bet if you think he has a 7.

          Last edited by devmandarkk; 04-26-2017 at 04:00 PM.
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          04-26-2017 , 04:24 PM
          Following your progress, GL.
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          04-26-2017 , 04:30 PM
          Quote:
          Originally Posted by devmandarkk
          You didnt do anything wrong with those hands, you seem to get the money in good everytime. Where is this by the way? BOL or ACR?

          I mean considering the way you played etc, I would have played them differently. Like my betsizing etc but the end result would have been the same.

          For example, in the first hand with KK I would have repopped it to 1.20 out of the small blind. The river pot bet was too big, Id have bet around 9.50-10$ ofcourse he spiked a 6 and got lucky but in general I would expect to be ahead more often then not and want a call from top pairs or a smaller bet if you think he has a 7.
          Thanks for the replay bro.
          Yeah I think so too.
          the last 2 post are in ACR. You table select well , There are very juicy games there too. give it a try imo.
          About the first hand , The guy was raising literally every MP , Co and BUT
          And folded to 3Bets 6 out of 7.
          And I actually don't change my default bet-sizing to much. But at the end I agree I could go bigger.
          About River bet , Guy was an absolute fish which I say called 3 streets with A high , Pocket 2s and one time third pair.
          I saw him pretty inelastic! And believe me if the river wasn't a 6 , K or A he would have called anyway!
          So I went for the fat value against fish.
          But any how , the result would be the same , I bet 4-5 $ , he would jam and I was calling!
          Anyway , it's poker and it happens. I'm really happy about the mental aspect because I just laughed and move on and play solidly for the next hour! Which is the best think I did in the past session IMO.
          cheers.
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          04-26-2017 , 04:31 PM
          Quote:
          Originally Posted by PotLuckNeeded
          Following your progress, GL.
          Thanks man , I appreciate it.
          Good luck to you too.
          Cheers
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