It is not all about the money....[NL25->NL2->NL5 BLOG]

Wasn't making fun of you. I already play diferent because of reading and listening to your advice

Keep up the good work.

I am not a typical reg fish, I do agree about BRM

Watched the first part of series Knowing me, knowing you and it was promising first episode. DrDunne is somehow decent NL10 player but coach find immediately some potential leaks and talked about extremely high range from BTN from my current standard. Manu (coach) was also talking a bit about sizing and other stuff so i started with studying on examples providing in those series. Looking forward to watch next episodes and write down conclusion here. If also anyone else is interested here is link to series.

Knowing me, knowing you series

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

Hero (BB): $21.70 (217 bb)
UTG: $15.46 (154.6 bb)
MP: $5.97 (59.7 bb)
CO: $10.61 (106.1 bb)
BTN: $16.31 (163.1 bb)
SB: $10.09 (100.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K A
UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, BTN raises to $0.45, SB folds, Hero raises to $1.50, UTG calls $1.40, BTN calls $1.05

Flop: ($4.55) T 7 4 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($4.55) 5 (3 players)
Hero bets $2.50, UTG calls $2.50, BTN calls $2.50

River: ($12.05) 8 (3 players)
Hero bets $6, UTG raises to $11.46 and is all-in, BTN raises to $12.31, Hero calls $6.31

Results:

OMG lol, how can he call JdTd there.. so sick
i guess UTG was fishing a little there hehehehe, nothing much more i can say about this hand beside OUTCH
Keep it up, its par off the game

It's time today for first NL25SH session. Lately i got boring a bit on NL10 and also haven't played optimally. I had a plan to start play NL25 on 1.3.2013 but somehow i only wait for that date and i think that distract a bit my game. I have BR of more than 40BI so i think its a great time to take a try at it.

In the evening i will show here how ended my fist NL25 session.

Good luck to me and to all of you as well.

Poor me how NL25 started. 4 Bi down. Was a bit unlucky with some hands. I made two major mistakes that cost me 1,5BI, otherwise i have to say i was pretty satisfied with my game. Had one cooler and some unlucky hands are also seen on the graph. I have to cool down my head and tomorow is new day with new shoot at NL25.
:f_cool:

OK after my failure on yesterday i am today going to play a bit more thinking poker. I have to think about ranges here and make decisions based on that and not just my hand is good so i bet or my hand is bad so i fold. I also added on my HUD stats about flop action on 3bets so cbet 3bet flop and fold to cbet 3 bet pot. Somehow i think those are more accurate on new limit because i see 3bet pots almost every single hand. So i will keep you posted how it will go today. I hope it won't be the disaster like yesterday.

Again a disgusting session.
maybe i am so bad or maybe i was just without luck again. I have to take pause for at least few days to clean my thoughts.

Here are some hands from today. Maybe i really play bad i don't know. So i am like 10 BI down in two days so it really doesn't make sense to continue like this right now. I have as i said to clean my thoughts and start playing NL10 again.

PKR, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

MP: $25.92 (103.7 bb)
CO: $18.62 (74.5 bb)
BTN: $25 (100 bb)
SB: $10.47 (41.9 bb)
Hero (BB): $25.50 (102 bb)
UTG: $31.85 (127.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8 8
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.85, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) 8 5 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $1.35, Hero calls $1.35

Turn: ($4.50) J (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $3, Hero raises to $7, MP raises to $13, Hero raises to $23.30 and is all-in, MP calls $10.30

River: ($51.10) 3 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

PKR, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $60.93 (243.7 bb)
BB: $21.45 (85.8 bb)
MP: $25 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $28.63 (114.5 bb)
BTN: $49.32 (197.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A Q
MP folds, Hero raises to $0.75, 2 folds, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60) A K 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1, BB raises to $3.40, Hero calls $2.40

Turn: ($8.40) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $5.60, Hero raises to $24.48, BB calls $11.70 and is all-in

River: ($43) T (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

PKR, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $30 (120 bb)
BB: $59.14 (236.6 bb)
MP: $46.13 (184.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $25 (100 bb)
BTN: $25 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J T
MP calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1, BTN folds, SB calls $0.90, BB folds, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.25) J T 2 (3 players)
SB checks, MP bets $0.25, Hero raises to $1.90, SB calls $1.90, MP folds

Turn: ($7.30) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4.50, SB raises to $9, Hero calls $4.50

River: ($25.30) 8 (2 players)
SB bets $8.80, Hero calls $8.80

Results:

Finally a good session also for me. I tried iPoker speed hold'em and i kind of like it. It was really pleasant session. This is very encouraging for me after some real let down and i think i can work from here on and forget about that downswing. Somehow fast poker is nice, because you focus on less tables (i was two tabling) and of course you can really work on your game plan and so on. I really liked it so i will play it tomorrow again for sure. I played like 26/23 and that was one of the loosest game i ever played but it worked pretty nice. Also red line is great and i just hope that it is because of my game and not because of some coincidence.

