Rec-Bumhunter trying to go pro
Greetings to everyone and thank you in advance for your time.
I used to play poker as a rec,mostly tourneys in private clubs whenever I had time .3 years (!) later I fell in love with the game and cash games specifically. I used to work many hours per day so my volume was pretty low.I was making some money playing 100-200nl avg on private clubs and apps.I thought that there is some potential and joined a regulated site to play.I got crushed really fast.The reason was not that I was so bad as a player(still fish though),but I couldnt control my tilt. I stopped playing and I started reading about the game .I memorised wizzards preflop strategies with small custom simplifications in frequencies,learned some general MDA lines and studied some theory grids in various spots. It has been almost 1 year since I decided to take the game seriously. I reduced my working time to be able to play more poker and keep a balanced (!) life. If I am able to make constant winnings by the end of the summer I will probably go full time.
So I chose GG poker to be the place where I will give my shot.I went straight to 50-100nl rnc and got SWALLOWED by the nitfest and better regs. I used to play in pools full of aggro fish and aggro regs,so my calling button was always hot,a really but habit for this pool. I reviewed my hands and understood that I have to adjust a lot my preflop ranges and general playstyle to a even more aggresive style -overfold friendly.
I dropped stakes and started over from nl 25 rnc. My plan is to play up to 50k hands in each limit and move up if I win.
My study routine for now will be mainly ip srp btn bb.Then hj vs bb .
After 21k hands I was able to beat25NL.I know that the sample is really small but I was feeling really comfortable there and decided to move up to NL50 rnc.
So,atm ://////Stakes :NL50,/////Studying: ip srp early pos. ////Tilt issues :still tilting af
I hope for some advices-guidance from more experienced players.
I will post here my process .
Oh right yeah I get what you mean, I thought you were saying you believed that guy lol
If the worst your redline does is -10bb/100, and for only a stretch, then I wouldn't be too worried about it. Especially since your actual redline is much better than that presumably
Actually its not the last session , my red keeps going down for weeks, but whatever, as long as green is good I guess I will be fine
Some hands
Tough spot
Hand has good blockers
But I think that I have to worry about how much he bluffs with T7,T6.
If V is capable and aggro he should know that those combos are good bluffs.If he bluffs them full freq then I am actually loosing vs bluffs
I think though in order to bluff those combos you need to think at least for 2 seconds and he snapped the river
In the last 20 k hands I have completely lost my motivation to play 100 NL. I think the pool is soft. But the winrate that can someone achieve on other sites can be way bigger. Rake & rake back are such raw deals on GG. I have been running SICK in terms of all in EV. I do have experienced very bad postflop variance though.
In my last hands I was playing a lot in B,C game..
Below is the merged graph in BBs of rnc50 and rnc100.
The second graph is rnc100 alone.
So I am gonna play at 200NL.While checking some high volume regs on GG NL200 reg tables , they all have very poor WR due to the insane rake on reg tables.That discourages me from playing there ,so I am thinking about ACR ..
I hate trying to find good tables and bumhunt..its so boring... I just want to play
Most of my winnings are based on pure aggression(not that much out of line,but overbluffed frequencies for sure), something that I am not sure I will be able to keep on reg tables /higher stakes ,so the sooner I start balancing my game ,the better..
rnc50 +rnc100
rnc100
rnc100 stats
edit*
some hands were not imported for unknown reason in the new database that i created to merge the hands,the stats are from the rnc100 database
Yeah I feel ya on the getting bored of a stake.
Do you think it helps keep you motivated by abandoning lower stakes altogether? Or think you’ll mix 200nl at your own pace until 100 kinda disappears after time?
I struggle with jumping stakes and the idea of performing with a (possibly) lower winrate.
I think I was looking a bit back and saw there are still some sick winners on GG so it’s not impossible you stick it out there and endboss it.
