My results of grinding 2NL 5NL 10NL 25NL 50NL 100NL

No need to explain how you choose tables. I know how 90% of weak regs play. 1. As soon as fish is pumped you leave the table 2. you light play against other regs. 3. if you get lucky against a better reg you leave the table. 4. you never play 1vs1 and avoid shorthanded games. I think you will win a little with that style of play, but it will not develop you if your goal is to level up. Anyway gl games and hopefully you'll gain the confidence to actually develop in the game/as a player and not just find the best ways to survive. I know that there are levels in this game and what you're explaining about " being impossible to win if theres too many regs " IS NOT TRUE

GG rake 15bb/100 table needs to pay 135bb per 100 hands, if you play 9max other 8 regs all of them need to lose -17bb/100 to cover that, there are levels ofc but levels not enough here, you need a magic stick

People in this forum are so bad i can't believe

A lot of empty words without any research

Why would you choose to play on gg and only on gg if you think it's the hardest site to win money on?

That's a great point.

Thats another question, my story goes like this:

When i came back to poker i decided to play live 1/3 i went there and played as tight as possible won 4k in 3months, i was really bad back then but still managed to profit from 1/3 live game meanwhile i checked i couldn't play on Pokerstars no longer as they restricted many countries

One day when i was playing 1/3 some people mentioned GGpoker so i started to research that Pokerstars no long #1 in this business and GG took over so i decided to install GG client, deposited 20$ or 30$ i don't remember exactly and started playing NL2

At that time i had side income from other sources so i wouldn't care to just grind out slowly without investing much money into poker, i gave up going to live games and fully concentrated on progressing online, back then i was so bad i couldn't even think of anything like other sites could be better etc i was struggling but still was doing okay

Then i had some lucky run and created this blog i thought i was good but not even close, matter of fact i had no clue about anything and i had to go through hell to come to this point where I'm at now, in the process i quit everything except poker and poker became my only source of income as i was winning on GG i had no intention to try other sites and i never tried any of them

Lovely essay but you didn't actually answer the question.

It does seem a bit crazy to not at least explore other sites considering this is your income source. You've mentioned in here a few times lately that you weren't going to play during your playing window because games didn't look good on GG. That feels like the perfect time to at least have some money available on other sites to check them out even if it's at a lower stake. Check out the software, rewards, quality of play etc. Even if you do it at a lower stake to avoid pulling too much from GG.

You talk about table selection being important, but then you limit your table options to the one site where it seems you have to rely on rakeback in order to be a winner. Worst case scenario is you check out the other options you have available to you, you hate all of them, and you stick with GG.

You're right maybe i should try, so far i haven't played even a single hand on another site, not even a single hand so it can laziness to do something new? because I'm already winning on GG

Also on GG we're not allowed to use huds, only hud we have is GG hud so technically I'm used to this environment, interface and coloring/tagging players by GG hud, if i play on another site it creates more difficulties like, should i use external hud? how will that comply with GG policy if i happen to play both in the same time? will other site's interface will be comfortable enough to tag/color players as i do on GG? and a lot of questions going in my mind in the end I'm being lazy to try another site

My point is that you should try to be better than the avg so you don't have to care how many regs are at the table. If you are in the top 2 regs at the table you can still play profitably even with high rake. Obviously you are a rakegrinder so you approach the game from a different perspective / with a different strategy and that's ok.

Totally fair thoughts. Getting used to a new site can be a distraction while trying to play. It's why in your shoes I might only throw on even $25 or $50 on a few sites and just play some 5nl or 10nl or something during your down times just to give the sites a try so that it's low risk and you can mostly just auto-pilot the actual play so that you don't feel like you are giving up quality play time that should be on GG.

If anything, having some diversity in sites gives you some insurance against the future. We've seen legislation change that can have a big impact on players, and we've seen sites be willing to change sites for the worst to the detriment of players. Having at least some knowledge of other sites protects you a bit if something changes that could basically force you to play elsewhere. Better to already have that knowledge in a low stakes environment than having to scramble while also needing to play your normal stakes to keep you income.

im sorry blazar but it feels like its fear talking

Actually it's a great idea to throw few bucks on another site and just test it for fun, i might do it on PartyPoker or some other site like that, also i play 9max deep antes right now and if i transition to 6max it might slow down my progress at 9max i don't know, this is why for now I'm trying to stick to my plan until i fully conquer all stakes that 9max can offer and then slowly transition to 6max.

stfu man 😃

Did you choose 9max ante games because they are softer?

I can't say that, more like 9max antes online were the closest thing to live 1/3 so when i started online i started with 9max antes straight away

Yo blazar gonna becomr an app grinder

app endboss

Played today, up a little

Can you post some stats and graphs from the games? For example, this year's nl100 games so that the ev line and the red line are visible.

I want to share one hand from yesterdays session, hope i can hear something useful (which i doubt because lately I've noticed most people here are so bad at poker it's unbelievable)

So this hand AK 350bb deep, hard to play, lets say if we 4bet they can do whatever, flat or 5bet, either way we're screwed, if we flop a pair and they have no hand they simply fold and never give us any values but if they happen to flop a set or have hands like AA they simply stack us

I like AK under 100bb deep and especially vs bad opponents, thats when AK shines IMO but this deep it's too good to fold pre, 4bet is nice but trouble, so i decided to just flat here and then pot control, by raising and betting tiny amounts so i could get paid and also control the pot my opponent seems like noticed that and he didn't even hesitate to donk river lol i mean i could have sets right? possibly and he wasn't afraid to stack off 350bb deep with a single pair

Thats the problem with this pool, they're too damn careful and capable of folding overpairs in 3B 4B pots when they see big aggression but when they see small bets they get aggressive even if they risk 350bb stacks lol i hate this man, i should have probably checked turn behind would've lost less

Nah i just want to forget it, my roll was at 9k$ at one point then i lost a lot at 100nl

seems like you play maybe too nitty/passive and then end up ALOT Coolers. You also over play bigpairs and big hits. Thats very common if u have just started online. Many people think they can win just waiting good hits or hands but they will end up coolers in long run.

What do you expect him to be cbetting 50% with in an already huge pot, deep oop?

What do you expect to get paid by when you raise the flop, then cbet the next streets?

I don't know, that can be a range cbet with anything basically starting from underpairs to some strange hands, whatever, thats why i said when you hit a pair with AK especially this deep it's very tricky and hard to get more than one street value so betting or raising as small as possible imo gets paid more

Is the flop raise a bluff?