I also promised to take day off from Poker and i did it yesterday and it was really nice being one day without that evil game :f_biggrin:. I will also took a look on some videos about zoom poker at the weekend so maybe i get some other impresions about it. I already seen a lot of hand from zoom on HE forums but this is not the same.

Here is the graph of todays game and i really. i am so prou to show it after loosing 10BI's on NL25 this week

Good luck guys

Its time to move forward...i was playing a bit of fast poker at bet365 to test and i kinda like it. However i decided to move back to the roots and play some 6max tables this time at UNIBET. Already made a deposit, played few hands but i found myself in some difficulties with software so i have first to realized how everything works there. RB is great deal so i guess i can create a decent profit with it. So i look forward to play some anonymous tables. It was said that it is pretty soft so i will see how is there. Keep you updated when i realize all stuff related to software. I just have to be comfortable with it to play. See you guys soon.

Woooohoooo here i am again. I had locked account because of some brut-force hacker attacks on PokerStrategy and my account was attacked. That caused a lock of my account for security reasons by PokerStrategy.

Now everything is sorted out and thanks to PokerStrategy that they prevent my account from hackers.

Here is my statement for hackers:

GO SOMEWHERE ELSE....I AM STILL A FISH AND YOU WON'T GET RICH WITH MY MONEY.

Well i didn't forget to play and i was a bit active on Unibet anon tables. This type of poker suits my style and i have to say i am pretty happy with my current progress.

There is a significant improvement of my red line and i just hope that it will go further in the same manner.

Here is my current graph at Unibet with winrate of 13.5/100 hands

I don't know if i can keep such a nice winrate but for sure i will try to. There is still a lot to improve in my game but for now i will just try to stick with my current game and see how far i can go.

Good luck at the tables and see you soon guys.

Here is the summary of another 7 days of playing NL10 at UNIBET. Winrate was decent also with adjusted EV. I really didn't have significant coolers and i was somehow luck at some spots.

There is a hand i played totally awkward and didn't deserve nothing. But it was a bit of strange acting from MP and made my hand very bad played. I was lucky and this is that strange big gap in EV on the graph.

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

UTG: $4.78 (47.8 bb)
MP: $10 (100 bb)
CO: $10.16 (101.6 bb)
Hero (BTN): $10.67 (106.7 bb)
SB: $10.61 (106.1 bb)
BB: $10 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with T T
UTG calls $0.10, MP raises to $0.40, CO folds, Hero calls $0.40, SB calls $0.35, BB folds, UTG raises to $1.30, MP calls $0.90, Hero calls $0.90, SB calls $0.90

Flop: ($5.30) 4 4 7 (4 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $1.30, MP calls $1.30, Hero raises to $4, SB folds, UTG calls $2.18 and is all-in, MP raises to $8.70 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.70

Turn: ($26.18) T (3 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($26.18) 8 (3 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

Otherwise i am again proud on mine red line which is really a result of wider 3 betting and a bit higher AF. I have to work a bit more on squeezes and i have to take courage to fire them a bit more often. Somehow i still see easier move to fold than to squeeze but in general this red line proves i am on the right direction.

Overall i have now 12K hands at UNIBET with winrate of 18.8bb/100h so i have just to keep with the current play. I know winrate isn't real and it will drop but the momentum is great and i have to stick with what i've done recently.

Here are also results by session and i am aware that those results just show that i have to be prepared for some downswing because this is just to much. It would be great if poker would be so nice to us all the time.

BTW: Today i will celebrate 2000 view of that blog with a beer and on friday with something more. Thank for every view.

Congratulations

I notice you watch to much Italian football, maybe you should watch English football as well. Get it ?;)

Eh Romci....this was written quite fast. I think even in Slovenian the text would be hard to read and understand :f_biggrin:

I have a great announcement. On Wednesday i am starting first session with w34z3l. So officially i have personal coach and i am so glad and proud of that step i decided to do.

I didn't know exactly what to do with my previous winnings and so i decided to invest into knowledge. I already discussed everything with w34z3l today and since knowledge is power i really look forward to improve my game in future.

