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Me and Danny have been trying to convert him for a while now ♦ Although I do remember how hard I was to convert to SH from FR.

(felt like starting with a smiley today ♦
Lokiah - cheers, might see you at the NL5 tables before I move up

Wriggers - get the f*ck out this thread if your gonna post crap about your nanny (does the joke come across well in text haha)
Yeah I agree with the analysis hand judge, he had TT for flopped set, I figured he would bet with a lot of 1pair+draw hands that didnt get there on the river so I dont know exact % but I think long term its an ok call.

Vonki - Thanks, im sure it will end up being a SH had blog before the month is out, earning 0.025vpps/hand at NL5FR is painful to say the least. Ill be giving NL10 a shot next week and if its a nitfest ill give SH a try.

Had to work today fml so not played yet, gonna play CSS for abit because its the weekend and then im gonna see about putting in a session after it because I don't want to leave myself to much to do at the end of the month in terms of getting to platinumstar.
I also need to stop dreaming about becoming a SNE one day because then poker feels like a job and I dont want to not enjoy it if I think about it as a job.

Anyways, something to help you all grind...enjoy

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Well we are nearly halfway thru the month of august so i think its a good time to see how we are doing and assess the progress of my goals.

So far I have achieved;
- 28.68hours of playing time
- 13736 hands
- A profit of 15BI ($75), graph below
- 332.9vpps - target is 750vpps
- Goldstar status
- Bankroll to take shots at NL10

So overall I am happy with how I am progressing, with the support of my backer I will now take a shot at NL10 probably 6 tabling, with a stop/loss of 3BI just so i dont leave myself to much work at NL5 if it doesnt go to plan.
Im happy with how many hours/hands im playing but im a little disappointed at the rate im earning vpps, according to fpppro I should be looking at 0.041vpps/hand but im actually earning 0.024vpps/hand which really sucks, also means im going to have to put in alot more hands than I expected to reach platinumstar this month.

This is my graph so far for the month, is there any correlation between my redline declining slightly at 7000hands~ and my overall profit taking a greater gradient...meaning I was getting my winning hands to SD and folding out my losing hands as much as possible before SD.

So for the rest of the month this is the plan;
- Continue putting in significant volume
- Reach 750vpps before august 31st
- Attain platinumstar
- Successfully reach NL10
- Trial 6max @ NL5

As a mid-month treat I am going to play the bigger $2 tourney on stars, its a deep structured tourney so hopefully it will give me a decent edge, if anyone else is playing feel free to rail.

GL at the tables

So as we enter the 2nd half of the month I consider the possibility of moving to SH again at first I thought against it and played a session of FR 9 tabling and I ran really bad it felt like July all over again, got AA cracked 3 times in 650 hands I ended up finishing my last session of FR down 2BI which was not the way I wanted to go out but needs must and I must try something new to improve my earning rate.

So here on out it is a SH blog ♦
I fired up 6 tables of SH and off I went to make my name in the world of SH, I played 1k hands and in total won 3BI which was nice because it covered my earlier losses and got me in profit for the day.
I couldnt believe some of the plays I was seeing getting called down by 2nd pair weak kicker etc its unbelievable, and to top it all off it was the most enjoyable session of poker I have ever played, it just felt so refreshing

Anyway as you gather im going to continue playing 6 tables of SH for 5/6k hands then im gonna take a shot at NL10, im hoping that after ive re-read verneers and easy game I should improve my understanding and that will help me kick on.

Here Is a graph of yesterdays session, gotta shoot as I need to get ready for work but already excited about putting in a SH session later on tonight, after that I will post some thoughts on strategy etc

The point where graph is lowest is when i quit FR and started SH ♠_biggrin:

GL at the tables ♠_love:

Originally posted by albionpro
I couldnt believe some of the plays I was seeing getting called down by 2nd pair weak kicker etc its unbelievable, and to top it all off it was the most enjoyable session of poker I have ever played, it just felt so refreshing

THERE WE GOOOO! There's no going back from here on

I told you we would convert you ♠_cool:

High five's all round!

We deserve medals imo Danny.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

vonki - nope thats it now, looking forward only and gonna take the SH world by storm ♦

alex & danny - jokers, your just using this thread as a brag post and when im making millions at SH you will use this thread as an excuse to get a cut

Target - whats up man? did you like the nitring blog ♦

Anyway put in another 1k session and finished up around $12 after this monster hand. These guys were super aggro so I was happy stacking off here.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($3.47)
Hero ($6.79)
UTG ($7.15)
CO ($6.65)
BTN ($3.66)

Dealt to Hero J♠ T♠

UTG calls $0.05, CO raises to $0.15, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.10, UTG raises to $0.45, CO calls $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

FLOP ($1.37) 5♠ K♣ Q♠

Hero checks, UTG checks, CO bets $0.98, Hero calls $0.98, UTG raises to $1.96, CO raises to $6.20 (AI), Hero raises to $6.34 (AI), UTG calls $4.38

