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A clueless noob reaches 1000 hours of live 1/3 NL

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gobbledygeekOP
11yr ago

A Clueless NL Noob Reaches 1000 Hours of Live 1/3 NL

Hi, I’m gobbledygeek! I’ve just reached 1000 hours of live 1/3 NL!

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This post is for fellow clueless NL noobs! Maybe you’ve never played poker before and are wondering what’s possible at this live low stakes NL game and how to go about winning at it. Or perhaps you’ve played the Limit version of the game (which I did initially) and are looking to turn to the dark side. This post will be fairly results oriented and more-or-less (a) state my statistics over my first 1000 hours of live 1/3 NL and then (b) do it’s best to describe my general approach to this game.

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22 February 2013 at 04:52 PM
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10mo ago

A Clueless NL Noob Reaches 6000 Hours of Live 1/3 NL

Hi, I’m gobbledygeek! I’ve just reached 6000 hours of live 1/3 NL!

Took me almost 15 years to do. Lol @ me, ldo.

The lol 1000 hour breakdowns in all their glory / ugliness. I included the maximum rake + BBJ drop + high hand promo at the end of each segment; just trying to keep my head above water while getting tossed more and more bricks?

1st: $28.94 (5+1)
2nd: $27.72 (5+1)
3rd: $13.74 (6+1)
4th: $12.33 (7+1)
5th: $19.19 (8+1)
6th: $23.68 (9+1+1)

To be honest, I’m shocked my last two 1000 hour segments went as well as they did due to the ever-increasing rake being such a massive burden. For one fleeting moment after a recent session on March 28, 2024, my winrate sat at $21.00 (officially 7 bbs/hr, yah!)… the first time it has been at $21.00+ since December 31, 2019. On the other hand, it hasn’t been under $20.00 since September 27, 2011. So I got that goin’ for me.

As always, I’m pessimistic about the future. The rake will no doubt go up again soon enough, and it is scary to note that we aren’t even close to what some rooms back east are raking. And after playing 10 handed all this time, last month our room finally went to 9 handed… which my method would not prefer. Like everything, I’ll guess we’ll just see what happens.

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Avatargobbledygeek
4mo ago

I think I have three main reasons for posting:

1) It is a mental break from work. I've never posted a single post in this forum away from my work desk. I'm 30 years at my job this month. If I had my nose to the grindstone every single second while at work, I wouldn't have made it this long. I need the occasional goof off time, and posting here satisfies that.

2) Getting the mental reps in is is very helpful to me. I only play once/twice a week and I need that muscle memory built up in-between sessions.

3) I don't think there is one "correct" way (whatever that means) to do almost anything, especially when you factor in that everyone is different with regards to what they are good at / what they ain't / their skillz set / etc. We're not building an atomic bomb here. People can find ~reasonable success for themselves kinda doing their own thing, and I think it is important to encourage that / offer alternatives / call out hardliners.

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