I'm starting all over again, as it seems.
I was down to 22$, until I realized, I have to play concentrated, without distraction, not hungry, not tired.
Played a morning session without hud, since it's not working (which is not necessary anyway, but I like to track how many hands I play and my curve without having to manually import it after every session ♦).
Current Bankroll: 27,69$
I'm less than proud of it, horrible point of my career. But champions get up once more than the rest, I heard.
~~ June Challenge ~~~
To reach my goal, to be able to beat NL100 asap, I need to jump the stakes. So I have now the rest of the month, to go from NL2 to NL25.
# Get a bankroll: 550$+
# Play NL25 - and work on my game until I beat it
# Earn enough money, to afford to pay one coaching session
I'm ready to do this. I have never successfully beaten NL10, but I strongly believe, you don't need fancy plays, superb skills to get to NL50, so playing NL25 should be more than possible.
Current bankroll: 39,54$
For people who might read this, now or in the future, I want to let you know, what things helped me, to become a better player.
I'm far from being good, but I feel quite good at the moment, while playing. Preflop, I have my set ranges and stuff. My main focus is postflop, and for most situations on the flop, I have a plan, how I will play on the turn and river.
This is so important, because it gives you confidence. If you know that you will fold to a raise, then it hurts less to fold. Because it was your plan! And this saves you from tilt as well. I might not take the best lines, but at least I decide how the hand is played, not the opponent.
Im at my last session, hopefully I reach the 60$+ mark, so I can take shots at NL5 tomorrow.
Here a few hands:
I thought he had AK, but w/e.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331612_C03C04F92D
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Not sure, if sizing a little too small :/
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331659_0713B8B966
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I don't like OOP AKo, so 3bet the ISO, it's a lot of dead money without variance ♦
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331698_B21E670B3B
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Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzeee.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331762_4A4A434D88
Originally posted by KingKas
Im at my last session, hopefully I reach the 60$+ mark, so I can take shots at NL5 tomorrow.Here a few hands:
I thought he had AK, but w/e.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331612_C03C04F92D
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Not sure, if sizing a little too small :/
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331659_0713B8B966
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I don't like OOP AKo, so 3bet the ISO, it's a lot of dead money without variance ♦
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331698_B21E670B3B
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Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzeee.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/9331762_4A4A434D88
hand 1: if you are cold calling T8s, you are probably cold calling too wide OTB, fold or 3bet imo, river is a fold readless, you'll see AJ type of hands much more often than that
hand 1: if you are cold calling T8s, you are probably cold calling too wide OTB, fold or 3bet imo, river is a fold readless, you'll see AJ type of hands much more often than that
You're correct, it's wide but it's the bottom of my range. 3bet call should be okay, since we have position and we're slightly deep. Otherwise I usually avoid marginal spots. On the river, he instant bet, so I had kind of a timing tell. Meaning he probably wanted to take a stab, so I just bluff catched.
I'm using w34z3l's ranges, and so feel quite confident about my PF game, since it's not my game (which means big +EV). The less of me is in poker, the better for the winnings 
If I recall correctly, you're the boom from the other blog which goes up like schnitzel. I think your progress is pretty sick (sorry was 2 weeks sick, I'm not up to date).
Hi Lukas,
I was kinda where you're at right now..
You will occasionally get tilted on ZOOM tables. It is hard to avoid.
- I deal with it by finding some games, that are not tilting me and aren't so much swingy. Had to admit I can't beat cash games, if one losing hand can cause me to tilt. I play them just to get some thoughts for my post-flop play.
So as soon as you are comfortable playing cash games, stick to it, but don't pay off your tilt and don't try to chase money. It will make you play bad (even if you occassionaly win them back)
Second thing. Stick to good BRM. I was tilted many times, because my bankroll wasn't high enough. And losing felt very uncomfortable and after swing of 2-5 Buy-ins, you will think something went wrong and tilt again..
So find comfortable BRM (not too comfortable so you will stop caring for results) and then just beat the hell out of the limit you play.