TURN ($20.25) 5♠ K♣ Q♠ 9♠

RIVER ($20.25) 5♠ K♣ Q♠ 9♠ K♠

Hero shows J♠ T♠
(Pre 33%, Flop 45.5%, Turn 78.6%)

UTG shows 5♦ Q♣
(Pre 23%, Flop 44.0%, Turn 9.5%)

CO shows K♦ A♠
(Pre 44%, Flop 10.5%, Turn 11.9%)

Hero wins $19.25

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Its also been a while since I posted a graph of my year to date so here it is. cant wait for NL10 again

Also feel like adding a song, not really the best for grinding but one of my old favorites

GL at the tables ♠_cool:

Not really played much over the weekend because ive been working & sleeping so much, played on the 18th for around 900 hands and made a 1BI profit and then worked pretty much flat out friday/saturday/sunday so tonight was first chance to put in a meaningful session, played 1200 hands and returned another 1BI profit, all thanks to this hand really!

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($3.95)
BB ($5.07)
UTG ($2.14)
UTG+1 ($3.15)
Hero ($6.67)
BTN ($9.22)

Dealt to Hero 4♠ 4♥

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, SB calls $0.13, BB calls $0.10

FLOP ($0.75) 7♦ 4♣ 5♠

SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 folds

TURN ($1.75) 7♦ 4♣ 5♠ 4♦

Hero bets $0.95, BTN raises to $2, Hero raises to $4.15, BTN raises to $8.57 (AI), Hero calls $1.87 (AI)

RIVER ($13.79) 7♦ 4♣ 5♠ 4♦ K♥

Hero shows 4♠ 4♥
(Pre 19%, Flop 6.0%, Turn 97.7%)

BTN shows 5♦ 5♣
(Pre 81%, Flop 94.0%, Turn 2.3%)

Hero wins $13.11

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Anyway for the month im sitting on 500vpps so I need to earn 250vpps in the next week or so, ideally I need to break the back of it over the next two days because im working sh*t loads next weekend so its gonna be tough to grind after a long days work

Also, im gonna play 1 more session of NL5 tomorrow and if it goes ok im going to take a 3BI shot at NL10, really hope it goes aswell as the last time I took a shot at NL10 ♦

On the 27th ill be playing 100k monthly freeroll for goldstar+ so I really want to go deep in that and give my BR a big boost!

In aid of my conversion to SH ive been reading balugawhales easy game vol1, I find it a really easy book to read and think the concepts are basic enough that it can easily be applied to NL5.

Anyway its only a small update for now, will probably do a bigger one if I take a shot at NL10

GL at the tables

Are you still playing 9 tables at once? I found it made a big difference in my play when i went from 4 to 9. I stopped getting into as many bad situations

Originally posted by clandestineAl
Are you still playing 9 tables at once? I found it made a big difference in my play when i went from 4 to 9. I stopped getting into as many bad situations

No, ive gone back down to 6 tables while at SH just so I can spend a little bit more time thinking over my postflop decisions.
6 tables of SH = 9 tables of FR in terms of hands/hour with the added bonus of more vpp/hand at SH ♦

I agree with this (bold bit) and I think it works well for the micros but as you move up I think it will help to improve your postflop play by playing a few less and making less robotic decisions.

Anyway, gonna go make some food, put in a session, play some ps3 and then another session after that if all goes to plan!

So since my last update a few things have changed, ive moved upto NL10 and running good and also I decided to get the spare monitor out and use a two monitor setup!

So NL10, Ive played 2109 hands and made a profit of $35.96 so far which im really happy about as I didnt want to make an early loss and have to go back down to NL5. Just need to keep going because I feel like im playing nowhere near optimally at SH and im making a healthy profit so cant wait to keep improving and begin to make even more money ♦ Only problem I have is im already thinking about NL25 and I dont want to get ahead of myself haha

Also as I say been using 2 monitors now which is immensely useful, I've got it setup so the 6 tables are on one screen and then hem/Skype/chrome/stars lobby are on the other, which is really helpful so you don't have windows popping up over the top of active tables!

If anyone is considering getting a 2nd monitor id urge them to do so for sure. Also considering getting a new laptop thinking of the MSI GX660R which is about £1k but for that much I will have to wait until Christmas time!

Ive been considering my short/medium/long term goals today and trying to put my original goals into perspective (wsop & Thailand).
I still think the wsop is realistic if I run super hot over the next 10months but alot of things have to go right as a result I want to set up some shorter term goals that will lead up to the world series!

Gonna think about this tonight and then tomorrow Ill post what I think my goals should be, every goal I make will be really flexible because If I don't reach a goal It doesn't mean I wont reach my end prize, it just means Ill have to find another way of getting to the prize!

keep ur heads up bro, seem u doing well.Im gonna try catch up to u !
i hit plat star last week ! woot me haahah

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