$100.000 profit at 20nl
Hi,
I've started this thread in order to document my journey towards $100k profit, playing only 20nl.
A bit about me:
- I'm From Slovenia
- 25 y/o
- Very handsome
- A student
- I go to the gym 3-4x per week
That's about it.
I've already spent most of 2018 playing 20nl, therefore the results from this year will be included into the challenge.
- I've been playing 1200-1400 hands/hr (fast poker)
- My hourly in 2018 has been around $20-25/hr
I'll be making updates once per month, till I achieve my goal.
Rules:
- Don't ask where I play
- Don't ask about my strat
You are part of Balkan, you will get a nice portion of that 20k back 😃
April 2024:
I didn't play much poker this month, but did study quite a bit. I've completely rebuilt my default postflop gameplan in a way that should be maximally exploiting the population. I do expect for my WR to increase a bit due to this, but we'll see by how much exactly.
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Why I hate playing 100bb :p
Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit
UTG: €65.53 (131 bb)
CO: €97.87 (196 bb)
BU: €86.33 (173 bb)
SB: €68.96 (138 bb)
BB (Hero): €47.51 (95 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BB with K♦ K♣
UTG raises to €1.25, 1 fold, BTN calls €1.25, SB calls €1, Hero 3-bets to €9, 1 fold, BTN calls €7.75, 1 fold
Flop: (€20.50) J♦ 2♣ 4♥ (2 players)
Hero bets €5.53, BTN calls €5.53
Turn: (€31.56) 5♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (€31.56) 7♣ (2 players)
Hero bets €32.98 (all-in), BTN calls €32.98
Total pot: €97.52 (Rake: €3)
Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows K♦ K♣ (a pair of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 86%, Flop: 82%, Turn: 89%, River: 0%)
BU shows J♠ 7♦ (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 14%, Flop: 18%, Turn: 11%, River: 100%)
BU wins €94.52
Doesn't it feel like they just always get there in these spots?
I would have jus gone slightly larger otf and jammed turn, why did you opt for checking there?
Well played on KK hand. Fish are gonna fish 😀
I would have jus gone slightly larger otf and jammed turn, why did you opt for checking there?
Solver would've probably checked the turn, especially with K♦ and I just didn't have an exploitative reason to deviate.
Are you saying that the rec will call a turn shove more than MDF and not bet often enough vs a check? It's possible, I just didn't have a solid reason/MDA data to think so.
It seems completely plausible to me that he'd float the flop with air vs the small bet and then bluff jam the turn. Or thin value shove low pairs to protect vs ~AK.
I honestly am not sure what the optimal line is, but am open to opinions.
What do you think about checking the river with KK? Could that be a thing?
Checking turn is good since we are vs a fish and we know how they play after calling flop (they bet turn 10% more than theory).
River you check hands that block his value and unblock bluffs so you'd check a hand like JJ in this spot or a hand like TT on QT5xx. C-X-F is overfolded so this is a good bluff line as well. Fish X back more value hands than regs when you look at range composition OTR so with a hand like KK jamming will be better than checking river but if we have JJ we X river to let him bluff.
Very well played.
Another thing to note is the fish call2bet/call3bet range is very wide as you can see here so we always cbet range OTF.
Solver would've probably checked the turn, especially with K♦ and I just didn't have an exploitative reason to deviate.
Are you saying that the rec will call a turn shove more than MDF and not bet often enough vs a check? It's possible, I just didn't have a solid reason/MDA data to think so.
It seems completely plausible to me that he'd float the flop with air vs the small bet and then bluff jam the turn. Or thin value shove low pairs to protect vs ~AK.
I honestly am not sure what the optimal line i
I guess I don't know... but I'd imagine he'd have a lot of pp, maybe some broadways/AX.. I don't expect him to bluff turn when x to very often and would expect most of his pairs to always call a jam. You also run into fish just calling the turn with hands like AQ high non-zero amt also.
I wouldn't have included j7o in his range though, so there is that.
The more he bluffs or jams his pp when x to the more reasonable it is to x turn, but I'd imagine turn x freq here is quite high personally. 18bb 3b pre was pretty large and turn is ~1spr.
Checking turn is good since we are vs a fish and we know how they play after calling flop (they bet turn 10% more than theory).
Yeah, but they can also underfold turns vs a barrel. This makes these spots pretty tricky (even in SRP).
Another thing to note is the fish call2bet/call3bet range is very wide as you can see here so we always cbet range OTF.
I'm aware of that 😀
They also don't raise enough, which makes it even more of a range bet.
May 2024:
Challenge progress: 76k/100k
I didn't have time to play a lot of poker this month due to various wedding preparations, birthdays and practices for the first dance. My goal for June is to play 50k+ hands and make at least 2k profit from poker.
