NEW Challenge: Watch how I turn $50 into $10.000 without using advanced strategies

@druzhische
TX mate! Well we could say with a HUD I normally never play 4 tables, but without yes. For the sake of the video it will always be max 4. GL to you as well!

Hi fellow poker players,

This was a really long time no writing. There was so many days that I decided to create a shorter version for the post title. Listing 11 numbers would be too much. Well, that's the exact amount of days I've been playing since I'm back from Malta. I haven't checked my results till today, actually a couple of minutes ago and I'm surprised how I did overall. I mean I was playing without a HUD and I played anybody on NL100 and NL200 (very little table selection) from HU till FR.
The results are satisfying me because in general the whole picture looks good. Red line is now more modest and there is way less ''gray'' area in my game. Although it took a while till I found back into the grind mode. After coming from Malta I was a little bit lost overall, discipline was lacking and in general I was as well kind of running bad. Anyway pulled myself together and then finally caught the groove but also in a away I was hoping for. So I can say I ended this experiment in a pretty happy mood. More about it tomorrow in the monthly report.

Now about Malta. Well, I'm really a live fish(hands shaking, pulse rising) and I consider myself actually bad. I mean I had a bunch of Italians at my table that were entertaining me but still live poker, especially tourneys are so boring for me but they definitely require a decent portion of stamina and discipline. Anyway made it though Day 1, but busted on Day 2. It was a she and it was a cooler.:f_cool::f_biggrin:
Regarding Malta, I found it interesting. It's definitely fits poker players really good and no wonder that some of them live there. The more interesting part is that I meet Steven aka IMACHAMPION. We went eating and definitely had a pleasant afternoon. There were some really nice discussions going on and I was generally interested in some of his experiences/opinions on a variety of topics.

Anyway, back to the results:

Now some of it wasn't track because I played on my laptop while in Malta but this is how the overall results look like:

TOTAL CHALLENGE: 129 465.51$(LAST UPDATE) + 2 861.7$(WINNINGS 11 DAYS) + 2 500$(RB/FDB) = 134 827.21$ / 250 000$

That's it for today. Cya guys tomorrow!:)

So guys,

as promised back with a monthly report. So overall in November I've made little bit over 6k$ without using HUD. As I said I'm satisfied with my results, although it feels a bit weird to see such a volume. But anyway after that it wasn't like it was more profitable for me to stay there. I mostly played 4 tables of 6max and 1 FR on a smaller network which was pretty important since I gain mostly informations from SD so I didn't want the player pool to be large. I also played HU on NL100 and NL200 and it was really cool. I definitely enjoy it more and in general for a without HUD learning approach it was awesome.

Now about the goals of this experiment:
Mental Part
Absolutely the toughest part especially keeping your focus on a consistent level. I mean it's really hard to keep your focus up for hours while 4 tabling(boring for me) on a poker network where you a) play without a HUD , b) you don't always get to see the hands of you opponent on SD so you have to fish for information looking at hands of other opponents. This was really challenging but it was out of my comfort zone which is the reason why I did it.

Technical Part
Understanding my opponent was the goal number 1. Since you can't visualize the ranges, nor realize someones CB, XR or any other lines frequency you have to make assumptions about the rare hands that you get to see to SD(it's not like you can open replayer and always see the hands) and how this are going to influence your playing strategy in general. In the begging I was not happy I performed but late I started to react better to my opponents lines and so was able to score a profit in the end.
The other part was generally speaking B frequencies and sizes based on my whole range and board texture since I don't have any information about his F2CB tendencies. Not super happy about this but can't also C it a fail. I did improve in this regard but not as much as I might wanted to. Think also requires a bit more off table work then only in game despite the time you have when playing only 4 tables.

Anyway here my monthly results:

Anyway my goal for December is probably going to be volume(+150k hands). This is something I fail typically in a while and I might need this skill in the forthcoming future. Not 100% sure about it but will give my best that it actually happens. Really looking forward to challenge myself.

