Freerolling fish - bankrollbuilding from $50

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this month's NL50 so far, playing a looser style:

i thought my red line would improve but that may be a sample issue. and i'm still making some adjustments
at least yellow line is sexy

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1897508
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BTN: $66.91
Hero (SB): $75.20
BB: $55.77
UTG: $50.00
UTG+1: $28.28
UTG+2: $29.35
MP1: $48.75
MP2: $31.18
CO: $85.32

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with K A
3 folds, MP1 raises to $1, MP2 calls $1, 1 fold, BTN calls $1, Hero raises to $6.66, 1 fold, MP1 says "bbaassttard", 1 fold, Hero says "TAKE MANEY", 2 folds

Final Pot: $4.50
Hero mucks K A
Hero wins $4.50

variance roller coaster ride

my light 3bets weren't working, then suddenly they were, then people decided to raise everything
this was pretty intense

some hands:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $51.33
SB: $49.92
Hero (BB): $87.11
UTG: $111.30
UTG+1: $50.00
UTG+2: $27.96
MP: $42.68
MP+1: $53.47
CO: $56.83

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has J♥ J♣

fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.00

Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) 5♦ 2♥ 2♦
Hero checks, MP+1 bets $3.50, CO calls $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Turn: ($15.25, 3 players) 9♣
Hero checks, MP+1 bets $7.50, fold, Hero calls $7.50

River: ($30.25, 2 players) 2♣
Hero checks, MP+1 bets $19.50, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls $19.50

MP+1 shows K♥ K♠ (Full House, Twos full of Kings) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks J♥ J♣ (Full House, Twos full of Jacks) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
MP+1 wins $66.75

his stats at time of hand

i thought that he was capable of barreling light and his sizings didn't make a lot of sense, like flop is super big then turn is super small then river bigger again ZOMGWHAT
still the key rule seems to be that, whenever they polarize, they actually have it pretty damn often

that nonsense sizing thing actually seems to be a pretty good value leveling method.
later i still was on slight tilt and decided to apply the technique on another unsuspecting reg:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $50.00
SB: $56.67
BB: $124.62
UTG: $50.63
UTG+1: $63.71
UTG+2: $105.45
MP: $62.30
Hero (MP+1): $50.41
CO: $101.69

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has A♠ A♣

fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.50, UTG+2 calls $1.50, fold, Hero raises to $6.66, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $5.16, UTG+2 calls $5.16

Flop: ($20.73, 3 players) 5♣ 7♦ 5♠
UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $9.99, fold, UTG+2 calls $9.99

Turn: ($40.71, 2 players) 4♣
UTG+2 checks, Hero bets $33.76 and is all-in, UTG+2 SNAPcalls $33.76

River: ($108.23, 2 players) 4♦

UTG+2 shows Q♠ Q♦ (Two Pair, Queens and Fives) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A♠ A♣ (Two Pair, Aces and Fives) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins $105.73

i feel that he'd probably call pretty much any pair, whatever i guess
preflop sizing was pretty big because UTG+1 was a fish.

highlights:

I WON A FLIP (around 1100), also i played one hand too many today.

fun hand:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $51.39
SB: $94.01
BB: $61.24
UTG: $50.00
UTG+1: $74.03
UTG+2: $50.00
MP: $24.77
Hero (MP+1): $53.31
CO: $68.81

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 9♥ J♥

fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.50, fold, BTN calls $1.50, fold, fold

raiser is some guy running 13/8/215h playing 3 tables

Flop: ($5.25, 3 players) J♣ 5♦ J♠
UTG+1 bets $2.80, Hero calls $2.80, fold

Turn: ($10.85, 2 players) 2♠
UTG+1 bets $5.80, Hero calls $5.80

River: ($22.45, 2 players) 5♥
UTG+1 checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $16.72, UTG+1 calls $16.72

