wtf??! am i doing something wrong?

Woo, glad you're doing well, hope some of the coaching helped
And my redline was similar when I was moving up with the beginner strategy at NL2-5
You raise, you cbet , people fold too much you take it down on the flop
Yet they still pay you off in big pots when they do hit

This starts to change around NL10-NL25 when regs start to float a lot more etc.
Redline was this big thing several years ago, but not many people focus on it these days, there's styles with most redline and bombing redline crushing across all levels

good luck, no doubt you'll keep crushin'!

Thanks for your support from both of you. It really helps motivate me.

@Lemon36

The coaching was great and I learned a lot, I still am..

1. We live in the information age, and it was very hard to find the "right" information.. confidant's courses, NL Guide for beginners & Top guns of NL has helped a lot.

2. The constant positive attitude really has helped motivate me.

3. Hand analysis and real-time analysis helps a lot. For example, you hear a small tip like if you hold A7o, and a flop of A72 hit, it's less likely that they have trips due to the A's and 7's because they are considered blockers...

Chest opening day!

I wanted to wait until June 12th 2018 or 100 chests. I obtained 89/100 chests, so just shy of my 100 chest target goal. If I had played NL5 the entire time, I would've had well over 100 chests so I may attempt this challenge again..

The results were interesting!

$10.17 earnings from the challenge

That said, since the stared tracking my hands (140,000 hands played, 260hours). I had the following promotions.

$30 free first deposit
$15 deposit bonus
$4.39 won "the deal"
$8.90 of star coins in the bank
$10.17 from chests chest challenge
$5 few free rolls and spin and go tickets I could est
$2 roughly from more chests....

$263.62 Total amount paid in rake
$75.46 monies back in promotions

28% of monies returned

LOL i just saw your chest opening day was exactly at my birthday, looks like karma worked for you buddy !! tty soon on discord

Personal

Going to the lake

Gameplay

When life gives you lemons, get kicked in the balls. No seriously, I started this limit on an amazing upswing, i was running almost 50bb/100 for about 5k hands... After that my luck turned.

I found myself losing with full houses with a flush board, to a better full house. Players calling down back door flush draws to 2/3 raises and and hitting it.... Kept missing my OESD and Flush draws having to fold on the river. On top of that, I kept losing all-ins.. but what doesn't break you makes you stronger.

I did end up tilting hard one session... It's hard mentally to take that kind've abuse....

Anyways, like always this down swing has improved my game. I read more books the last 2 weeks read No Bullshit poker 6max. It has something interesting concepts. What I've down is...

+ widen my opening ranges roughly 1-3% per each position
+ made a fancy cheat chart with calling I.P and 3 betting...
+ I have almost 3 weeks experience @ NL5, So i'm getting better with population read... Alot of more players 3bet at this limit.. I notice TP isn't as good either compared to NL2
+ meet up with some other players and screen shared some sessions
+ read no bullshit poker 6max e-book - No bullshit 6max

Bankroll

Well I was able to cash in a bunch of star coins for the first time. I got $20 rakeback from 2,000 coins. I've also won the deal 2x now, and made $10 from 150 coins, so overall $30 from rakeback to my bank roll, a free 10% boost

As you can see in the graph, my EV took a hard hit. from -$35 to a nice -$100, so going from -17.5 BI's @ NL2, to -20 BI's @ NL5 DID NOT FEEL GOOD. It did encourage me to look more closely at my game and I've found some big leaks...

I think i've start NL10 @ $600 giving me 60 BI's for that limit.

I am more than happy to see you actually READ the content, work with it as i told ♦ I mean check HansTheGreat, he followed it at least until NL50 he told. Using most of it at NL100 and high as well. You can do it! I wonder how you can stay sooo long on one limit with your discipline. Anyways GL, talk in discord again Let me check some of your leaks, and you check one day at a time as well if you do not mind! Lets push each other ! especially me in hours to put in !! ♦:DD: :f_thumbsup::f_thumbsup:

Personal:f_smile:

I I started a new job (hooray!). It's 12 hour rotating shifts, 42hours/week. It's pretty good so far but has taken a lot of my free time.

Gameplay:f_cool:

Controlling tilt. I have reduced my gameplay volume, not only because my life has become more busy, but almost every session is trying to tilt me. Constantly losing bad beats with 80% showdown is not the fun. I did end up tilting REALLY hard, notice the graph going down @ 150k hands. Reading about tilt and going through it yourself is a completely different story. I now know how money is lost and made, emotions get the better of players and you can lose a lot or win a lot. I've been reading about the mental game. I might move down to NL2, as I find NL5 is harder and i'm on a nasty downswing.

Bankroll:f_drink:

The picture says it all, -28 Buy-in's in EV at NL5 is not fun. The big downswing @ 150k hands was the tilting session.

I have withdrawn $94(USD), which places me $0 deposited of my own money. So with +$107(USD) still in my poker account, I'm ahead due to promotions... So all is not lost.

double oops

What's up
I definitely recommend to cut tables when you grind part-time you won't have that much spare energy
And unless you absolutely have to, never withdraw until you're somewhat happy at what stakes you play unless you totally have to, it will shoot you in the foot too much

I can definitely relate to what you're going through. I just had a -16 buy-in session on a new stake last week!

Good news is that it seems like you have been crushing so far, so just take a step back regain momentum and you will be back in no time.

following

Personal:f_smile:

So after a long break, due to a busy work schedule, getting married, going to China for a month long honeymoon, I've decided to sit back down at the poker tables.

Gameplay:f_cool:

Welp, My account got hacked. Some A-Hole used all my funds and played a single high stake ohama game. (pokerstars has investaged and has returned my funds) Also, The major losing streaking of -28 Buyins EV @ NL5 cash games, I deserved a couple months long break. I've cleansed myself of the bad mojo and I'm ready to focus and stay positive.

Bankroll:f_drink:

-28 buyins EV @ NL5
-70 buyins EV @ NL2
+53 Buyins @ NL2 ($106)

I still have a positive $106 so a little bit a cushion for me. I got 50 Buy-ins @ NL2, So I believe it's enough to get back into the swing of things.

grats on getting married
and getting your money back
Wow! I wouldn't expect that actually