Month 2: Week2 Friday Update

Played 1676 Hands
Profit $16.72 (No this ISNT a mistake, it does actually say profit)
V$PIP 23%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 47%
Post Flop Aggro 1.5

Deposit Bonus +$20
Total Profit +$36.72

Month 2: Week1 Completion Update

1714 Hands Played 50NL
Loss -$119.35 ($30 Deposit Bonus = Total Loss -$89.35)
V$PIP 26%
PFR 15%
Showdowns Won 50%
Post Flop Aggro 1.2

Overall Results Week 1:
9875 Hands Played
Loss -$303.11
V$PIP 24%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 50%
Post Flop Aggro 1.7

Deposit Bonus $160
Rakeabck $142.00
Total Bonus = $302.00
BB/100 -3.07

Overall Profit/Loss including Rakeback & Bonus = -$1.11

This just shows how important Rakeback and bonuses are, it turned a horrible week into a breakeven week. I only hope i can improve this week but i have to say some doubts have creeped into my game over the last few weeks and i wonder wheter i am good enough to beat this level. I feel my knowledge of the fundemetals of the game are good enough but maybe there is small things im missing or maybe its just variance, i am sure that i could have saved a couple of buyins by not making light calls but i think im curtailing this.

It seems that even though im making mistakes and recognising them it takes me a couple of days for me to iridicate these mistakes which is soul drenching when i keep making the same mistakes but i suppose at least i do eventually stop. So it's on and up from here............Or is it?

Month 2: Week 1 Tuesday -Wednesday Update

3329 Hands Played
Loss - $133.77 (+$50 Bonus = Loss -$83.77)
V$PIP 25%
PFR 16%
Showdowns Won 52%
Post Flop Aggro 1.9

Month 2: Week 1 Monday Update

I badly need to learn discipline, im sick saying it at this stage but if i don't learn quickly im not going to cut it at this level, simple as. I reviewed my Hand Histories very carefully afterwards and although i lost over 4 buyins i should have only lost 2 or myabe 2.5 buyins. The other 1.5-2 buyins were just bad calls on the river when i made a hand but it was obvious he had a better one.

I've said this a few times now but if i stop and ask myself "what would he bet like this with that i beat" and if i had asked myself that and answered honestly then i would have saved at least 1.5 buyins. I did get a few bad beats but nothing out of the ordinary, another day i will be on the other side of that variance but unless i keep my discipline the rakeback will just be covering my loses.

I dont know if this is a mental block of some sort, or maybe the adreniline rush i get when im under pressure and a pot is building clouds my judgement or possibly im focusing too much at the time on a card that dropped that made my hand and not on what that card could have giving the villain and a example off the top of my head would be a K dropping to make my straight but it was the K of Diamonds which also made the flush and i bet out half the pot only concentrating on me hitting my straight when i should have been thinking hes check/called 2 streets since the Flush Draw on the Flop and now hes come over the top of my bet with an all in on a flush board, and then i should fold.

In an effort to correct this subconscious reaction to ignore that question of what do i beat that would bet this way ill consciously try and let the time run as long as i can before making or calling a river or other important bet and try to listen to the inner voice that's telling me i know im beat. Of course there will be times when they are bluffing but the amount of $ risked to find out will outweigh the few times they are bluffing and when they do bluff and i hit a hand then at least i will have a reason to doubt future river bluffs but untill i see at least 2 i should keep my money on the table.

1692 Hand Played
$212.79 Loss (+$30 Deposit Bonus = -$182.79)
V$PIP 24%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 43%
Post Flop Aggro 2.0

Overall Stats 50NL
14,509 Hands Played
Loss -$62.84
BB/100 -0.43
Showdowns Won 47%

Ill add my rakeback in at the end of every week

Month 2: Week 1 Rakeback Friday-Sunday Update

Ok i havent got a chance to update in a couple of days. Basically i played 20NL for a couple of days while i was suffering alot of bad beats and i was waiting for my money to transfer to Noble where im starting my rakeback deal of 35% and i also have a signup bonus. I dont know how they effect eachother so ill just do an update at the end of the week on Rakeback. My bonus is $190 dollars and ive released $50 of that so ill include that daily until its cleared.