Hero shows 9♥ J♥ (Full House, Jacks full of Fives) (Pre 37%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
UTG+1 mucks 9♣ 9♠ (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines) (Pre 63%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $53.39

reminder to readers: huge river bet = HE HAS IT
[edit: unless you are a midstakes baller]

im ballin in your territory now tommy!! watch out for me on the plo25 tables bahahahaha

Originally posted by ilovemagic
im ballin in your territory now tommy!! watch out for me on the plo25 tables bahahahaha

plo is a way too sick game, not my territory yet

that sick volume:

speaking of sickness i wasn't feeling very great today so that's the reason for such great volume.
also that's the reason for not doing a whole lot hand evaluations (way too few actually), sorry guys

variance being harsh again

about -$40 or something in bad plays and bad calls tho

nl50 monthly

somehow i avoided losing my entire stack here

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $84.43
SB: $19.82
BB: $50.39
UTG: $56.90
Hero (UTG+1): $49.99
UTG+2: $43.24
MP: $50.32
MP+1: $27.04
CO: $44.86

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K♠ K♣

UTG raises to $2.00, Hero raises to $6.66, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $4.66

Flop: ($14.07, 2 players) 2♥ 2♣ T♦
UTG checks, Hero bets $7.77, UTG calls $7.77

Turn: ($29.61, 2 players) J♠
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($29.61, 2 players) 6♦
UTG bets $7.50, Hero calls $7.50

UTG shows J♥ J♣ (Full House, Jacks full of Twos) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks K♠ K♣ (Two Pair, Kings and Twos) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 5%)
UTG wins $42.60

thought process: QQ 6 combos, JJ-TT 6 combos, random ace high type of hands folding not sure if he even has Tx, let's pot control/bluffcatch the river/whatever and maybe even improve

now i think that while that was incredibly nitty it actually was fine

MP1 raises to $1, MP2 calls $1, 1 fold, BTN calls $1, Hero raises to $6.66, 1 fold, MP1 says "bbaassttard", 1 fold, Hero says "TAKE MANEY", 2 folds

This made me laugh!

Legendary stuff dude.

thank you sir ♦

pokahs not dead

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $49.25
SB: $56.41
Hero (BB): $59.15
UTG: $350.10
UTG+1: $46.10
UTG+2: $73.37
MP: $50.00
MP+1: $54.36
CO: $67.39

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q♠ Q♣

UTG raises to $1.50, fold, UTG+2 calls $1.50, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $6.66, UTG calls $5.16, UTG+2 calls $5.16

Flop: ($20.23, 3 players) T♣ T♦ Q♥
Hero bets $6.66, UTG calls $6.66, fold

Turn: ($33.55, 2 players) 5♦
Hero bets $13.37, UTG raises to $30.50, Hero raises to $45.83 and is all-in, UTG calls $15.33

River: ($125.21, 2 players) T♥

Hero shows Q♠ Q♣ (Full House, Queens full of Tens) (Pre 82%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
UTG shows 4♠ 4♣ (Full House, Tens full of Fours) (Pre 18%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $122.71

afterthoughts:
- 1337 is best sizing
- how much rungood is required for such a guy to sit on a 700bb stack

Just lmao at the sizings!!! ♠_evil: But really do you think it has effect on ppl?

Originally posted by Gregor86
Just lmao at the sizings!!! ♠_evil: But really do you think it has effect on ppl?

not really ♦ was just some light commentary

also, sorry for not updating.
haven't been playing much, have been setting my schedule straight healthier life and hopefully more volume soon

i still need 900 more sp for pokestrategy platinum stay tuned!
i shall be putting extra volume these days by, besides playing more, adding in some ez nl25 when feeling tired (better than 0 volume, and better than playing breakeven ofc)

hand, poker easy:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $50.00
SB: $18.85
BB: $63.95
UTG: $50.00
UTG+1: $62.40
UTG+2: $29.13
MP: $50.00
MP+1: $73.31
Hero (CO): $67.38