I ended up buying a 1000€ suit. There were probably cheaper options, but I liked this one:
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Some dumb hands:
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H1: The sickest hero call ever?
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
UTG: €91.59 (183 bb)
CO (Hero): €32.27 (65 bb)
BU: €51.50 (103 bb)
SB: €30.08 (60 bb)
BB: €95.69 (191 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is CO with J♣ T♣
1 fold, Hero raises to €1.10, BTN calls €1.10, SB calls €0.85, 1 fold
Flop: (€3.80) 8♠ 3♣ Q♣ (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (€3.80) 4♠ (3 players)
SB bets €2.88, Hero calls €2.88, BU folds
River: (€9.56) K♥ (2 players)
SB bets €5.50, Hero calls €5.50
Total pot: €20.56 (Rake: €1.02)
Showdown:
SB shows Q♠ K♣ (two pair, Kings and Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 62%, Flop: 57%, Turn: 75%, River: 100%)
CO (Hero) shows J♣ T♣ (high card, King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 38%, Flop: 43%, Turn: 25%, River: 0%)
SB wins €19.54
H2: Vs a whale
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
UTG: €88.98 (178 bb)
CO: €155.51 (311 bb)
BU (Hero): €55.60 (111 bb)
SB: €33.69 (67 bb)
BB: €197.09 (394 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BTN with A♣ 8♥
2 players fold, Hero raises to €1.10, SB 3-bets to €17.70, 1 fold, Hero 4-bets to €39.15, SB calls €15.99 (all-in)
Flop: (€67.88) 3♠ 2♠ 3♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (€67.88) 4♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (€67.88) 2♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: €67.88 (Rake: €3)
Showdown:
BU (Hero) shows A♣ 8♥ (two pair, Threes and Twos)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 28%, Flop: 14%, Turn: 16%, River: 0%)
SB shows J♦ J♥ (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 72%, Flop: 86%, Turn: 84%, River: 100%)
SB wins €64.88
Imagine how much money I'd have if I just learned to fold :(
H3: Vs a reg
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 4 players
UTG: €50.00 (100 bb)
BU (Hero): €16.25 (33 bb)
SB: €42.55 (85 bb)
BB: €27.05 (54 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BTN with J♠ A♣
UTG raises to €1.15, Hero 3-bets to €3, 2 players fold, UTG calls €1.85
Flop: (€6.75) 2♦ 3♣ 8♣ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Turn: (€6.75) 6♥ (2 players)
UTG bets €3.50, Hero calls €3.50
River: (€13.75) 4♦ (2 players)
UTG bets €11, Hero calls €9.75 (all-in)
Total pot: €33.25 (Rake: €1.66)
Showdown:
UTG shows T♦ Q♠ (high card, Queen)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 22%, Turn: 14%, River: 0%)
BU (Hero) shows J♠ A♣ (high card, Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 78%, Turn: 86%, River: 100%)
BU (Hero) wins €31.59
Looking fly Z. Good choice 👍
Also nice results as usual
Hard to go wrong owning at least one very nice suit. Keep trucking!
Folding is boring.
June 2024:
Challenge progress: 77.1k/100k
Nothing super special happened this month poker-wise. Played medium volume and coached a bit.
I'll give myself an arbitrary goal to play 40k+ hands in July, even though I'll spend 1-2 weeks on a vacation, so it might not happen.
Some recent hands:
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H1: I need 80% Fold Equity here.
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 4 players
UTG: €99.76 (200 bb)
BU: €51.35 (103 bb)
SB: €66.28 (133 bb)
BB (Hero): €17.65 (35 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BB with 9♠ Q♠
UTG raises to €1.25, 2 players fold, Hero calls €0.75
Flop: (€2.75) 9♣ 3♥ 5♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks
Turn: (€2.75) 8♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks
River: (€2.75) A♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets €2.06, Hero raises to €16.40 (all-in), UTG folds
Total pot: €6.87 (Rake: €0.34)
BB (Hero) wins €6.53
H2: He wasn't repping much.
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 4 players
UTG: €42.60 (85 bb)
BU: €143.91 (288 bb)
SB: €51.95 (104 bb)
BB (Hero): €20.47 (41 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BB with A♣ 5♦
1 fold, BTN raises to €1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls €0.75
Flop: (€2.75) 9♠ 8♠ 5♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (€2.75) 8♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets €4.12, Hero calls €4.12
River: (€10.99) 7♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets €16, Hero calls €15.10 (all-in)
Total pot: €41.19 (Rake: €2.05)
Showdown:
BU shows 3♥ 4♥ (a pair of Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 39%, Flop: 9%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)
BB (Hero) shows A♣ 5♦ (two pair, Eights and Fives)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 61%, Flop: 91%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)
BB (Hero) wins €39.14
H3: Vs a nit.