Really enjoy reading your thread, good luck. Personally I think you’ll do fine wherever you play
Yeah I feel ya on the getting bored of a stake.
Do you think it helps keep you motivated by abandoning lower stakes altogether? Or think you’ll mix 200nl at your own pace until 100 kinda disappears after time?
I struggle with jumping stakes and the idea of performing with a (possibly) lower winrate.
Hello Swerbs,ty for the feedback.
To be honest ,up until now I was able to play in softer tables on apps (overall softer games ,bad regs,plenty of fish). My winnings there were offering me a comfort zone that would allow me to take fast shots on higher stakes.
I dont have this luxury anymore though..(restricted by agents)
Also to my mind ,to jump from 100 to 200 ,is a bigger step than say 50 to 100.
My plan is to actually take a 7 bi shot.If I loose, I will review my hands and try to decide whether my losses come from variance, tilt or poor performance..If its variance I will put another 7bi .In any other case I will drop, regrind , reshot. If I fail on my second attempt(so 28bi lost in total ), I will hire a coach.
But I wouldnt worry about a lower winrate, like,even if your winrate is only the half of the previous stake,you are making the same money,with more rakeback and skill development
I am happy to hear that someone enjoys my thread ( kinda talking to myself here, but it really helps me to stay focused on my goal)
the situation:
thoughts ;
looking at our hand ev is enough to understand that our hand is not even close to nutted
taking a look at Vs strategy
Do you think that 95% of 100nl players play like that ? I do not..
Probably 1 of the most clear folds imo
And the truth is,that you know that you loose at this spot before you call , your gut knows it
Imho this is not a setup or variance , its a pure exploitative fold
Reaching 50k hands in a massive downswing.Its sad and discouraging the fact that I am not able to over come my tilt impact on my game.I just cant .I was running with a winrate of 8.5bb/100 up to 45k hands(not flexing w/r ,I know that the sample is small).Then I ruined everything.Almost all of those
The Mental Game of Poker has a free pdf I believe. Possibly study that for a bit.
GL OP! Subbed.
I didnt know that this guy streams
Stefan Burakov
Probably one of the most inspiring players for me ( and for many)
I really hope to see him back in action
I didnt know that this guy streams
Stefan Burakov
Probably one of the most inspiring players for me ( and for many)
I really hope to see him back in action
1 day after that I was playing against him at 200 rnc
W/R on 200 rnc for my first 22k hands is -1.8bb/100
Yea its a small sample but I feel like I am not ready to win it
I dont plan to try to establish myself there,there is not much value,but my ego wont allow me to stop playing with a negative W/R
There are plenty of good regs, or at least I consider them better than me at some spots, at the same time there is enough fish/weaker regs(me included ?) to make the pool viable
Up to 100NL people are not much aggro, so I was not working on my defense
But now things are different
I will work a bit on my game and then I will start a prop bet BR challenge there ,for a maximum of 100k hands.
1 day after that I was playing against him at 200 rnc
W/R on 200 rnc for my first 22k hands is -1.8bb/100
Yea its a small sample but I feel like I am not ready to win it
I dont plan to try to establish myself there,there is not much value,but my ego wont allow me to stop playing with a negative W/
wow nice to see Stefan plays 200RnC, btw how much is rakeback and all bonuses together in terms of BB/100?
can you post some hands where people were much aggro as you say? just interesting to see the difference of aggressiveness compared to lower limits
wow nice to see Stefan plays 200RnC, btw how much is rakeback and all bonuses together in terms of BB/100?