I plan as ive said recently to play 10,000 Hands per week and over a 10 week period hopefully even out around 4BB/100. So 7,000 Hands to got before Thursday or approx

Heres the lowdown since ive moved to Noble:

3140 Hands Played
$162.80 Profit (+$50 Deposit Bonus = Total $212.80)
V$PIP 24%
PFR 13%
Post Flop Aggro 1.7
Showdowns Won 51%

My Post Flop Aggro isnt high enough but its something i addressed in the last session and its back to around 2.2 in the latest session where it should be.


Overall Stats 50NL:
12,817 Hands Played
Profit $149.95 (+$50 bonus Total=$199.95)
BB/100 1.17
Showdown Won 47%

Day 31 Update

I put in probably the best session i had in a while but i suffered lots of bad beats. I was beginning to question my play and so i decided to move back to 10c/20c to build back my confidence. I have to admit this turbulent time is a good lesson on how important bankroll management is. Unfortunately i was forced to play 10c/25c under bankrolled and luckily got off to a great start which left me slightly on the wrong side of adequately bankrolled but enough to be comfortable but after losing just short of 10 buyins in 2 days my Bankroll is only a small bit bigger than when i took my first shot at 50NL. So im willing to Add money to my Bankroll to allow me to continue playing. I have $223 in FT and now after today i have $336 so approx $560 in total, ill add $440 to leave me 20 buyins in total for 50NL.

As ive said previously im waiting for money to transfer to set up a new Rakeback Account on Noble Poker so ill probably just hang about on GJP playing 20NL until i make the transfer as i dont have enough in my GJP account to comfortably 5 table 50NL and i dont want to make another deposit because i will be withdrawing as soon as i lodge with Noble.

Ive also decided to ease up on the stealing slightly, not as tight as i once was but not as loose as i was recently either and concentrate on some of my flaws i think i have and also try and not make so many loose calls as i think i was. The trouble with a bad streak like this (Well bad play combined with Bad Vraiance) is you begin to question any changes youve made between the time you were running good and the time you ran bad. Its not neccessarily the reason why im running bad and i could have been doing bad things when i was running good but nonetheless i want to cut back a small bit on the stealing as i think it could be getting me into trouble.


Anyway Results for Today

Played 771 Hands at 50NL
Loss -$237.65
V$PIP 21%
PFR 12%
Showdowns Won 43%
Post Flop Aggro 2.1

Played 573 Hands at 25NL
Profit +$57.93
V$PIP 21%
PFR 13%
Showdowns Won 51%
Post Flop Aggro 1.8

Overall Stats
50 NL
9677 Hands Played
BB/100 -0.13

Overall Stats
20 NL
6539 Hands Played
BB/100 5.28

Overall Profit $164.61

Day 29 & 30 Update

Didnt play Sunday Day 29.

Played 1744 Hands
Loss -$243.02
V$PIP 24%
PFR 15.5%
Showdowns Won 48%
Post Flop Aggro 1.6

Overall Stats
8956 Hands Played
$264.14 Profit ($344.33 Inc 20 NL)
BB/100 2.95
Showdowns Won 46%

Bad few days. Today even though i got some good cards i got no action, i hit sets so many times and i only got paid of twice for small pots and the one set i got action on he hit a runner runner flush. I could have played better too and also i was multitabling with overlapping tables and when i went to click on a table to bring it to the foreground it clicked on All in by mistake. I had Q7o UTG and got called by someone with a $60 stack and i cover with QQ and obviously didnt hit a magic flop.

It helped me get some action shortly after with AA but very little at that. I suppose i cant go round saying im brilliant and played well when im up a few buyins and start making excuses when im down a few, theres going to be alot of variance when im playing so many hands so i just need to improve my game. Some things i need to improve in my game.

