Supernova wif a dayjob

*Last edited by d0zer on Sat, 07 Nov 2009, 7:46pm; edited 15 times in total*

I pulled my roll a few weeks ago, vowing to quit the grind. Well it turns out that I miss the grind, and miss the spending money that accompanies it.

Last week I deposited $200, ran like a god playing a whole bunch of random stuff, and built my roll up to $1100.

My goal is to turn into a winning 200NL+ player. I've taken stabs at 200NL 3 times now, and gotten smacked down 3 times. This time I'm going to approach it with far more of a cushion, playing 50NL until $2k, then 100NL until $8k.

I'm having a lot of fun at 50NL this time around. Seems way easier after 100k+ hands of 100NL than it did the first time around.

The obligatory BR Log:

Nov 7: 200
Nov 12: 1100
Dec 1: 1350
Dec 7: 1100
Jan 1: 1700
Feb 1: 3200
**Feb withdraw: $750**
Mar 1: 4400
**Mar withdraw: $500**
Apr 1: 11000
**Apr withdraw: $1200**
May 1: 10500
**May withdraw: $2000**
June 1: 8500
**June bonuses: 2600**
July 1: 10500
**July withdraw: 1400**
Aug 1: 5250
**Aug SN Bonus: 800*
Sep 1: 4750
**Sept Bonus: 1200*
Oct 1: 4600
**Oct Withdraw: 1000**
Nov 1: 9700

Ha!

There´s a club of people who failed at 1/2nl and now regrind and we´re both members Wink

Good luck dude, you´ll be back up in no time!

was there a prop-bet running on this? welcome back, kick it yo

GL sir!

I'm going to enjoy reading this =)

You have such a good attitude never miserable... I'm sure you'll be owning 100nl soon enough. Question though, what made you decide to quit the grind in the first place, was it a time / other priorities thing? or was you just not enjoying it?

GL man!

Teach me to run $200 into $1100 in a week!

GL dozer!
And remember, sometimes your poker best friend is not playing poker for a while Wink

wtf? how'd everyone find out about our *cough* fixed prop bet? drew did i pay you? i cant' remember Surprised

dozer, good luck man - glad you're back!!

Nice job, dozer. GL gunning for 100nl.

Gah, ran fairly well up to 1500, then got doomswitched. -8BI in 2500 hands. back to 1100.

Couple example coolers...

60+ hands saying 'crazy'

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG zokki123 ($48.95)
UTG+1 Helcul ($50.70)
MP1 JacksAgain2 ($50.00)
MP2 Hero ($79.50)
MP3 noidea555 ($50.00)
CO chch10 ($50.00)
BTN Rooierotzak ($73.45)
SB mmarcshark ($50.95)
BB drewbabez ($25.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is MP2 Ace of Spades

3 folds, Hero raises to $2, 2 folds, Rooierotzak calls $2, 2 folds

Flop: Eight of Hearts

($4.75, 2 players)
Hero bets $3.50, Rooierotzak raises to $7, Hero raises to $17, Rooierotzak raises to $27, Hero goes all-in $77.50, Rooierotzak goes all-in $44.45

Turn: Jack of Spades

($153.70, 2 players)

River: Three of Spades

($153.70, 2 players)

Final Pot: $147.65
Hero shows: Ace of Spades

Rooierotzak shows: Jack of Clubs

And another loose donk...

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ajpowel ($132.40)
CO Hero ($50.50)
BTN Tilt4You ($50.50)
SB AcesFull2004 ($49.75)
BB Ecki54 ($9.75)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 5 players) Hero is CO Queen of Hearts

ajpowel raises to $1, Hero raises to $4, 3 folds, ajpowel calls $3

Flop: Seven of Diamonds

($8.75, 2 players)
ajpowel checks, Hero bets $8.25, ajpowel calls $8.25

Turn: Five of Clubs

($25.25, 2 players)
ajpowel checks, Hero bets $23, ajpowel calls $23

River: Ten of Diamonds

($71.25, 2 players)
ajpowel bets $18, Hero goes all-in $15.25

Final Pot: $101.75
Hero shows: Queen of Hearts

ajpowel shows: Ace of Diamonds

Those are a couple of gross hands, especially the first one... Sick to see you stacking off vs. 2nd best hand there too btw.

Keep up the good work from November Jesse.

December was...frustrating

Played more hands than I think I ever have in a month and ran at like 1ptbb Mad

Running like shit at donkaments also.