Last thing you need but the most important is read on your players. Read your players as much as you can, whether you are using stats or not. You will learn to play better by "revealing" good players and you will have enough information to put hammer on those who play bad.
Like your blog. Good luck! 
Martin 
Hey mattisks,
Thanks for your post. I am beating NL2 (oh wonder), but your advice came at good times. I thought about taking shots early, at about 60$ for 2 BI. I think I could beat it, but good BRM is definitely a super important thing, and still most players lie to themselves and try to ignore it. Even though every single person with success preaches it.
I will build a somewhat bigger bankroll, since it helps me for once, to be able to take bigger shots and so the bigger chance to possibly change limits and stay without having to build more at NL2.
I rather extend my NL2 period a little, and take a chance to change limits completely. Can't wait to play NL5, I want to reach NL10 at the end of next weak ♦.
I think my BR is gonna be 80$ take shots at NL5. I don't fear NL5, so I'm quite happy to take a little risk of 2-3 BI early on. But NL10 shots will definitely have a bigger buffer, I hope to reach a BR of maybe 250$ at the end of next week. I still have 2 weekends to grind, so let's rock
This is what I'm thinking,when I have a marginal hand OOP and face a cbet.
Always remember: "Let it go, let it go, the call never bothered me anyway"
for me the formula was simple. When I realized I am running too small of a BR, I started to look for games that would suit my BR much better. I found that I had no more than 10 BIs for ZOOM. So I searched for games, that would give me better option for my money. Where I get 10 BIs for ZOOM at best, I got 40 BIs in slow BB structures on 90 mans STTs.
40 BIs is not ideal, but it completely removed my tilt. Plus.. I have realized pretty quickly, that with some of my new skills, I can comfortably beat them approximately 50% of time, where I would be supposed (mathematically against lvl field) to get ITM only 15% of time (also when you win, you don't win just one-two BI as in cash game, but 20+ BIs, which definitely helps one's BR).. Since then I became what I call big winner on my level and within less than a month moved from 0.25$ STTs to 11$ MTTs (if I wish to play them). And that being said. I have won only 3 so far. I am slowly learning how to close tourneys, but coming accross some strange spots, that I still can't deal with at 5 handed table.
The move came so quick, that I have now rather problem to decide what to play.
I have 100 BIs rule for STTs, MTTs. I know MTTs I should have bigger BR.
As I am leveling myself nowadays what to play, the best shot perhaps is to play where I have my top BRM at.
I was thinking that I can toss in multitabling of 6 tables with 1$ BI, which would (most likely) hurt my win-rate but then this other thought streamlined: I should go and play those 11$ tourneys and get as much experience against players that play on that level. I expect (even though I became less optimistic) much stronger play on higher level. Therefore I can learn heaps within that limit. One other thought is, that if I play 1$ tables with money I don't have to care about, I will start spewing them. One last thought, was to cut away the money that represent this 1$ to 11$ money jump and keep grinding until I make it to 11$ level naturally.
It is not about chasing money, it is about improving as much as I can and money is just the way to keep the score..
What do you think about my thoughts?
btw I am still looking for some sweat partner on skype, not so much learning group. So if you are open to some occassional discussions. I can show you what I am doing and vice versa My post flop play though, that needs most focus.. I am sometimes bit spewy but in no way I am thinking as you are, in a line of stats (my own cbets etc..
Good luck in your game and see ya on ZOOM here and there. I won't be moving up from NL2. I keep that level to ocassional training of my post-flop and have no intention to buy in for more than 1$ at a time. No matter how big is my BRM
Originally posted by KingKas
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To reach my goal, to be able to beat NL100 asap, I need to jump the stakes. So I have now the rest of the month, to go from NL2 to NL25.
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I have never successfully beaten NL10, but I strongly believe, you don't need fancy plays, superb skills to get to NL50, so playing NL25 should be more than possible.
I think you should set realistic goals! I gave me time and I'm now after two years from starting as an absolut beginner I beat NL10 souveran and I think next month I will reach the bankroll for NL25. My basic is 25 times the BI for the next higher limit. I tried building bankroll with shots, but I learned painful that this doesn't work!
