Taking poker seriously / Becoming a grinder

As promised, here's a graph.
I've been playing zoom just over a week:

I am improving but I am also definitely a fish on a heater

I will post my ipoker graph at 10k hands (which could take a while..)

Originally posted by kmacfarlane
As promised, here's a graph.
I've been playing zoom just over a week:

I am improving but I am also definitely a fish on a heater

I will post my ipoker graph at 10k hands (which could take a while..)

Nice run - keep it going!

Originally posted by Ramble

Originally posted by kmacfarlane
As promised, here's a graph.
I've been playing zoom just over a week:

I am improving but I am also definitely a fish on a heater

I will post my ipoker graph at 10k hands (which could take a while..)

Nice run - keep it going!

Thanks!
Still on a big heater, but also feeling really good about my play. I decided to share the small number of hands I have on ipoker instead of waiting for 10k.

As you can see I was stuck 5 buyins so I had to redeposit an extra £10 but I've grinded it back up to positive.
Still a very long way to go!
I had some action in the LAPT Bahamas ME but just bricked. GG

Update:
I'm now back at uni and I feel like I have a good start with 6max cash. Moving forward, I need to set clear short term goals.
From other blogs and general reading, I see that the best way to do this is to set volume goals, rather than $$/bb won goals.
To start with I think the following are modest and very achievable:

• Play 1k hands of zoom every day
• Study two 6max videos every week
• Post 1 hand I feel I played well every week
• Post 1 hand I feel I played poorly every week

These are quite small because I want to develop good long term (winning!) habits.
Now out to enjoy an evening with friends, no more poker today.

I will update with non-poker goals when I have formalised them.
Gl at the tables!

Just finished my 1k hands. Huge huge huge heater, here's a few examples.

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $0.98 (49 bb)
Hero (BB): $2 (100 bb)
UTG: $4.86 (243 bb)
MP: $1.49 (74.5 bb)
CO: $2.83 (141.5 bb)
BTN: $2.02 (101 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6 7
UTG raises to $0.04, MP calls $0.04, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.02

Flop: ($0.13) 5 9 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.06, MP calls $0.06, Hero raises to $0.14, UTG calls $0.08, MP calls $0.08

Turn: ($0.55) J (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.36, MP calls $0.36, Hero raises to $0.72, UTG raises to $4.68 and is all-in, MP folds, Hero calls $1.10 and is all-in

River: ($4.55) 7 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $2 (100 bb)
UTG: $1.27 (63.5 bb)
MP: $1.30 (65 bb)
CO: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): $2.39 (119.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with J J
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.06, CO folds, Hero calls $0.06, SB folds, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.19) 3 9 A (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $0.13, Hero calls $0.13, BB calls $0.13

Turn: ($0.58) J (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $0.42, Hero calls $0.42, BB raises to $1.81 and is all-in, MP calls $0.69, Hero calls $1.39

River: ($5.31) T (3 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2.98 (149 bb)
BB: $2.06 (103 bb)
UTG: $2.30 (115 bb)
MP: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
CO: $2.08 (104 bb)
Hero (BTN): $2.07 (103.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q T
UTG calls $0.02, MP calls $0.02, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.10, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.08, MP calls $0.08

Flop: ($0.33) T 2 Q (3 players)
UTG bets $0.10, MP folds, Hero raises to $0.28, UTG calls $0.18

Turn: ($0.89) T (2 players)
UTG bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

River: ($1.29) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.72, UTG calls $0.72

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $2.50 (125 bb)
UTG: $2.47 (123.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $2.09 (104.5 bb)
CO: $6.75 (337.5 bb)
BTN: $2 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with T T
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.06, CO raises to $0.18, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.39) A 7 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.24, Hero calls $0.24

Turn: ($0.87) T (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($0.87) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.88, CO calls $0.88

Results:

One example that I think is spew:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $1.19 (59.5 bb)
BB: $2.43 (121.5 bb)
UTG: $4.55 (227.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $2.12 (106 bb)
CO: $19.04 (952 bb)
BTN: $2.14 (107 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9 9
UTG calls $0.02, Hero raises to $0.10, CO calls $0.10, BTN calls $0.10, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.08

Flop: ($0.43) Q 5 K (4 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($0.43) 9 (4 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, CO bets $0.20, BTN calls $0.20, UTG folds, Hero calls $0.20

River: ($1.03) 7 (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $0.48, Hero folds, CO calls $0.48

Results:

I also watched lesson 3 and learnt some good stuff about HUDs!

Quick update on how I'm doing:

Played about 20k hands of 2nl zoom in total with a dece winrate.
Thanks to staking a buddy who plays MTTs I've got a comfortable roll for 5nl zoom so I decided to move up.
I've played a few hundred hands so far and I'm roughly break even, possibly slightly losing. I think it will take me a short while to get used to the new sizings and tendecies etc. Feeling good about poker!

Update:
After a few k hands of 5nl zoom I lost so much that I decided to move back to 2nl.
Still grinding but I'm so busy with studying that volume is hard to put in.

I'm back up to 5nl, still grinding. Very, very, very busy, hence lack of posts. I'm off to the gym now.
Going to update the first post..