From micros to ???

Well done sir. Hopefully NL25 will be a success as well

Cheers,
SDK1987

Thanks guys

I'll try to figure out some new challenges and goals now. Suggestions are welcome

Todays grind started quite well. I got over 400bb up in about 600 hands.
The second session I played ended up -200bb
But not a bad day overall

Made one fold that was quite tough for me at the table. Both villains recreational. CO plays his cards pretty much face up.

Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $10.42 (65.1 bb)
BB: $16 (100 bb)
UTG: $16 (100 bb)
Hero (MP): $22.12 (138.3 bb)
CO: $18.41 (115.1 bb)
BTN: $16 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q♥: Q♣:
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.48, CO calls $0.48, BTN folds, SB raises to $1.28, BB folds, Hero raises to $3.20, CO raises to $18.41 and is all-in, SB calls $9.14 and is all-in, Hero folds

Flop: ($24.20) 3♠: 6♠: 8♥: (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($24.20) J♣: (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($24.20) 3♣: (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

And when I was tired of grinding I decided to have some fun and play spin&go Max.. Really fun game

Hi la55i,

Congrats, it was question of time.

Gl

@pokerplayernumber1

Thanks!

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NL16 is going well and soon I'm probably going to take a shot at NL25.. In PokerStars lobby NL25 is in low stakes category.. Does that mean I wouldn't be a micro player anymore?

Originally posted by la55i
NL16 is going well and soon I'm probably going to take a shot at NL25.. In PokerStars lobby NL25 is in low stakes category.. Does that mean I wouldn't be a micro player anymore?

Yes sir! Graz and gl!

I will follow ur blog for sure.

Thanks

I just noticed I haven't posted here for a while ♦

Maybe I could think of some kind of a challenge or post some hands and analyze them here

Originally posted by la55i
Maybe I could think of some kind of a challenge or post some hands and analyze them here

I would love to follow a challenge of yours - thanks for the hand analysis in the Beginner's thread - always helpful.

Okay let's do something fun. I have been playing Sit&Go Max for fun now. Usually when I'm too tired to play cash or I have drank a couple of beers.
Here is a graph of my 81 tourneys so far:

I'm going to play 100 of these 1$ tournaments and then post a final graph. Then I'm going to jump into 3$ spins Not sure if that is wise but let's try. I think I'm going to quit that if at some point I drop to -5 bui-ins. But let's hope those go as good as the 1$ spins. I think I'm going to post my progress every 20 spins or so.

At some point I'm also going to do a 10k hand challenge playing NL2-NL10 and see what kind of a winrate I can get

gratz!! can u put the 264k hands graph?

Originally posted by gigaPT
gratz!! can u put the 264k hands graph?

Unfortunately I can't
Some of the hands were played on a poker site that doesn't allow tracking software. And after I reinstalled my PC I think I lost some hands that I played @ iPoker.. Majority of the hands that I played during the challenge should be safe though..

But I can tell you that the graph wouldn't look pretty I was still learning a lot of new stuff and occasionally tilting.
After my summer break I have played about 45k hands so when I reach 50k I can post that graph

ok thanks, a positive graph is always a nice graph ♦

There you have 100x 1$ Spin&Go Max.
ROI%: 46.5
ITM%: 36
Net Won: $46.5

So I guess it is 3$ spins next

oh those spin&go max are beatable?

No idea. I might have just ran good.
But in general the players there are pretty bad and do funny stuff.. Probably because they want to get a lot of chips before everyone goes all-in?
I have won many spins before everyone even went all-in, so I guess those are beatable

I have now played 31 3$ spins and I'm almost BE. Got up fast but unfortunately hit some kind of bad swing and lost many in a row.
Competition is a bit tougher than on 1$ spins.

I like that the prizes are bigger. I usually play only 1 table of these so with 3$ spins I can get better hourly rate. I mainly play these just for fun and watch videos/chat with friends at the same time so hourly rate really doesn't matter that much but it is nice

What I totally dislike is that there are a lot of 4$ prizes... It is ridiculous. In 1$ spins 1.5$ was the smallest. Also when the prizes are 4$, 4$ and 12$ for example, and second place pays 6$... The EV is almost the same. In some situations I almost want to finish second and secure that 6$.

Well.. Let's play a couple more and see how it goes. I really hope I get a nice upswing because these can boost my bankroll quite fast

Now I have played almost 70 3$ Spin&Go Max

I have to say that I pretty much lost motivation playing these. I just have had so bad luck in these.. When I played 1$ spins I always got the biggest prize even though the probability is 1/3 ... Now tables have turned and I always pick the smallest. And it irritates me that the smallest prize often is just 4$.

I'll probably play to 100 spins but my main focus will of course be in playing cash.. I have just started playing NL25.

Wow, already NL25, that's awesome man I can imagine that these tournaments can irritate at a certain moment. Especially because we are not really 'trained' in having the right mindset to play them. GL on your journey with NL25 and am sure to follow

Cheers, Hesticus

Yea already at NL25
Poker has been going really well lately and the skill difference between NL10,16 and 25 was smaller than I expected.

I have now completed one more goal of mine: Playing NL25 by the end of the year

So now I have made a new one: to get to NL50 by the end of the year