At least I'm not losing I guess. The march to 100NL continues...

just keep on keeping on. life's a garden. dig it. make it work for you Cool

as long as you know you're making the right decisions, just shrug it off. the money is going to come........and you only need 6 more bi's to move up. no sweat

saturday is definitly +ev weeeeeeeeeeeee

Yah I ran like shit on saturday. down $160.

Thankfully I was up almost 500 yesterday. +$150 at 100NL, $350 in donkaments. (O yah I moved up)

January was a lot of grinding. Record volume. Lackluster winrate. Still paying off nits too much I think. Basically BE at donkaments. bleh.

Grind continues.

Feb was a decent month due to some donkament scores in the $12/180s I can't seem to get enough of. Volume at cash wasn't great. I've also started dabbling in some 6-max which is where all my cash profits this month came from. Breakeven at FR this month.

+1k in donkaments

$2k month still nothing to complain about. NH.

Gratz for the month!

*Last edited by d0zer on Wed, 01 Apr 2009, 12:46am; edited 1 time in total*

I've always dreamed about months like these. I thought for some reason that they were the thing of fantasy, that they were reserved for people who are actually good, or people who played tons more than I do.

Cash

First half of the month was FR and the second half was 6m. I moved up to 1/2 6m and am having fun. I've been watching tons of CR vids at the 1/2 level and have started to feel more comfortable in these generally more aggressive games.

March Graph:

Round that to a nice even +4400 cash.

Donkaments

Unfortunately I don't really keep track of my donkament winnings because I've never really taken them seriously -- I just know that my total profits - cash profits = donkament profits. It was a good month for these things too. I got a $2200 score for 4th in a $22 $32k guarantee, and have been running well at SnGs also. Scored a few FTs at the 12/180s, 27/45s & the 38/45s.

Overall Sharkscope graph to date:

I don't play many of these things, but a good chunk of that last spike is this month. Yes I'm running sick goot lately = +2700 donkaments. (some of my SnG winnings paid for other MTT entries)

Total: +$7100

...pretty mindblowing given my previous record month was +2k Ship it!

My name is Ge00 and i run hottttta den da sun. Keep it up sir. Just stop stacking off to me TPnk and fear my mighty 98 of black.

Also fold to my obv $40 valuebet.

very nice!!!!
time for another race? 50k?

holy shit dude keep running like god

/nick Jesus

April was...very swongy. Still many leaks in my game but it feels like I'm slowly adjusting to 200NL 6m. It's a tougher game than I'm used to, but I'm starting to figure out the regs a bit better, and minimizing the amount of stupid spots I put myself into.

Spent 200 on donkaments and made 900 from cash = a $700 month. Yay! Didn't lose money! sweet!

More swongaments! Breakeven month? Free FPPs more like it.

My bad stackoff ways seem like they're coming back to haunt me. Will continue to breakeven if I don't fix my game, which I think I am, slowly but steadily. Am starting to get coaching also.

+75 in donkaments = BE

imo and this it IMO (and imo Wink

i was one of these players, you can grind up to 100nl FR fairly easily with the core fundamentals BUT I found and find with other players who are attempting to move up find it difficult to beat 200nl and 400nl. I dont think they have the skills to beat these games yet, I really think you should look into making 6max or HU about 50% of your poker play. you will see vast improvements.

As for coaching I doubt you need it, just watch vids, review and talk poker.

Good point, I switched to HU only for about a month or 2 and also had a coaching session with ISF which was v good imo. I think it was great help regards read hands and ranges. When i went back to 6m I found what I learned very helpful.

So yea I would recommend it.

First losing month in a year. Was positive only because of bonuses.

The only good thing about this basically 3 month breakeven stretch is that it's kicked me in the ass to be more active about improving my game.

+2600 bonuses
-120 cash
-480 donkaments

will be following with interest. our sweat sessions have really helped so far and I know you've got the ability to take down 200nl and keep moving up. Let me know how the coaching goes, im still looking at getting some myself

gl in your quest.
I'm finding myself wanting to get to the higher limits also, but I'm stuck between staying at a level I can win at, or move up for bigger wins?

Maybe move down to bank some good wins, build some confidence, and then move back up armed with renewed optimism and a fresher perspective.

oh dat ge00fish and his gooeyfish ways.

just remember when your feeling down, BB is always here to berate you =D

d0zer? What are you doing to actively improve. Do not count posting on FTR, but what else pokerwise do you do? Are you regularly conversing with others at your level? Do you watch vids AND take notes. Are you reading anything of significance? What did you do different this time that you didn't do last time you failed and quit?

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