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
UTG: €73.69 (147 bb)
CO: €41.14 (82 bb)
BU: €79.31 (159 bb)
SB: €53.97 (108 bb)
BB (Hero): €18.13 (36 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BB with A♣ T♠
2 players fold, BTN raises to €1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls €0.75
Flop: (€2.75) 3♠ 9♦ 9♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets €0.90, Hero calls €0.90
Turn: (€4.55) Q♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets €1.50, Hero raises to €6.08, BTN calls €4.58
River: (€16.71) 8♣ (2 players)
Hero bets €9.90 (all-in), BTN calls €9.90
Total pot: €36.51 (Rake: €1.82)
Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows A♣ T♠ (a pair of Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 67%, Flop: <1%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)
BU shows A♥ 9♥ (three of a kind, Nines)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 33%, Flop: >99%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)
BU wins €34.69
August 2024:
Challenge progress: 77.8k/100k
Didn't play much recently due to a bunch of IRL stuff.
Next month my goal will be to play 30k hands in the 1st half. Afterwards I'll have a 2 week honeymoon vacation.
If anyone wants to discuss some hands:
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H1: Vs a reg
Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 3 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit
BU: €50.00 (100 bb)
SB (Hero): €23.00 (46 bb)
BB: €78.99 (158 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is SB with T♣ A♦
1 fold, Hero raises to €1.44, BB calls €0.94
Flop: (€2.88) 8♦ 3♦ 4♣ (2 players)
Hero bets €0.72, BB calls €0.72
Turn: (€4.32) 2♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets €2.16, Hero calls €2.16
River: (€8.64) 6♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets €6.48, Hero calls €6.48
Total pot: €21.60 (Rake: €1.08)
Showdown:
BB shows T♥ K♦ (high card, King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 25%, Flop: 12%, Turn: 7%, River: 0%)
SB (Hero) shows T♣ A♦ (high card, Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 75%, Flop: 88%, Turn: 93%, River: 100%)
SB (Hero) wins €20.52
H2:
Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit
UTG: €16.17 (32 bb)
CO: €62.44 (125 bb)
BU: €237.43 (475 bb)
SB: €54.00 (108 bb)
BB (Hero): €21.99 (44 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BB with A♣ J♥
1 fold, CO raises to €1.10, 2 players fold, Hero 3-bets to €4, CO calls €2.90
Flop: (€8.25) 3♦ 8♥ 5♠ (2 players)
Hero bets €2.22, CO calls €2.22
Turn: (€12.69) 2♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks
River: (€12.69) 6♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets €56.22 (all-in), Hero calls €15.77 (all-in)
Total pot: €44.23 (Rake: €2.21)
Showdown:
CO shows A♦ T♦ (high card, Ace)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 32%, Flop: 19%, Turn: 11%, River: 0%)
BB (Hero) shows A♣ J♥ (high card, Ace - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 68%, Flop: 81%, Turn: 89%, River: 100%)
BB (Hero) wins €42.02
H3: Is this the optimal line vs a rec? I'm unsure. Turn check or a smaller bet both seem like decent options, as do flop cbet and check-call.
Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Pokeit
UTG (Hero): €46.82 (94 bb)
CO: €50.00 (100 bb)
BU: €15.71 (31 bb)
SB: €49.50 (99 bb)
BB: €78.31 (157 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is UTG with Q♣ T♠
Hero raises to €1.10, 1 fold, BTN calls €1.10, 2 players fold
Flop: (€2.95) 8♠ 2♠ J♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets €1.47, Hero raises to €3.68, BTN calls €2.21
Turn: (€10.31) 4♠ (2 players)
Hero bets €10.93, BU folds
Total pot: €10.31 (Rake: €0.51)
UTG (Hero) wins €9.80
How's the married life going?
What's the plan for honeymoon?
^ The married life is surprisingly similar to the life before marriage 😃
The wedding was really fun. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.
For honeymoon we're going to Maldives. It's gonna cost ~5000€, but will hopefully be worth it.
^ The married life is surprisingly similar to the life before marriage 😃
The wedding was really fun. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.
For honeymoon we're going to Maldives. It's gonna cost ~5000€, but will hopefully be worth it.
Yes, married life is no different. The big change is when you end up getting some kids.
Sounds great! Take pictures to share with us.
October 2024:
Challenge progress: 78.7k/100k
My volume has been pretty awful lately, partially because of the wedding stuff, but also due to my sheer laziness.
The last time that I had a 40k+ hand month was back in March, so I'm setting that as my goal for November. If I don't reach 40k hands, I'll send €50 to one of the last five people who post here as a penalty.
I set this rule to limit my procrastination, as I happen to be more greedy than I am lazy.