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 6♠ 6♥

fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.50, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.50, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($3.75, 2 players) 6♣ 2♠ 4♣
UTG+1 bets $1.86, Hero raises to $6.89, UTG+1 calls $5.03

Turn: ($17.53, 2 players) 5♦
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $12.34, UTG+1 calls $12.34

River: ($42.21, 2 players) 9♠
UTG+1 bets $20.96, Hero raises to $46.65 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $20.71 and is all-in

Hero shows 6♠ 6♥ (Three of a Kind, Sixes) (Pre 54%, Flop 99%, Turn 95%)
UTG+1 shows A♥ Q♠ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 46%, Flop 1%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $123.05

ofc he can't fold getting like 5:1 on the river

monthly graphs since this has been missing daily updates:

ALL STAKES!!1 (including nl100 failure)

nl100 (whine post, won't be seeing this limit again very soon for mindset reasons)

nl50

nl25

hey tomaloc grats for the progress!

just a simple question are you following the 25buy rule for moving up/down ? or are you making some shots like 1-2 buy in for higher stakes ?

Hey Tomaloc, great blog!

How are your shots to higher limit looks? For example when you were going nl25 -> nl50, you start all 4 nl50 zoom tables at once when you had bankroll, or 3 nl25, 1 nl50?

thanks guys

Originally posted by w4terman
hey tomaloc grats for the progress!

just a simple question are you following the 25buy rule for moving up/down ? or are you making some shots like 1-2 buy in for higher stakes ?

actually i made my previous moveups by having like 40bi mostly because i was taking 1 limit at a month

i think 25bi should be enough for nl25, then 30bi for nl50, then 40bi for nl100

Originally posted by Friedric
Hey Tomaloc, great blog!

How are your shots to higher limit looks? For example when you were going nl25 -> nl50, you start all 4 nl50 zoom tables at once when you had bankroll, or 3 nl25, 1 nl50?

i feel awkward mixing limits.
that said, i usually start by playing as little as only one table to play with 100% focus because moving up is a kinda scary experience.

needing like 200 daily vpp
since i need to be completely not caring about results i'm switching to completely brainless nl25 grinding to get these vpp
250 should be a better number to set as a daily goal though

random gif:

raised the bar a little higher for today:

4.4k hands today!

thankfully i chose nl25, because i ran awful (and played awful also) but that was the whole point of going brainless on nl25 anyway

this is a funny graph for sets:

nearly every time that i actually shipped the money i was either against some random straight by an one/two-gapper or an overset
still the fact that i made some sklansky bucks is proof of nl25 ez

daily stats:

these are actually quite bad not sure why i am posting

Do you plan to play gold freeroll for this month you didn't played it last month?

i guess not... too much commitment

unrelatedly, this was an amusing misread from this session:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $9.65
SB: $182.19
BB: $7.98
Hero (UTG): $30.18
UTG+1: $26.95
UTG+2: $23.95
MP: $84.81
MP+1: $25.40
CO: $38.99

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q♦ K♦

Hero raises to $0.84, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.84, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.03, 2 players) J♥ 5♦ 5♠
Hero bets $1.51, BTN raises to $3.02, Hero raises to $4.53, BTN raises to $8.81 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.28

Turn: ($19.65, 2 players) T♠

River: ($19.65, 2 players) 4♥

Hero shows Q♦ K♦ (One Pair, Fives) (Pre 49%, Flop 31%, Turn 32%)
BTN shows 7♥ 7♣ (Two Pair, Sevens and Fives) (Pre 51%, Flop 69%, Turn 68%)
BTN wins $18.77

believe it or not, i thought that i had queens.
now how the hell i confuse a sooted hand with queens is beyond me

unfortunately that was not the only such misread in the session, but it was the most costly ♦

Haha, shit happenes. Was already thinking of writing you should include funny gif hh in next update, those really make my day But you beat me to it, and made my day

Hey I'm finally done reading the entire blog ! Good job, love the gifs aswell as you showcasing your improvements up from NL5 ♦