I gave me time and I'm now after two years from starting as an absolut beginner I beat NL10 souveran
This is exactly why I chose my path for 10$ BRM to go through limits using STTs. But I went up too quickly.. I was up the limits without winning single STT. And now.. 1000$+ bucks later..
Now all my winnings became scared money. I am literally scared to go out there and play some 10 dollars higher than I was few days ago.. So I am wasting my time taking down freerolls instead. LOL. For some reasons I don't feel like playing lower limits, either..
Have you got some cure for me, Prefessor?
Impossible is nothing.
I stay with my goal. I'll be shooting at NL25 at the end of the month, and if it mean's I play 7 days a week, then so be it.
Hey guys,
Holy crap. It's the 10th. Tomorrow will be kind of a day off, but the end of the week will be worked to go to NL5 on the way to NL10.
The 6. - 8. were not really good. I made many mistakes and to top it off, people hit their turncards like gods. At the end of the 8th, I tilted which ended up in nearly breakeven for 3 days.
Today however, I started with a new mind, and the first time in like a week that I slept over 5 hours. So I started playing, and slapped my face, whenever I did something stupid.
Worked out though, with a little concentration and leakfinding of the previous days, I made it work.
Current BR: 80,89$
nice!
I also had good session on ZOOM. Was winning on all 4 tables, around 8.5$+ total but then something happened and I lost connection. The minute I came back, two tables were closed.
Unfortunately it was too late for me to start STTs...
Have a good time and brush everyone on NL5 ♠_evil:
Why do you want to be at nl25 at the end of the month? u should focus more at playing good + volume instead of stuff like variance which you cannot affect anyways.
I don't know what you mean? I am focusing on playing good and putting in a lot of volume.
I do understand all of your concerns, but I want to try to get a solid income, to give me the freedom of choice, where I wanna be and how I wanna be. And I will give everything I have to do that.
Today my first real 1k NL5 session. Run pretty well until the end. Although the last hand, I still run under EV, and the first 500 hands I played well. The 2nd part though, I did some more horrible mistakes, since I felt a little tired and I had not eaten yet. I am also 1 VPP away from the next 10$, which is always nice. Lunch time now, after I finish this blogentry.
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
BTN: $7.52
SB: $4.85
Hero (BB): $6.21
UTG: $5.07
MP: $5.63
CO: $24.35
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with A♥ A♣
2 folds, CO raises to $0.15, 1 fold, SB raises to $0.45, Hero calls $0.40, CO calls $0.30
Flop: ($1.35) 7♥ K♥ 2♣ (3 players)
SB bets $0.64, Hero raises to $1.28, CO folds, SB calls $0.64
Turn: ($3.91) 8♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.45, SB raises to $3.12 all in, Hero calls $1.67
River: ($10.15) 6♦ (2 players - 1 is all in)
Result: He had K :spade:K 
However, I will trying to focus, to get to NL10 as quickly as possible
Today's session:
Current Bankroll: 106,23$
Had a bit of a tilt day yesterday.
So today, I'm kind of taking it light, a.k.a. day off as much as I can. I reviewed the worst hands of my yesterday's session (4k hands) about 3 times, once with the nice help of another's mind.
Still, I shouldn't feel affected so much, and definitely not make so many rivercalls. Sometimes I could've just saved the last 1-2$.
I still get a lot motivation, from those, who did it and already play up there. With them, I mean all those great coaches here and other bloggers, I hope to be someone's motivation, once in the future.
My song of the day:
It's the 18th of June, and I am just about to finish the present for my grandfather's 75th birthday.
Pokerwise, the last 3-4 days I was kind of in a slum. But if I finally stop throwing away two BuyIns everytime I start a session, I can actually play quite a decent poker.
Currently working hard on: Question for what reason do I bet, everytime I bet.
Also: Are there any good staking deals? And are they better than just getting a coach and keeping the money? 
