A New Beginning
Hello 2+2
I have been playing poker casually for a few months and have been seeing monetary success. My main problem was
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KHANYAY
6
4mo agoThe Wrap Up
It's been a while since my last update mainly due to losing interest in blogging. I actually took a big break from poker in June and it took me a while to get back on track. Another reason for blogging inactivity is me joining a small study group with 4 other Finns in July. Since joining I have discussed poker there almost daily and I much preferred posting HH's and updates in a small group instead of 2+2.
To sum things up everything is going really well. I got access to a lot of study material from the study group and made noticeable improvements on my game. I made around 1.5k in July however it was the first month where I studied poker more than I actually played it.
For August I got lazy with studying and instead just played way more than previously. I experimented with grinding 10-12 tables simultaneously and it went quite well. It allowed me to put more volume in a month at a cost of slightly lower winrate. I managed to break trough NL100 a while ago and grind it for decent profit. This week I also started adding NL200 to my grind when the tables were good. At the moment I'm up 10 BI on that stake.
August:
For September I plan on dropping to max 8 tables and try to actually think deeply about spots instead of masstabling NL50-NL200 brainlessly. I mainly play on a countrylocked IPoker skin so there isn't many NL100+ tables running at the same time. I often had to add NL50 tables to my grind to reach 10 tables.
As the title suggests I am wrapping this blog up for now. Perhaps I'll update again at some point if I manage to reach NL1k+ or something similar. I want to thank everyone who gave advice and commented on hands that I posted here while I was still starting my poker journey. Special shoutouts to TripleBerryJam and Swerbs for advice and connecting me with likeminded poker players.
Cheers
KHANYAY
KHANYAY
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7mo agoMay 2024 results
Great month overall with a slow start. During the first week I was still going through a downswing that started at the end of April and I felt like nothing was working for me. I managed to get breakeven eventually from the IPoker games but I was getting really fed up with cash and the site so I took a small break and started playing on Stars. I got hit with a security check right off the bat which took me 2-3 days to solve.
After a tedious start in cash I decided to experiment MTT's since I have heard about them being way softer. Literally one of the first MTTs I registered this month was a $11 mystery bounty that I managed to bink for 3,6k.
Spoiler
A big win made me add some MTT's to the side while playing cash and with the SCOOP-series running simultaneously I started adding some $22-$55 BI SCOOPs to the side without real success. Reached few day 2's on big events but had some trouble holding with AK against a worse ace. 😀
NL50 regtables + zoom
Overall cash on Stars went great. A part from 1 big losing day I basically made profit every single day I played. Also managed to fix my focusing issues by dropping to 4 regtables and 2 zoom tables.
Had 1 shot at NL100 where I lost 5-6 buyins immediately and refrained from playing stake again. I made around the same amount in rakeback so I guess that evens out.
Overall results:
Cash including rakeback: +1350€
MTT's +2950€
Total: +4300€
I am graduating tomorrow but after that I'll keep my full focus in poker for June. My current goal is to reach +10k months consistently. I know it's going to be hard given the current climate in poker but I believe it is possible if I just work hard enough.
KHANYAY
5
9mo agoNL50 Update
Had my best NL50 session so far and decided its time for a little update.
Only had 1 losing day this week which I already covered in my earlier post. Most days I won small although 50% of weeks profits came from today.
Weeks results
I haven't made any drastic changes to my game to achieve winning results. However, I have increased my aggression a bit towards the nitregs and just printed via redlining. Lack of success in my earlier NL50 shots can be explained with bad variance for the most part. Still struggling to win some all-ins but atleast I am not losing money. On the other hand, running below ev and still managing to make decent profit gives me the confidence that I can beat the playerpool even while being unlucky.
To be honest the time spent studying poker this week was really low. I am currently away from home and have spent most of the days being outside skiing and just preferred playing in the evenings instead of studying. I'll make an effort to stick to the daily solver study routine when I get back home. I Don't expect to succeed in higher stakes purely relying on my intuition therefore I plan on delving deeper to game theory in the following weeks. In addition I recently joined a study group so moving forward I don't have to figure out everything by myself.
I reckon I am close to being properly rolled for NL100 soon. I plan on grinding NL50 for atleast a week or two to develop a big enough sample before shotting higher.
