Goal: to beat NL5 SH

Good luck to you! It sure is doable goals.

But keep in mind, that setting monetary goals (also bb/100 goals) in a pretty swingy game can cause a lot of tilt! It's better to redefine your goals a bit!

Best of luck to you anyway!

Thank you for stopping by

Actually, in my case setting goal (bb/100) is rather more reliable method to deal with downswing and tilt. After my huge upswing I encounter downswing, it usually leads to bad decision making and eventually tilt. But when I look at hands played and my winnings I understand that I need to be 1 Buy-in per 1000 hands (it is the ideal case, could be much less and still good). This boosts my self esteem, spots where opponent wins with his 3 or 2 outs don't bother me at all.
I don't know how it is for others, but personally for me setting this goal helped to deal with downswings and tilt. I tried various methods, like taking a break, ending sessions etc. etc. but in the end I ended up tilting or was not sure about every action at the table and couldn't play despite the fact I was still in profit and tilt appeared from the thin air.
I will update my progress at the tables 1-2 times per week, so I won't be too cocky about my upswing or too shy about my loses.
Well this is my style, lets see the results in the upcoming weeks.

Cheers

Here comes Week No. 1:

Took a shot at NL5. At first it was not bad, but after 3 sessions my BR went from $120 to $91 and had to lower my limits to NL2.
At NL2 I feel confident so managed to recover all my loses and even made some "profit"
To motivate myself even more, I decided to withdraw 50% of my each week winnings, if it is too low to cashout I will convert it to other currency, so It will be clear for me what is my BR and how much I have reserved.
The grind must go on!

Sessions played: 6
Total hands: 2997
Weekly profit: +$6.05
BR: $103.05

Week No. 2:

Again took a shot at NL5. With BR $120 switched to NL5 and again busted 3 buy-ins Well I guess I shouldn't switch all 5 tables to NL5 rather mix the limits. This week I plan to mix NL5 tables with NL2 tables, this way I hope I won't risk a lot of my BR and mixed limits result in softer sessions. My plan is to replace 1 table per every 10$ above $100 BR. In example: I play 5 tables during session, so at $110 BR 4 tables NL2 and 1 table NL5, at $120 3 tables NL2 and 2 tables NL5 and so on. Week No. 3 will start again from grinding NL2 tables

P.S. I plan to get bronze status soon, any ideas how to post pics? :f_o::f_ugly:

Summary of second week:
Total hands: 4981
NL5: 738 -$17.00
NL2: 4243 $14.33
Sessions: 11
Profit: -$2.67
BR: $100.2

Here is my second week results. I mixed tables so stakes are not shown correctly tho
I hope to improve this week

Week No. 3:

Well this week I didn't play a lot thus not a big difference in BR... To achieve bronze status at Pokerstrategy I took free money offer at partypoker ($10). Well I don't have any plans for Partypoker because of low traffic so I decided to play NL10 with my 1 buy in BR
Games are sooo soft, I can't believe that ppl actually play like this at NL10... 4 out of 6 players will limp from any position and play any two cards they have. I was like WTF?! So I saw an opportunity to get some $$ from these players even felt sorry for them at some point. I think I will bust my BR at partypoker sooner or later (considering the fact that I play with 4-6 buy-ins at NL10 :f_ugly:), so Cashing out 30% of profit right now. Lets see how long I can survive with such BR management
Pokerstars for serious grind, Partypoker just for fun and luck I guess.
Nevertheless here are results of whole week on both platforms:

PokerStars:
Zoom 6-max: 660 hands -$8.61 (Yes I know, I shouldn't play zoom :f_confused:)
Net won: $4.66
Cashout: $2 (50% of weekly profit)
BR: $102.77
Total hands: 3940

Partypoker:
Hands: 1160
BR: $62.97 (cashing out $20)