can you post some hands where people were much aggro as you say? just interesting to see the difference of aggressiveness compared to lower limits
there is variance in rakeback
I play through agent ,so when on platinum a reg on average receives his platinum % * 0.35 as far as I know ,mine is a bit higher
from the rakeback that you loose ,a % is given to you through your agent ,depending on the deal that you have made
the other option is to take rakeback through spins,if you are lucky to make a good spin,then your agent receives negative rakeback, and you have to return some of it back,depending on your deal
At least thats what I know
besides the standard rakeback , there is coin drop and BBJ ,
I am not someone who chases leaderboards and I have not calculated how much you take back from there as bb/100
I will post some hands later ,but there is more aggression in general,more Xraising ,more overbetting (many times used in spots where in theory you dont OB), more probing, more triples,more donking,people are calling-hero calling WAY more than 100nl
there is variance in rakeback
I play through agent ,so when on platinum a reg on average receives his platinum % * 0.35 as far as I know ,mine is a bit higher
from the rakeback that you loose ,a % is given to you through your agent ,depending on the deal that you have made
the other option is to take
i saw your screenshot you hide names by marking, you can just click here and all names will be hidden, look upside right corner, also you can make chips show up in BB on the screenshot
Thanks for the info mate
I discovered this function yesterday
@WPT_GLOBAL , thank you for the lobby folks
all of those are empty
I have initiated the prop bet and I am going to update every 20k hands.
2-3 tables
Playing at morning -afternoon European hours .Pool is way softer at later hours but I am trying to sleep early so I cant play then.
Some hands played recently
Q8 - I dont know about the river, probably huge overbluff if I jam this hand but I think I could get some nice overfold there
QJ- I strongly believed that V is raising me equity driven otf,so I x back ott and otr thinking that I am versus air that I beat,or traps that will never fold
AQ- Its just the theoretical line.. not sure if I need those bluffs vs pool
k6 - In general I overfold a lot preflop vs early positions while I will play to death when on the later positions (this hand shouldnt be in range in rnc preflop format,so I f***ed up a bit)
QT- I dont get this line from V at all both in turn and river. pretty bad hand to turn into a bluff
Every kind of judgement -comments would be appreciated
it looks like I play way better when 2 tabling than 3 tabling..Probably I am not borned to be a multytasker
I see some crazy guies 8 tabling rnc ,I just dont get how ..Probably you need to have a very fixed gameplan to play like that or I dont know..
Some hands
JJ) I was versus a nitty player ,I would call without the J of d , ( could be a insane nit fold )
99) I do not understand why people dont raise with second nuts in those spots
QQ) So many stations
additional HH
44) thats a turn you can play b75 or b125, its more convenient to me to polarize more and play only OB,but
people dont respect my bets I have to play higher where they would respect my bets
K5 ) people dont respect my bets I have to play higher where they would respect my bets
QT) bvb after high freq bets I have to protect my X range ott
K9) people dont respect my bets I have to play higher where they would respect my bets
Something that I would like to add is I think that it is a huge mistake to call someone that you think he is overbluffing on a spot with hands that are way out of range . This could be justified only vs fish-whales. If you do that against a reg, is like you are sacrificing a whole lake to drink 1 glass of water
Its always nice when you get paid the maximum
It always sucks when you are getting stationed. Such an absurd call .Such a -EV bluff
thin value city for today
lost a couple of BIs
Fish got me
Based on my assumptions ,V would stab flop with most of his PPs. If my assumptions are correct , then thin value betting should be reasonable I guess
In the last 2 sessions I think I have fcked up a bit
Mostly because I have made some calls that I shouldnt . But you know , hitting no boards at all , folding all the time ,I broke at some point and deviated from my strategy.I am still a mental fish probably.
I need to focus a bit more and things will be fine ( I will post graph soon )
Always greedy
V was a fish ,so even MW his range should be the same when he called
For some reason they love to 'trap'.
fish got me again
I think many people(me inlcuded ) play bad vs blocks
me vs the heros
favorite line vs this guy
not many cool loosing hands so I will post this one
Saturday funday
I am running good in terms of AIEV
bro wears cape
In theory I am holding a value beater . Vs Asian 20-14-6 b75 flop though probably pure bluffcatch ,-EV call
I see this jam often. I think it is fairly easy to understand why call outperforms jam
