Swimming with the fishes - LahtiPelican's SH journey

Originally posted by AgapieGheorghe
Congratz for your results ! Great volume last month

How many hours do you play each day now ?

Thanks, Gheorghe!

I have a few months off from work, so I decided not to rest and play poker full time. My goal was to play 120 hours, but I only played 107,2 in June.

Originally posted by Tamaseger
Hey LahtiPelican! Congratulations on your progress, and also it's nice to see a fellow Hungarian here.

Haven't you had a blog with the same name on the Hungarian forum before 2015? The name is so familiar, I'm pretty sure I was following a blog with this name back than.

Hi Tamas!

As you probably noticed, the hungarian community was a bit silent when I opened my diary here (ATM the English isn't much better IMO).
It is impressive that you remember such small things

P.S.: I checked and my hungarian blog is still exists, it's funny to read it for me

Yes, unfortunately the Hungarian forum seems to be pretty abandoned unfortunately. I decided to make my blog there to take a step in the other direction, but turned out it's much harder for me to be in the middle of the attention than I would think ♦ but I still try to be active there, we will see if the current state is just temporary or not.

Reading old posts can be really funny, I just found a comment of mine under some strategy article, where I said I wouldn't recommend Hyper HU SNGs at all. Now I play them almost exclusively ♦

July update is coming soon.

Spoiler: I ticked a big one from the list

Here is a picture from the finish line after 5200m swimming:

I have never left the tables, but I haven't updated my blog for 10 months.

Let's start with a little challenge for June: the goal is winning 100 buyins.
The game is NL HE 6max cash
Rakeback counts, but will count is separately
The plan is to play multiple sites and probaby multiple limits
My goal is to write at least one update a week

See you at the tables! ♠_drink:

Hey LahtiPelican wellcome back !

Did you got to nl50 ? Or what limit you gonna grind ?

Originally posted by AgapieGheorghe
Hey LahtiPelican wellcome back !

Did you got to nl50 ? Or what limit you gonna grind ?

For a while poker was my source of income instead of my hobby, so I withdrew most of my earnings. Long story short, I made enough money for NL50, but I did not have the bankroll for it

Week 1 (June 1-4):

Summer just kicked in for me, which means my tme for poker was really limited. here are the reults:

Play hours: 3
Played hands: 1940
BIs won: 7,73 (Including 0 BIs of rakeback)

Week 2 (June 5-11):

Play hours: 7,25
Played hands: 4450
BIs won: 1,1 (Including 0 BIs of rakeback)

Altogether:
Play hours: 10,25
Played hands: 6390
BIs won: 8,83 (Including 0 BIs of rakeback)

Volume is not as I expected. also I really have to catch up with the updates as well ♦

June challenge was a complete fail. While the goal was to win 100 buyins, I only managed to do half of that. (Which isn't too bad, because I played only 50 hours.)

The reason behind the low volume is that I started a new job, so poker became only a hobby.

However a hobby is more fun with some challenge, isn't it?

Also a few years ago I had an unfinished challenged, which still makes me excited:

Originally posted by LahtiPelican
...The other thing which was always in my mind since I read the article was Tankroll BRM. The last thing which was made me to start the challenge was The Bankroll Challenge 2021. Let's see the terms and conditions of the challenge!

BRM
Starting roll: $50
NL5: $40-$80
NL10: $81-$130
NL25: $131-$260
NL50: $261-$500

Rules
If I fall below the minimum bankroll of my limit by less than 30BB: I will simply continue playing at the current limit.
Bankroll is 30 to 50BB below the minimum limit: I will continue playing until I have to pay the next Big Blind, I will leave the table before that and move down a limit
If I fall below the minimum bankroll of my limit by more than 50BB: I will move down a limit immediately without waiting for the next Big Blind
Zoom is allowed, but I will play more on regular tables

So I will start this again with a twist: I have only a 120 hours timeframe to finish.

June challenge was a complete fail. While the goal was to win 100 buyins, I only managed to do half of that. (Which isn't too bad, because I played only 50 hours.)

The reason behind the low volume is that I started a new job, so poker became only a hobby.

However a hobby is more fun with some challenge, isn't it?

Also a few years ago I had an unfinished challenged, which still makes me excited:

Originally posted by LahtiPelican
...The other thing which was always in my mind since I read the article was Tankroll BRM. The last thing which was made me to start the challenge was The Bankroll Challenge 2021. Let's see the terms and conditions of the challenge!

BRM
Starting roll: $50
NL5: $40-$80
NL10: $81-$130
NL25: $131-$260
NL50: $261-$500

Rules
If I fall below the minimum bankroll of my limit by less than 30BB: I will simply continue playing at the current limit.
Bankroll is 30 to 50BB below the minimum limit: I will continue playing until I have to pay the next Big Blind, I will leave the table before that and move down a limit
If I fall below the minimum bankroll of my limit by more than 50BB: I will move down a limit immediately without waiting for the next Big Blind
Zoom is allowed, but I will play more on regular tables

So I will start this again with a twist: I have only a 120 hours timeframe to finish.

