Howitzers 1K challenge

GL and Good Reading mate

Originally posted by mariussica88
Welcome to Pokerstrategy,

I just finished reading your blog from to top. I wish you good luck.
Thanks 🙏

Originally posted by H0witzer
This evening I did 8 topics from the course 'FTGO' by Peter Clarke

I would have a hard time retaining all that material.
Well done!

Originally posted by H0witzer
Didn't see that one coming

This one is brutal.

Howitzers 1K challenge
Update week 5

Start + Goal: From $220 to $1K
Hands played this week: 5.301 hands
Stakes: 10NL
Week result: $12,90
Current bankroll: $227,71

Time for a review of my first 5 weeks playing since a long hiatus. To be honest I'm starting to wonder if I have what it takes to beat microstakes cashgames. Is it the skill or the patience I can't say for sure for now. But don't worry I'm not giving up yet

I am a person with a positive attitude so i will only focus on the positive side of things for now i encountered so far:
PokerStrategy is a nice community with helpful people
Breakthrough is a nice discord group with helpful people
My current gameplay is not good but I am running kinda breakeven so it's not all bad
I still love the game

After reviewing/talking about hands in the strategy section and discord group + watching hours of videos on PS/RIO it's clear to me I need a new gameplan to beat microstakes. I preferred to play explotaitve but a GTO approach will be better for me. This will have to be done step by step. That's why I gonna set myself some goals for the month of April so that I can gradually implement the new style of play.

April goals:
Implement a 3bet/fold strategy preflop (based on 50NL GTO Wizard ranges)
Focus my study topics on how to play 3bet pots
Read the first 100 pages of Modern Poker Theory by Michael Acevedo

Originally posted by H0witzer
Time for a review of my first 5 weeks playing since a long hiatus. To be honest I'm starting to wonder if I have what it takes to beat microstakes cashgames. Is it the skill or the patience I can't say for sure for now. But don't worry I'm not giving up yet
I'm going to go with patience. You may get irritated folding, folding, folding, and when you get a good hand (like A♠:J♥ in the BTN, there is a raise and a large 3Bet in front and you have to fold even that.

On the other hand, patience is a skill.

Best of luck :gl:,
VS

This is some very interesting stuff to get me started.

Thanks for that — I added it to my poker playlist, which has now grown so long it will take months to clear

Hi, good luck with the grind!

Since you’re talking about the 50 euro regulation, I suppose you’re Belgian? Which pokerclubs you usually play?

Originally posted by samni
Since you’re talking about the 50 euro regulation, I suppose you’re Belgian? Which pokerclubs you usually play?

Some years ago I went sometimes to the casino in Ostend. A month ago I played for the first time in Pokerclub Duckies in Marke (near Kortrijk). It was rather coincidental I played there. I am a member of their Facebook group now and they are quite active. They organise weekly various types of tournaments.

Ow damn, only 200km the other way!

i'm going to Antwerp in a couple of weeks (still about 1h travel time for me).

Originally posted by Fredjen
i'm going to Antwerp in a couple of weeks (still about 1h travel time for me).

Pokahnights? I’m going there sometimes too but for me it’s also a one hour drive. Nice room, nice events, I like it.

Originally posted by samni

Originally posted by Fredjen
i'm going to Antwerp in a couple of weeks (still about 1h travel time for me).

Pokahnights? I’m going there sometimes too but for me it’s also a one hour drive. Nice room, nice events, I like it.

Yes, friday 9 june. More for fun, 4 friends punting it off

Originally posted by Fredjen

Originally posted by samni

Originally posted by Fredjen
i'm going to Antwerp in a couple of weeks (still about 1h travel time for me).

Pokahnights? I’m going there sometimes too but for me it’s also a one hour drive. Nice room, nice events, I like it.

Yes, friday 9 june. More for fun, 4 friends punting it off

Something special going that day?

No just a time we could all go :).

GL bud! keep going

Poker is a brutal game. Another week of grinding gone to sh** :(:(:(

Hope it turns soon for you bud.

Poker can indeed be a fickle bitch at times.

Just concentrate on what you can control and everything else will work out over time.