Hello community,

My name is Rihard, 22, and I am pretty new here, though I probably have an account since 2013 but I haven't been a frequent visitor at 2+2. I live in the United Kingdom, however originally I come from Latvia. So here I am creating this blog to track my progress.

Bio

I have been playing poker for not so long as many of you here, in October I think it will be roughly two years. Although I did play it even earlier, but that was mostly for fun some freerolls during Full Tilt times. This for fun play didn't last long because I didn't take poker as serious game back then. I used to be semi-pro gamer playing FPS games and when the gaming scene in which I was involved started to die I decided that I need to switch to something else as I am very competitive person, thus I cannot live peacefully if I don't have some challenge. Obviously I turned to poker, as some of my friends were already playing and I decided to give a shot... (too long to write, lets move on)

I guess I don't need to continue on that part as it is very common between all poker players, i.e. I tried this and that, I liked that and not that because blah blah...

Present

Straight to the point - I am playing NLHE 6-max Zoom games. I used to play up to 50NL at the start of the year until I hit huge mindset downswing and was spewing money without learning from my mistakes until I hit rock bottom. At the very moment I am being staked and coached by very nice friend I got from lurking on other poker community (not sure whether I can mention competitor company). I am not sure whether many of you guys know him, but I guess many 200NL Zoom regulars will recognize - BrokeSoBroke, true Zoom crusher that keeps his opponents on their toes.

BrokeSoBroke decided to help me when the times were the worst for me and we signed a two year deal for profit share coaching. I started from 5NL couple weeks ago and just moved to 10NL. We are dedicating a lot on improving and putting in the volume in order to move up as fast as possible.

Goals

I will summarize some goals I have.

• The first thing is obviously to improve as much as possible.
• Do not care about winrate or wins/losses, focus on decisions.
• In June reach 100NL (a lot of hard work involved).
• By the end of the year crush 100NL and move to 200NL.

Graphs

As you can see below, before our deal I was playing terrible. Not just terrible but beyond terrible. But this coaching deal is for this reason, to change my whole world!


Here is the graph since we started. This is only for 5NL. I will post 10NL graph later once I get a decent sample.


Conclusion

Thanks for reading my post and stay tuned for upcoming updates that might come! I promise, they WILL be epic!

One hand at a time guys!

Rihard

Hey folks,

I wasn't able to be doing a lot of posting lately because I was busy playing, learning and also University exams were around the corner + dissertation project.

Now I will try to update as much as possible, but it doesn't mean daily updates or anything like that. Just when something interesting happens I will update.

Since my initial post some things happened in poker. I was grinding 10NL and then had to move back to 5NL because I was getting stressed due to exams coming up and my A game wasn't A game anymore, thus I had a downswing. Therefore I took a break. Now I recently started at 5NL again and I am closing the gap between 5NL and 10NL once again. It won't be long once I'm back there.

Volume isn't the best this month as I'm doing some studying and reviewing my game to make sure I can catch up with everything I missed during my break.

Graph for this month:-


I am enjoying a lot the coachings with BrokeSoBroke. Literally he is the best ever coach. His approach is really cool and the environment is very nice in which we work together. I'm so glad that we teamed up, because we have a bright future together that's for sure.

One hand at a time,

Rihard

Typical river!

$0.02/$0.05 Zoom No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($7.27) 145bb
UTG+1 ($7.63) 153bb
Rihard4a (CO) ($5.90) 118bb
BTN ($2.43) 49bb
SB ($3.20) 64bb
BB ($16.08) 322bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 6 players) Rihard4a is CO Q Q
2 folds, Rihard4a raises to $0.13, BTN calls $0.13, 1 fold, BB raises to $2, Rihard4a goes all-in $5.90, BTN folds, BB calls $3.90

Flop: K 5 4 ($11.95, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: 9 ($11.95, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: A ($11.95, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $11.95
BB shows a pair of Aces
A 8
Rihard4a shows a pair of Queens
Q Q

BB wins $11.45 (net +$5.55)

BTN lost $0.13
Rihard4a lost $5.90

Today had some really good sessions.



I keep grinding & reviewing and things work out for themselves.

Peace,

Rihard

Having a really great day so far, though it is not finished yet.



Working hard on your game does pay off. BrokeSoBroke is a great coach and I enjoy the experience he has given to me. I will do everything necessary to improve and make sure I move up and reach the stars.

Funny hand from today. Villain snap called my shove.

$0.05/$0.10 Zoom No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($11.84) 118bb
UTG+1 ($10.18) 102bb
CO ($11.08) 111bb
Rihard4a (BTN) ($11.27) 113bb
SB ($9.54) 95bb
BB ($11.25) 113bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 6 players) Rihard4a is BTN K K
UTG raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Rihard4a raises to $0.80, 2 folds, UTG raises to $2, Rihard4a goes all-in $11.27, UTG calls $9.27

Flop: 6 Q 3 ($22.69, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: 5 ($22.69, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 7 ($22.69, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $22.69
Rihard4a shows a pair of Kings
K K
UTG shows high card Ace
10 A

Rihard4a wins $21.67 (net +$10.40)

UTG lost $11.27

One hand at a time,

Rihard

Having a great week right now. Soon I will be taking shots to 25NL, just need to keep doing what I am doing.



Rihard

Here I am practicing my psychic abilities.

$0.05/$0.10 Zoom No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($10.11) 101bb
Rihard4a (UTG+1) ($10.49) 105bb
CO ($10) 100bb
BTN ($70.66) 707bb
SB ($17.98) 180bb
BB ($10.39) 104bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.15, 6 players) Rihard4a is UTG+1 6 6
1 fold, Rihard4a raises to $0.27, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.27, 1 fold, BB raises to $1.30, Rihard4a calls $1.03, BTN folds

Flop: Q A 6 ($2.92, 2 players)
BB bets $1.50, Rihard4a calls $1.50

Turn: 6 ($5.92, 2 players)
BB checks, Rihard4a bets $1.20, BB calls $1.20

River: 3 ($8.32, 2 players)
BB checks, Rihard4a says "ohhhh KK probably hahahaahaha", Rihard4a goes all-in $6.49, BB goes all-in $6.39

Final Pot: $21.10
BB shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
K K
Rihard4a shows four of a kind, Sixes
6 6

Rihard4a wins $20.25 (net +$9.76)

BTN lost $0.27
BB lost $10.39

Awesome graphs!

Subbed!