Last time the highest BR was around $270. let's see how far I can get this time

Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 1.876
Playtime: 6,26 hours
Result: +$19,08

Had my first NL10 and which is more important IMO: the first step back of the challenge after 6 hands. I feel comfortable on these limits so the Nr. 1 reason which can get between me and reachng my goal is is if I can't make these step backs mentally.

Hands per hour is awful, so I have to find a way to play more. Splitting the roll between PokerStars and an other room is risky with agressive BRM and I want to avoid fastfold poker at any cost.

GG would be a perfect solution with the 9 table cap and table selection, but the rake is too damn high.

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Since I am on “vacation” this week, I did not play a big volume.

I still have to find an other room to play in next to Stars.

Hungary banned deposits to gambling sites from bank accounts, which is makes my decision even harder.
I will write my week two report altogether with my week 3 results next week.

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

I am wondering what are the best and easiest to clear first deposit bonuses out there? I have an account on PokerStars, 888 poker, Winner Poker and William Hill. Can't wait for your suggestions!

Challenge Results:
Week 3:
Hands: 1.190
Result: +$40 ($35 bonus included)
Total:
Hands: 23.017
Result: +1,39 Green again!
Bankroll: $220,39

Have you tried coolbet? They have deposit bonus and rakeback

Originally posted by Affltr

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

I am wondering what are the best and easiest to clear first deposit bonuses out there? I have an account on PokerStars, 888 poker, Winner Poker and William Hill. Can't wait for your suggestions!

Challenge Results:
Week 3:
Hands: 1.190
Result: +$40 ($35 bonus included)
Total:
Hands: 23.017
Result: +1,39 Green again!
Bankroll: $220,39

Have you tried coolbet? They have deposit bonus and rakeback

Thank you, I'll check the site.

Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 2.636
Playtime: 7,68 hours
Result: +$35,28

Altogether:
Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 4.512
Playtime: 13,94 hours
Result: +$54,36
BR: $104,36

Doubling my bankroll in just 14 hours is awesome, but playing only 14 hours in 5 weeks is terrible. It took me 4 tries to "stuck" on NL10, but definietly had some upswings as well. Also I can't use terms like stuck on a limit with my loose BRM, because I can easily drop 2-3 limits in an average downswing.

I am visiting my parents for the weekend and my database is on my desktop, so graphs coming later.

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

Thank you, I'll check the site.

Week 2-5 (07.31-08.06.)

Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 2.636
Playtime: 7,68 hours
Result: +$35,28

Altogether:
Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 4.512
Playtime: 13,94 hours
Result: +$54,36
BR: $104,36

Doubling my bankroll in just 14 hours is awesome, but playing only 14 hours in 5 weeks is terrible. It took me 4 tries to "stuck" on NL10, but definietly had some upswings as well. Also I can't use terms like stuck on a limit with my loose BRM, because I can easily drop 2-3 limits in an average downswing.

I am visiting my parents for the weekend and my database is on my desktop, so graphs coming later.

Here is the graph of my upswing I mentioned in my latest update:

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

Thank you, I'll check the site.

Week 2-5 (07.31-08.06.)

Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 2.636
Playtime: 7,68 hours
Result: +$35,28

Altogether:
Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 4.512
Playtime: 13,94 hours
Result: +$54,36
BR: $104,36

Doubling my bankroll in just 14 hours is awesome, but playing only 14 hours in 5 weeks is terrible. It took me 4 tries to "stuck" on NL10, but definietly had some upswings as well. Also I can't use terms like stuck on a limit with my loose BRM, because I can easily drop 2-3 limits in an average downswing.

I am visiting my parents for the weekend and my database is on my desktop, so graphs coming later.

Here is the graph of my upswing I mentioned in my latest update:

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

Originally posted by LahtiPelican

Thank you, I'll check the site.

Week 2-5 (07.31-08.06.)

Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 2.636
Playtime: 7,68 hours
Result: +$35,28

Altogether:
Limits: NL2-NL10
Hands: 4.512
Playtime: 13,94 hours
Result: +$54,36
BR: $104,36

Doubling my bankroll in just 14 hours is awesome, but playing only 14 hours in 5 weeks is terrible. It took me 4 tries to "stuck" on NL10, but definietly had some upswings as well. Also I can't use terms like stuck on a limit with my loose BRM, because I can easily drop 2-3 limits in an average downswing.

I am visiting my parents for the weekend and my database is on my desktop, so graphs coming later.

Here is the graph of my upswing I mentioned in my latest update:

The feared swing came and I am back to the starting point: BR at $54,64 at the moment.

Volume is better, still a lot to ipmprove. I played 11 028 hands since the last post.

Let' see some graphs of the challenge.

All hands together:

NL2

NL5

NL10

Also I played almost all of the daily freebies on GG Poker and I've built a roll from them, so I can open some tables next to the 4 on PokerStars,

The problem that sometimes I have to change limits during sessions, but I don't know how I can track my wins/losses on GG during the sessions.

On PokerStars I reahed the status, where I get weekly challenges, so I have an other way to build my roll from now on.