Dont Bluff or make Hero moves, its the 50NL and should be treated as such
Stop shooting 2 barrells with missed PP flops and make less with Ax missed flops
Stop calling large 3bet with hands like ATs or 33 for over 5% of my stack
Give more taught to what an opponent has when im calling raises

Im fairly happy with how i play draws now which was one of my worst weaknesses when i started this blog but the above have now creeped in so iif i can cut them out over the next few sessions ill be happy.

Day 28 Update

1236 Hands Played
Loss -$92.60
V$PIP 24%
PFR 15%
Showdowns Won 39%
Post Flop Agro 2.2

Overall Stats 50NL
7212 Hnads Played
Profit $507.16 (+$587.35 Inc 20 NL)
BB/100 7.03
Showdowns Won 47%

My V$PIP was a little too high again today so in the 2nd half of my session today i tightened up slightly and it went from 26% to 24%, if it stays around 22% ill be happy. Dont feel i had a great session and i called down too light today against a few opponents and i need to iradicate these errors and improve my discipline.

Day 27 Update

Played 671
Profit $96.80
V$PIP 26.5%
PFR 17%
Post Flop Aggro 2.8
Showdowns Won 65%

Overall stats
Played 5976
Profit $599.76 ($679.95)
BB/100 10.04
Showdowns Won 49%

My V$PIP is higher than usual but nobody was respecting any of my raises and so i was raising more frequently off the button and CO and even MP and i still kept taking down pot after pot either preflop or on the flop. Some players noticed i was doing this and tried to play back but everytime they tried to play back i seemed to have a decent hand so they just stayed out of my way. Dont expect to always get it that easy but it was a very good session and a good bit of my profit came from successully stealing pots on the flop.

I expect my rakeback account to be ready to go on Monday or Tuesday hopefully and i will be hoping to achieve my 10,000 hands a week target starting on Monday.

Day 26 Update

770 Hands Played
$61.54 Profit
V$PIP 22%
PFR 14%
Showdowns Won 51%
Post Flop Aggro 2.7

Overall Stats
5305 Hands Played
$502.96 Profit ($583.15 Incl 20 NL)
BB/100 9.48
Show won 47%

Im going moving to a new ipoker skin on Probably Monday or Tuesday to get rakeback at 35% just waiting for funds to transfer. After this i will be putting in extra hours and adding a 5th table and i will aim to play 10,000 per week.

This should give me rakeback of approx $150-$170 per week. I also hope to maintain an average of 4BB/100 which should net me around $400 bringing a total of approx $550 per week. Ill need to be cashing out about half of my profits for a few weeks to pay for a holiday and then ill concentrate on building my roll for the next level. I know that variance will mean that like this week im nearly 10BB and i could be 0BB next week but ill be playing around 100,000 hands every 10 weeks so i hope i can average out 4BB/100 over that sample.

My Bankroll is now $1011 if i include the money i have stuck in FT which i didnt withdraw yet but managed to increase that too playing shortstack at higher levels. My Bankroll on FT went from $150 to $450 in an hour playing shortstack at $1/$2 and $3/$6 (I missed the $2/$4 level by mistake lol) and i taught i was on to a winner but the next day i had it down to $100 playing $2/$4 and realised its not so easy after getting it all in with the best hand several times to be outdrawn so i moved back to $1/$2 and grinded it back to around the $250 mark. After that i decided not to play shortstack anymore, its too boring and too much variance is involved so i cut my loses at $250 and that money is sitting idle for the time being

Day 25 Update

1048 Hands Played
Loss -$40.93
V$PIP 22%
PFR 14%
Show Won 40%
Post Flop Aggro 2.1

Day 24 Update

477 Hands Played
Profit +$64.40
V$PIP 18%
PFR 12%
Showdowns Won 46%
Post Flop Aggro 2.9

Overall Stats
3487 Played
Profit +$482.35 ($562.64 Inc 20 NL)
BB/100 13.83

Although my V$PIP was low is was mainly due to been card dead and i was still pretty active from the CO and Button but i must of looked like a rock from Early Position. Ok session made 1 call down that was bad when i had a note to value bet this man on a paired board. When i made the note i meant hell play TQ hard on TKK board, this board was T44 and i had 66, i called his flop and turn and checked the river another 4 came and he had T9. I lost about 1/3 of buyin on that one. Other than that i played ok and got a few hands late in the session that brought me out of the red and into the black. Happy with how things are going at the moment

