NL5 Zoom.

cant stop grinding l o l

Well, at least you fixed your red line

looks like you have serious leaks. Either quit poker or study like crazy for a while. You saying you "can't stop grinding" is setting of alarm bells for me. If you're addicted to gambling, you should search for help!

you seem to be bluffing way to much...

Impressive redline, just remember you can win every pot!

Get a bigger FOLD button and try using it imo.

OP, I'd look into improving your game. Watching videos, applying those concepts. Or just switch game type entirely. Maybe play regular tables against some fish or switch to tournaments.

But if he was up 117 buy ins, he wouldn't be addicted to gambling - is that what you're saying? You can be addicted whether you're winning or losing, it makes no difference.

And poker is gambling, whatever your results. Winning players are gambling just the same as losing players are. Don't pretend you're not gambling just because you're winning.

-$20k at showdown in $10 games. this is truly epic!

i mean...i did come from esports, and who likes a quitter?

lol idc about the money i just wanna get better.

obviously a bigger fold button would help.

also ive only been playing for 8 months

oh the graph is in BB btw

-582 still bugs me but ive lost that in 60secs trading crypto so its whateves

vpip 19.34 pfr 15.13 3bet 10.5 WWSF 49.21 WTSD% 37.39

No Fold'em Hold'em :-)

If you enjoy the game (I'm sure you would even more if you weren't losing so hard) then spend sometime studying the theory of the game before going back at it. Take a week off and just study instead and then jump in and try to apply the concepts you've read about. Maybe look into some coaching? Whether you care about the money or not, I see no reason to continue as you are unless you are actively trying to get better.

i guess the question i should be asking is: how do i flip my graph? or what steps do i take to do that?

kinda isnt a troll, my life is setup where i can just play poker, but the thing is i suck (obviously) but im obsessed with the game

in some maniac insane way kinda feel like im setting myself up to get better because how much worse can i get? lol

The y-axis is in big blinds, not $. Also he's playing 5nl, not $10 games.

There is a TON of free content out there for beginners that will at least make you a breakeven player instead of a big loser.

If money really doesn't matter to you then hiring a coach is your best option. Either sign up for a coaching service like upswing poker or run it once or hire a live coach to help you get started.

You don't care about the money, but you want to get better... so you can win money. Nice logic, lol.

lol weird right?

i guess if i cared about winning/money id be playing MTT's and Sit and go's rather im punting at NL5

idk figured i put this into the poker universe to see what happens

This is not a bad book for the stakes you play:
https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-...s=online+poker

"If you're looking for a reason to call, you should probably fold."

-unknown

do u just try to win everyhand?

thx for the correction. i was briefly puzzled why op was buying in for 200bb...


OP,

your vpip/pfr don't look that bad. here's the thing about poker though, and chess is similar.........coming from the video game realm, over there strategy unfolds into who can tap the 'A' button faster -- and this translates to most games.

when i was an even bigger noob than op, in 2005 i joined a website called Bovada and played limit hold'em using my instinct born from video games... I clicked bet and raise faster than my opponents, and ran up a fat $2,000 bankroll, and then naturally busted it because i was playing the game wrong.

when i switched over to chess, i attacked pieces the way i play super smash bros.....which is a predictable, non-winning approach; and i was only beating the absolute worst players.

Poker strategy is very rich and meticulous. It comes from math; same with videogames, but there is a lot less math needed to play those well. some poker players are naturals, but most lose their ass before putting in study time and figuring out how the game works. It's great you have a sick work ethic and want to grind, a lot of players struggle with that their entire lives!

as a recommendation - drop down to the lowest stakes, post some hands, watch doug polk youtube videos where he reviews hands played by professionals.......play way less tables (2 max until you're winning), write down the hands you lost badly each session, and ask questions -- lots of them. as an example, there are ppl streaming on twitch that are happy to chat with their community members 24/7.

the good news is there is a ton of 'decent' info out there on winning at poker and you can only go up

appreciate the reply man really do

i used to be in FPS realm so thinking was apart of it, but fast twitch reflexes helped alot. traveling and going to tournaments, all the hours practicing i think correlates alot w/ poker but alas here i am

anyways i guess to summarize my thought process in poker so far is definitely not how i can get away but how i can get a fold?

its weird ive studied crushing the mircostakes, the grinders manual etc. but
i guess the content doesn't stick as well as i want it to, **** even taking notes and treating it like a college class hasn't helped lol

i guess grinding alot learning as i go along and watching twitch has been my goto study tool

I would switch my thought process to "how can I get value" and "from what hands in V's range can I get value if I bet (enter amount here)" as opposed to "how can I get a fold". The latter should rarely be in your thought process, imo, when just starting out.

Granted this is just a synopsis of an overall strategy and poker is more nuanced than that, but, I think it's a good start for you in addition to what others have suggested wrt studying. I think a coach could pinpoint your major leaks rather quickly and get you on the right track.

FWIW, I spent a year at 2NL trying to improve the fundamentals. Not saying you have to do that, but, you might consider trying the smallest stake and see if you can discipline yourself there for a month.

NL2 on the site i played on was super reg infested and prolly a couple bots. [IMG][/IMG]

my choice of poison is ignition because of anon, and i can think along the lines of tendencies of the player pool.

sometimes i guess right calling AK down with pocket 66's in a single raised pot, but we all know i run into AA,KK alot with that type of thinking lol

Massive station.

i sorta thought so too

WSD is 50.38
AF 50.37