Thanks Gary, do you plan on playing some HU once you build a bit more of a bankroll? i'm guessing playing the 1.05 and 2.10 standard structures would be a pretty low variance way to build up once your at the 15-20pound mark?
Impressive to claw your way back to decent profit - keep it up. Am grinding the 2.10's daily now and hoping to build up. Only on a tiny average profit of £0.08 over 67 games, nowhere near big enough sample I know but hopefully broll will slowly build. Will keep you up to date and keep reading this - good and interesting stuff.
Thanks clerk can put some progress reports in here if you want, add a microstakes insight and id be interested to keep an eye maybe update every 50 games..,
Just ended my second session of the day, busted the BH early cudnt resist calling a min 3bet with suited A flopped flush draw got it in against overpair and didn't hit. the session was going ok was breaking even for a while, didn't think i was running bad more just running big hands into bigger hands a fair amount. Guess my play just deteriorated from there as i went on a bit of a losing streak which again i will review 2mo. i've never played such a volume of games before so i could be tiring myself out mentally so should probably cut down a bit on the hours go for a more scheduled time table rather than just contantly playing, normally i would have uni work, girlfriend telling me to stop playing and other things going on which would stop me putting in such volume but im alone at my uni house atm so its pretty much fifa and poker between eating and sleeping lol.
Anyway positives are i made a profit for the day and am not in the red, and have hit £43 in cash for points which means im on track for my highest ever total. Also a mention for slyklist i ended the session by one tabling against him in a first to 5, he won 5-4 and gave me an idea of what it is like to play the guys at the higher levels. I enjoyed the games as i had to adjust to being put to the test more often,make some more moves and basically play out of my comfort zone, its a massive difference to almost robotically playing against some of the average 5.25 players. I think its important to play good players when you can, even when you sacrifice your edge as it can almost be treated like a learning experience, which can be invaluable in improving your own game. Anyway well played slyklist but i think you should stick to the higher games... lol
So for this session Played:57 Profit/loss: -£30
Total Games played:281 Profit/Loss: £47.75 Average profit/loss per game:0.17p
Thanks Gary, do you plan on playing some HU once you build a bit more of a bankroll? i'm guessing playing the 1.05 and 2.10 standard structures would be a pretty low variance way to build up once your at the 15-20pound mark? Posted by benc
Once I'm rolled I'll focus on MTTs which I find by far the most profitable form of poker. MTTs don't earn many poker points, particularly at the low buy-ins, so I'll probably mix in some hyper turbo HU STTs to give my points total a boost and ensure I reach the monthly 500 C4P threshold.
Just had a brutal 3 hour session which has taken me into a loss overall, felt i was actually playing quite well, making the right calls and getting it in good a majority of the time, just feel like i am running below average at the moment.
I genuinely believe that this could of been a huge winning session if say 75% of my hands held up when the cards were flipped, however it wasn't to be...looking in my excel sheet i got top pair in against bottom pair on the flop 5 times and lost by the river, not sure if this is because i'm giving off an agressive image at the table but i guess i cant complain about getting it in good just needed my hands to hold up and the session results may have been a little different. Had the usual horrible beats AAs cracked by A2, losing alot when i got it in with AK v A6 type hands. The cards just wont fall my way at the moment and this is giving my confidence a bit of a battering. In the past i have excluded myself for short periods when i have found lost a bit of confidence and come back refreshed, so i'm going to have a think about what to do next, maybe i'll drop down play some micro Hu for a few hundred games, set a challenge of climbing up once i have earned a set amount of buy ins or something as at the end of the day poker is about enjoyment and the last couple of days i havn't been enjoying playing. Also if anyone has any suggestions or interesting challenges they would like to put foward feel free. I will update later this evening about my plans after the west ham game, hopefully west ham will win and i will be forever tilt free...
played 63 Profit/Loss: -£65.45 Total Played: 344 Profit/Loss: -£17.70 Average profit/loss per game : -0.05p
So the above hand is what i referred to in the post above the hand,shove top pair on a drawy board hoping for a call, get the call, but time and time again i had lost by the river. Also got slowrolled by a super aggro guy with AA pre flop when i shoved on him which was rather irritating.
Yo benc, first post on the thread. It's good to see a HU turbo sng diary, that's how my own started over a year ago now.
What's the thinking behind the cbet overjam in the hand above?
Looks like a standard situation to just cbet a standard size and set up a turn shove no matter what comes?
Searched you out the other day because having played thousands of these games myself I thought I must have played you, but had no mental notes, and it turned out I had no notes written down either.
HU SnGs can be beastly. There's nothing that feels more dirty than getting it in good over and over and losing. Even if you're only a 60/40, you'd think you'd win some... right? lol.