I really want to understand everything about EV and profitable post flop bluffing spots. I want to apply 4bet bluff range in my game and also extract as much as possible when i have made hand. Another thing is of course thinking about villain ranges and again to apply some check/raise strategy of course when i hit and when i don't.

So many topics to discuss and i am sure he will find also other leaks i didn't notice before. I am so thrilled about upcoming months of my poker career since i really feel i did one of the biggest steps in my career so far and i proved to myself that i mean it seriously.

For this purpose i also renamed my entire blog
from: Good bluff? Huge mistake? I don't know [Micro-stakes BLOG]
to: Good bluff? Huge mistake? I don't know yet [Micro-stakes BLOG]

Yesterday i had first session with our coach w34z3l and i have to say i enjoyed it very much. I can't wait on next one. We discussed a lot of things and basically i have to review everything we said in order to completely understand his suggestions. I hope i will get really a lot from this coaching.

There is a funny hand that happen yesterday while we had sweating session.

He gave me the option what to do but also said what he think villain had and that he would actually fold this hand. Well i tried to give a shot and lost :f_cool:

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

BTN: $24.08 (240.8 bb)
Hero (SB): $10.84 (108.4 bb)
BB: $7.27 (72.7 bb)
MP: $14.28 (142.8 bb)
CO: $10 (100 bb)

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

Flop: ($2.10) 5 K 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.20, BTN calls $1.20

Turn: ($4.50) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.20, BTN raises to $5.30, Hero raises to $8.64 and is all-in, BTN calls $3.34

River: ($21.78) 5 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

We talked also about a lot other stuff but as i said i have still to sort things out in my head.

Last days i didn't play much. I was not at home due to Easter holidays so i didn't play poker. When i did i was not pretty lucky and actually i am glad i was not because i thought this network is rigged in my favor :f_biggrin:. now i see it is not

Tomorrow i don't know how much will i play because i am going to watch futsal match. It is a final of national championship and my friend plays there so i don't know if i will have enaugh time to play poker. but on Saturday and Sundey i will for sure be a true grinder

So here is the latest graph before first session of coaching with w34z3l. We will see if i will do fine also in future.

We cannot just make profit all the time and it is also a time for mine worst update so far. Today i have second session with coach and i have to say i am glad that bad run happen right now so coach can see all my bad plays and advice me on what i do have to work. There were a lot of second best hands i lost in those sessions and i am glad i run pretty well before that downswing (or play bad or whatever we call that). With RB i still have decent bankroll so i can play confidently.

The good thing in all that crap that happened is that i didn't give up or something. I sit in front of my computer with the same joy as before.

Here is that ugly thing:

So today we are going to review with coach what happened there. I changed open sizes from BTN and SB and started to steal wider. I think that opponents somehow adjust to that and i was unable to. That red line went terribly wrong :f_cool:. Hard work is in front of me. The thing is that i was unable to make profit last 10 days. Every session i ended almost with the same result and that was from 2 to 4 BI down. I hope this is great lesson for me and i have to concentrate for future. As i said the only good thing is that my bankroll is still decent and i had that good run at the beginning otherwise i would have to move down. My current bankroll is around 400 so i have still plenty of room to play confidently. Also it is interesting thing that i have never had such a bad run on NL10. I hope next posts will be more optimistic and with better results :f_love:

Good luck at the tables guys.

You should have continued on with your first blog.

I am also playing NL10 but at Zoom and I will be having my first coaching with w34z3l this Sunday. Goodluck and hope to see you climb up the stakes!

Oooh w34z3l is great choice :f_biggrin:. You made correct decision.

Yeah my first blog was more interesting ♠_biggrin:....i have to write there something again. It was fun doing it.

Thanks for nice wishes and i wish you all the best. Thanks for stopping by.

Ok its time for the next update. I moved to PokerStars again after speaking to my Coach and i played 10k hands there already. Right now i have a winrate of 10bb/100hands and i feel really a lot more comfortable preflop after first 3 coachings. I think i can also adopt on very aggressive player right now and light 3 better who were really pain in the a** before. I also decided to not worry about red line anymore but only about green one. In the graphs i will still show you guys the red line because it can be interesting to someone.

i spent this month a bit of time on PokerStars client and i have to say that i don't know why a was away from PokerStars for so long. All thing are just where they suppose to be. POf course on some tables game is tougher but it is also true that there are some fishes we won't fined anywhere else. I have to change a lot of tables during the session but that doesn't bother me to much. Also if the game is a bit tougher i think i will be more prepared to move to higher limit. I hope that all that effort i made will bring results.

Gere is graph of first 10k hands at PokerStars.

Good luck at the tables guys.