[Closed] sm112 - still shortstacking NL100

Originally posted by sm112
I haven't played for some days now and decided it's time to start learning again, to put my game to another level.

First step is to completely rebuild HUD layout. Add colors, positional stats etc and learn to use them the most profitable way.

Second step is to reread the articles to remind the main aspects of the strategy and start practicing with the new HUD layout, beginning with around 6-8 tables, until the decisions come reflexively according to the stats/colors.....

Damn i thought that you still have this layout
Anyway thanks

Yea, that was before I became FPP pro.. But if I will buy a new PC and will use HUD again, I will only display vpip/pfr and hands. I think that's all what I need.

Finally I'm showing some profit in NL100. Caught a nice heater during the last week and managed to make up the losses I suffered earlier this month. The only bad thing is, I haven't been able to put in as much volume as I wanted, but I have 2 remaining weeks to catch up. I have a winning mindset again and I know exactly how to play to make some $$$.

Too bad I played some HU and took a shot in NL200 while on tilt, cause now I have to win additional 500$ before the whole month is back on green. I ran under EV there too, but that doesn't excuse the fact I played there.

Something positive too - I released 1500$ bonus today and will get another one before the end of the month, if things go as planned.

sm112 i know u are playing on stars. i would highly recommend you to download and use TableNinja. recently a friend of mine recommended it to me and it is just amazing for multitabling on stars. there is a tril version for 1 month

Hey sm112, wrote you a buddy request, got no reply yet, if u got some time please accept it and add me on msn if u have, or tell me what u use, need max half hour of your life. thanks

I fucking hate this strategy.

Last month was the first one I ended up losing money. I got some 3k$ rakeback, so all in all I made money, but the profit form playing was a bit below 0. Had some huge monkeytilts and bad run did the rest of the job.

The EV graph shows that I'm around 700$ below EV already this month. I'm tired of this coinflip poker, where a lot depends on how good you run and skill has only a small role when it comes down to making money. I will grind till the end of this year, because a 3k$ milestone bonus is waiting, but I'm seriously thinking of switching to full stacking - starting from NL50 6-max, HU and some NL100 FR too. Strategy articles, videos, session reviews and hand analysis, and eventually private coachings - all it takes to be the best, better than the rest 99% of the field.

SSS is a good strategy to build your initial bankroll, but I feel that I have reached my limits and this doesn't satisfy me anymore.

I have finally managed to control my emotions and I let Stars to ban my chat, which also helped a lot. Yesterday I played some HU as it should be played - perfect mindset, PTR open to check the villains, and no tilt at all. I made 6 stacks in 700 hands, then the fish lose'n'run and I went to bed.

Notice the all-in EV? No luck, pure skill.

NL50 HU

And that's how it should be in the future - the better I become, the more I win. Enough of stupid pointless grinding to earn some FPP-s. At least this is how I feel at the moment.

Well headsup, has another kind of variance, since sometime you need to play for your whole stack with second pair and stuff like that, so it can also get really harsh.

But I really understand your frustration as just running okay would mean an incredibly profitable month and would give us incentive to play even more hands.

I also want to switch to SH and HU someday, the problem is I don't have much time so I usually prefer to play what I already know and also don't really want to leave SSS on such a bad string of results.

Anyways, even if switching SSS can still be a great way to clear bonuses and reach statuses.

It seems that my luck always turns around when I buy in full. Today's last two sessions, 20+ tabling and half of the tables fullstacking..

So this is it.

I ended a 14-hour session in the morning and just woke up to celebrate the new year. Collected exactly 300k VPP-s and claimed a 3k$ milestone bonus.

I started to play winning SSS in May and I think I have won around 20k$ since then, most of it from rakeback.

I can now finally rest from poker and play as much as I want, not as much as I need.

I will start learning BSS and start from NL25. I will dedicate at least half of the time to learning and improving, reading books and analyzing my game. I have an agreement with a good Estonian player to coach me.

It is time to start playing real poker.