Keep plugging away, sometimes when things are going like this it's a good idea to make your sessions a bit shorter, lock up some winning sessions (can be hard when you just can't win a game) and try to stay tilt-proof!
I'm giving the HU games a rest for a little bit so you've lost some easy money there
Yo benc, first post on the thread. It's good to see a HU turbo sng diary, that's how my own started over a year ago now. What's the thinking behind the cbet overjam in the hand above? Looks like a standard situation to just cbet a standard size and set up a turn shove no matter what comes? Searched you out the other day because having played thousands of these games myself I thought I must have played you, but had no mental notes, and it turned out I had no notes written down either. Strange, maybe I've somehow dodged you! Good luck with turning the downswing round! Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Yeah i have kept an eye on your diary since i started taking an interest in the forum a but more, an entertaining read. Basically posted that hand as i think its something that has sneaked into my game during this downswing, shoving my stack in and not really thinking it through, just playing scared of being outdrawn i think. Villain liked to call down with anything and everything and i probably just shoved thinking he will call with any of the board/p maybe put me on a flush draw with a random shove, and if he folds ive taken another pot down which is almost a relief lately when i flop top pair, which is a horrible way of thinking i know. Just going to keep reviewing and trying to improve and i know the positive results will come, at least it makes for entertaining reading. GL and run good. P.S yeah i dont think we have met at the tables, probably done my upmost to avoid you, im sure we will meet soon.
HU SnGs can be beastly. There's nothing that feels more dirty than getting it in good over and over and losing. Even if you're only a 60/40, you'd think you'd win some... right? lol. Keep plugging away, sometimes when things are going like this it's a good idea to make your sessions a bit shorter, lock up some winning sessions (can be hard when you just can't win a game) and try to stay tilt-proof! I'm giving the HU games a rest for a little bit so you've lost some easy money there Good Luck Posted by Lambert180
lol that second sentence just about sums it up, yeah i'm going to have a break tonight and only play maybe a couple of hours tomorrow evening. Thanks for the advice and good luck hope to see you crushing some more mtts in the next few weeks.
West ham game was atrocious would of been nice to see us have a proper go but i suppose saturdays game is more important. After a bit of thinking i have decided to scrap continuously writing about number of games , average profit etc the information will still be available to me as it is in my excel sheet and ill maybe post a review every 500 games or something along them lines, its too tilting seeing it drop up and down and it probably making me become too results oriented.
So i will still write about my sessions and state just the profit/loss for that session, my overall bankroll and my c4points. As a recreational player i want to make sure i am enjoying myself when i play poker as it is just a hobby afterall. I have decided to implement a £25 stoploss where if i hit a loss of that amount i have to take a break of at least two hours, im hoping this will help to ensure tilting doesn' turn a bad session into a terrible session.
Decided to play an MTT tonight due to boredom ( i'm clearly a degen who cant stay off for more than a few hours) and will maybe play a couple of micro HU on the side, i'll update a bit later.
Played some £2.10 games really enjoyed the session, initially was in minivew against some randoms then ended up one tabling as i got chatting to pokerfail ended up playing him a few times which was fun as he is a very capable player so i was able to mix it up a bit more than i would expect at 2.10s. anyway overall i ended up +£2.40, a small winning heads up session! lol whilst playing them i had an idea of a challenge to set myself which should be quite enjoyable and help me regain some confidence.
Right so i have decided to set myself the challenge of earning £10 at £1.10, £20 at 2.10, then £30 at 3.15s before i go back to grinding as normal on the 5s, i will be playing any type of HU at each level starting at 1.10 then when i reach target i move up to the next level and then the next level. I'm basically doing this for a bit of fun and have no idea how long it will take. i will post how many games it took me if/after i have reached the target rather than giving a running commentary, i will just update after each session saying how much ive made/loss in regards to the target.
Had a quick hour at the £1.05s to see if i could gain a little headway,first thing i noticed the players dont like folding preflop so i altered my bet sizing a little, anyway i'm very confident in my game against players that are playing way to many hands then having no idea what to do post flop so i'm hoping i can fly through the 1.05s quickly.
Anyway another short winning session two in a row probably some sort of record in this diary lol
Was a fun little HU session, will have to do it again sometime
I scoped us and it turns out we had played one £3.15 game on february 15th last year... I won :P
Although you've been running bad recently, it's a tiny blip in your overall graph, so hurry up and crush those lower stakes and get back to your £5.25s!
Quick update been busy today so didn't have any session in the afternoon. Started at about 6 o clock and hit my target for the £1.05 level, mixed up hypers and turbos playing 2-3 tables ended up at £11.65 as i won my last two games and checked the accumulated total after and realised i had gone above. £1.05 HU/ £10 Target/ Current =£11.65.- completed in 27 games
A summary of the 1.05 level level, firstly my hands were holding up and i wasnt card dead which made flying through this level alot easier. After going over a few more of the bigger pots i lost in my 5.25s session i noticed a couple of small things that needed altering, essentially just got back to basics and i think playing this level has helped me with that. Anyway onto the 2.10s!