Some hands:
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H1: Which one of us played it worse?
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$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($54.48) 109bb
CO ($65.09) 130bb
BTN ($13.50) 27bb
SB ($15.25) 31bb
BB Hero ($20) 40bb
Pre-Flop: (0.75, 5 players) Hero is BB A♣ 7♣
UTG raises to $1.25, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.75
Flop: 7♦ J♣ 10♠ ($2.75)
Hero checks, UTG checks
Turn: 6♥ ($2.75)
Hero bets $0.74, UTG calls $0.74
River: 9♣ ($4.23, 2)
Hero checks, UTG bets $3.17, Hero calls $3.17
Final Pot: $10.57
Hero shows
A♣ 7♣
UTG shows
A♥ 7♥
H2: oopsie
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
UTG: €49.75 (100 bb)
CO: €61.18 (122 bb)
BU (Hero): €14.47 (29 bb)
SB: €116.73 (233 bb)
BB: €50.00 (100 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is BTN with 8♠ 9♠
2 players fold, Hero raises to €1.10, 1 fold, BB calls €0.60
Flop: (€2.45) A♠ 6♠ K♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (€2.45) 4♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets €3, BB calls €3
River: (€8.45) T♦ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets €10.37, BB calls €10.37
Final Pot: $28.75
BB shows 4♦ 4♠ (three of a kind, Fours)
BB wins €27.74
H3: Somehow they are just always at the top of their range 😃
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$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
Stacks:
UTG ($52.66) 105bb
CO ($44.13) 88bb
BTN ($67.76) 136bb
SB Hero ($14.50) 29bb
BB ($98.38) 197bb
Pre-Flop: (0.75, 5 players) Hero is SB 2♦ A♦
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.44, BB calls $0.94
Flop: 10♣ 5♠ J♥ ($2.63, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks
Turn: Q♦ ($2.63)
Hero bets $1.44, BB calls $1.44
River: 2♥ ($5.51, 2)
Hero bets $11.62, BB calls $11.62
Final Pot: $28.75
BB shows
K♠ 9♣
H4: SB was a nit. Could you ever fold this?
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Hold'em No Limit - €0.25/€0.50 - 5 players
UTG: €14.58 (29 bb)
CO (Hero): €22.11 (44 bb)
BU: €50.50 (101 bb)
SB: €51.17 (102 bb)
BB: €61.64 (123 bb)
Pre-Flop: (€0.75) Hero is CO with A♣ T♦
UTG calls €0.50, Hero raises to €1.60, 1 fold, SB calls €1.35, 2 players fold
Flop: (€4.20) 4♥ 4♣ T♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets €1.29, SB calls €1.29
Turn: (€6.78) A♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets €4.74, SB calls €4.74
River: (€16.26) K♣ (2 players)
SB bets €14.50, Hero calls €14.48 (all-in)
Total pot: €45.22 (Rake: €2.26)
SB shows Q♣ J♣ (a flush, King high)
SB wins €42.96
We only lose to one combo of [QcJc]
However, his whole bluffing range is probably exactly [].
FML. Seems foldable.
H5: No one calls the river with A9, right?
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$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
Stacks:
CO ($50.59) 101bb
BTN ($63.50) 127bb
SB Hero ($41.60) 83bb
BB ($56.57) 113bb
Pre-Flop: (0.75, 4 players) Hero is SB K♦ J♠
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.94, BB calls $1.44
Flop: A♠ 6♦ Q♣ ($3.88)
Hero checks, BB checks
Turn: 3♠ ($3.88)
Hero checks, BB bets $1.94, Hero raises to $10.20, BB calls $8.26
River: 6♣ ($24.28)
Hero bets $29.46 (all-in), BB folds
Yes, married life is no different. The big change is when you end up getting some kids.
Sounds great! Take pictures to share with us.
Yeah, it's a bigger difference for couples that didn't already live together before the marriage.
I'm both terrified and excited about having kids. The lifestyle change will be huge, but surely worth it.
Here are two pics:
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Our wedding
Me in Maldives
Thanks for the pictures and congratulations again.
H1: Villain reopening A7s was the worse by miles IMO.
H2: Fine I guess.
H3: Haha, I think I'm running worse in spots similar to this one tho.
H4: Vs a nit? Yes, I think I could.
H5: Some do 😀
You have just about 1k hours of playing to the end.
We were probably both pretty far from solver approved 😃
Yeah, I tanked for really long. Was close to folding, but there's legit only one combo that beats me there. I convinced myself that he might have ~AxJc.
I've been making around $32/hr this year. At this hourly it'll take me around 353 hours to finish the challenge.
You can do it by the end of the year!
Technically, I could run 10 marathons by the end of the year too, but let's be real - it ain't happening 😃