Day 23 Update

617 Hands Played
Loss -$9.95
V$PIP 22%
PFR 16%
Showdowns Won 49%
Post Flop Aggro 2.5

Overall Stats
3010 Hands Played
Profit $417.95 ($498.14 Inc 20NL)
BB/100 13.89

Ive decided to loosen up a bit from the CO and Button to make my stealing more profitable. Im also trying to increase my Post Flop Aggression

Day 22 Update

Ran very hot today and tilted one person into becoming my personal ATM along with another person who was taking everybody elses money and donating it to me. Good to run hot but im not getting too carried away:

Played 629 hands
Profit $282.89
V$PIP 18%
PFR 11%
Show Won 58%

Overall 50NL
Hands Played 2393
Profit $427.90 (Total Inc 20NL $+508.09)
BB/100 17.88

Day 20 & Day 21 - Moved Level to 50NL

I decided to move to the 50nl level. I feel comfortable enough there and to be honest im moving because i need to make a few bob to pay a holiday and i dont have time to grind it out at the 20NL. Im not been completely reckless though, i didnt add to my bankroll but i committed myself to adding a couple of hundred if i did run bad and if things dont go well im willing to move down and bite the bullet. This will lead to me making several withdrawals over the next month or 6 weeks but after that ill concentrate on building my bankroll for the next level.

My current aim is to 4 table for about 3 hours per night 5 days a week so on avaerage i should be playing 4000 hands per week. If i can maintain a 4bb/100 average then i will be making approx $300 per week. So that is my goal for the next month, i hope to make and withdraw over $1000 so lets see how it goes.

So far it went well heres my results, also because i moved levels i will have seperate stats so my last stats for 20NL was on Day 18 update.

Played 1510 Hands
Profit $141.77
V$PIP 18%
PFR 11%
Show Won 46%

Overall Stats 50 NL
Played 1764
Profit $145.01 ($225.20 Including 20NL)
BB/100 8.22
Show Won 46%

Day 19 Results

254 Hands Played
$3.24 Profit
V$PIP 17%
PFR 8%
Showdowns Won 45%

I made a mistake tonight in trying 50 NL which considering my bankroll is only around the $400 mark was a mistake as its only 8 buyins. But my plan was if i lost 2 buyins to drop back but in heinsight i think its a bad move and luckily i didnt lose any of my bankroll. So ill drop back to my normal 20nl level tommorrow but i didnt feel out of place at all and think that level is just as beatable as the 20NL but to be honest i should be beating the 20NL by more.

Day 18 Update

745 Hands Played
Loss -$50.87
V$PIP 18
PFR 9%
Showdowns Won 39%

In my earlier session i ran well up about 2 buyins and after that it was a couple of bad beats. I felt forced into calling hands i normally wouldnt against bad players because i felt there range was wide but eveytime i called they seemed to have a hand even though they were capable of doing the same with Bottom Pair or Air i just ran into them at the wrong time. All in all i think i could have played a bit better but i didnt tilt and was reasonably happy with the session regardless of the loss.

Overall Stats:
5961 Hands Played
+$81.09
V$PIP 20%
PFR 12%
Showdowns Won 49%
BB/100 3.4

Day 16-17 Update

404 Hands Played
$4.97 Profit
V$PIP 20%
PFR 12%
Showdowns Won 50%

Day 15 Update

467 Hands Played
$46.04 Profit
V$PIP 18%
PFR 10%
Showdowns Won 54%

Played 1 hand bad where i had the implied odds to call for a draw and i RR and he pushed and when i wasnt getting the odds then i still called and lucked on the river. Badly need to start playing draws properly or its going to hit my win rate. Other than that it was a pretty good session.

Week 2 Update

Didnt play for the last 2 days due to drinking commitments so results after week 2 are as follows:

Overall Stats 25NL:
4345 Hands Played
$80.95 Profit
BB/100 4.66
V$PIP 20%
PFR 12.5%
Showdowns Won 50%