Managed to dig myself a bit of a hole in the 2.10s, not quite sure how will have a look in a min through some hands wudnt say the standard is any different from the 1s i think i just ran particularly good to get past that level so quickly. Anyway i'm going home for the weekend (at my uni house atm) so not sure if or when ill get a chance to play/update, i'll do my best not to just dive back into the 5s although i have already had the urge to just forget the challenge and dive into the bigger games, my poker discipline is pretty awful, have even more respect for garyQQQ than i already did lol, although i can just about stop myself diving into cash games still which is one positive as i'd probably lose my bankroll in about 5minutes.
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Anyway positives are i made a profit for the day and am not in the red, and have hit £43 in cash for points which means im on track for my highest ever total. Also a mention for slyklist i ended the session by one tabling against him in a first to 5, he won 5-4 and gave me an idea of what it is like to play the guys at the higher levels. I enjoyed the games as i had to adjust to being put to the test more often,make some more moves and basically play out of my comfort zone, its a massive difference to almost robotically playing against some of the average 5.25 players. I think its important to play good players when you can, even when you sacrifice your edge as it can almost be treated like a learning experience, which can be invaluable in improving your own game. Anyway well played slyklist but i think you should stick to the higher games... lol
So for this session
Played:57 Profit/loss: -£30
Total
Games played:281
Profit/Loss: £47.75
Average profit/loss per game:0.17p
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I genuinely believe that this could of been a huge winning session if say 75% of my hands held up when the cards were flipped, however it wasn't to be...looking in my excel sheet i got top pair in against bottom pair on the flop 5 times and lost by the river, not sure if this is because i'm giving off an agressive image at the table but i guess i cant complain about getting it in good just needed my hands to hold up and the session results may have been a little different. Had the usual horrible beats AAs cracked by A2, losing alot when i got it in with AK v A6 type hands. The cards just wont fall my way at the moment and this is giving my confidence a bit of a battering. In the past i have excluded myself for short periods when i have found lost a bit of confidence and come back refreshed, so i'm going to have a think about what to do next, maybe i'll drop down play some micro Hu for a few hundred games, set a challenge of climbing up once i have earned a set amount of buy ins or something as at the end of the day poker is about enjoyment and the last couple of days i havn't been enjoying playing. Also if anyone has any suggestions or interesting challenges they would like to put foward feel free. I will update later this evening about my plans after the west ham game, hopefully west ham will win and i will be forever tilt free...
played 63 Profit/Loss: -£65.45
Total
Played: 344
Profit/Loss: -£17.70
Average profit/loss per game : -0.05p
Keep plugging away, sometimes when things are going like this it's a good idea to make your sessions a bit shorter, lock up some winning sessions (can be hard when you just can't win a game) and try to stay tilt-proof!
I'm giving the HU games a rest for a little bit so you've lost some easy money there
Good Luck
So i will still write about my sessions and state just the profit/loss for that session, my overall bankroll and my c4points. As a recreational player i want to make sure i am enjoying myself when i play poker as it is just a hobby afterall. I have decided to implement a £25 stoploss where if i hit a loss of that amount i have to take a break of at least two hours, im hoping this will help to ensure tilting doesn' turn a bad session into a terrible session.
Decided to play an MTT tonight due to boredom ( i'm clearly a degen who cant stay off for more than a few hours) and will maybe play a couple of micro HU on the side, i'll update a bit later.
Right so i have decided to set myself the challenge of earning £10 at £1.10, £20 at 2.10, then £30 at 3.15s before i go back to grinding as normal on the 5s, i will be playing any type of HU at each level starting at 1.10 then when i reach target i move up to the next level and then the next level. I'm basically doing this for a bit of fun and have no idea how long it will take. i will post how many games it took me if/after i have reached the target rather than giving a running commentary, i will just update after each session saying how much ive made/loss in regards to the target.
Bankroll: £382.94 C4p:£49.73
Anyway another short winning session two in a row probably some sort of record in this diary lol
£1.05-Target £10/current=+£3.40
Bankroll: £386.34 C4p:£49.90
£1.05 HU/ £10 Target/ Current = £11.65.- completed in 27 games
A summary of the 1.05 level level, firstly my hands were holding up and i wasnt card dead which made flying through this level alot easier. After going over a few more of the bigger pots i lost in my 5.25s session i noticed a couple of small things that needed altering, essentially just got back to basics and i think playing this level has helped me with that. Anyway onto the 2.10s!