Anyway I leave you guys my video from the Youtube series for those of you interested. To everyone else GL at the tables and nice Sunday!:)

Hi, How can u be this great? U fuckin awsome. How long do you play poker? mann o mannn this is so sick for me.. Now i have Hope thanks to you!

Hans, this is probably the most inspiring challenge blog I've seen. So much so that I've asked for No BS 6-Max as a christmas gift early, and got it!

I have two questions if you don't mind: is it best to start my blog + homework or here on Pokerstrategy?

I do have a login to access the course contents, but do I need to make a new account for the Forum?

Again, awesome inspiration, I am starting.

Hans, I'm so impressed and amazed how far this your challenge has come. Your stamina is fckn insane, man.

I see that u are using many different poker clients, because of table selecting, right? But don't u think that your rake back would be much bigger if u would reach SNE on Stars, instead of playing at different poker rooms? I don't know, maybe u are not fine with a smaller field (by playing only on stars), thats just my thoughts. I'd like to hear your opinion.

Saw your video about poker client selecting. U didn't say anything about microgaming, have u played there, what u think about it?

Also, I would like to see the numbers of VPIP/pfr/Cbet/3bet/4bet and etc. by the stakes. Could I?

I hope we will meet at the tables someday, gl!

Originally posted by MartinsCool
Hans, I'm so impressed and amazed how far this your challenge has come. Your stamina is fckn insane, man.

I see that u are using many different poker clients, because of table selecting, right? But don't u think that your rake back would be much bigger if u would reach SNE on Stars, instead of playing at different poker rooms? I don't know, maybe u are not fine with a smaller field (by playing only on stars), thats just my thoughts. I'd like to hear your opinion.

Saw your video about poker client selecting. U didn't say anything about microgaming, have u played there, what u think about it?

Also, I would like to see the numbers of VPIP/pfr/Cbet/3bet/4bet and etc. by the stakes. Could I?

I hope we will meet at the tables someday, gl!

Can u send me the link about pokerclient selecting please?

@Clownrush
Hahaha, TX mate! You can do it as well! It's not like a achieved something impossible. Always glad to hear that I gave people hope and courage to continue playing.

@Nataraj1
Hehe, very nice Christmas gift. For the forum account not sure because I got assigned a new one for training materials. But why not blog on both?:) Doubt it can harm you;)

@MartinsCool
Well, the fact is that I always took care about my hourly so IMO my approach was up to a certain point probably the better choice. Currently I'm in the process calculating the EV for different decision for 2015.
Personally my opinion is that Microgaming is an awesome network in terms of overall value. One of the best for sure for micro grinders.

Hello fellow poker player,

Hans is back at the tables and in 10 days grinded over 50k hands despite a family tragedy which kept me in a pretty fucked situation. Had to change all of sudden a lot of plans/schedule regarding this month and at the tables I felt really bad and weak emotinaly + technically but now I finally caught the groove. When you have volume requirements nobody asks what happened in your life, you can either make it or fail, and the last one is something I really hate despite my performance at the tables tilted me at times.

But who cares, I'm not happy with my play, but I still showed some profit and will get RB. So my duty as professional poker player has been done. Other then grind, grind(miss off table work) which also interesting improves my game a lot if I don't mass table, I started coaching 2 guys. I do not wanna look like I advertize my coaching services since I don't offer private coaching fee rates. I rather wanna share my experience as a coach. I have to say I enjoy it. They are improving which is very nice to monitor and they have very sick work ethic which is also a requirement to work with me. Other then that I will just the next day coach and grind. Can't wait for holidays to work off table =).

Anyway here are the results:

TOTAL CHALLENGE: 134 827.21$(LAST UPDATE) + 2 689.24$(WINNINGS 10 DAYS) = 137 516. 45$ / 250 000$

So said when I look at that graph. Could have made way more. But what's done is done and can't be unchanged, so i guess I will have to live with it. Lastly, the last episode of me playing NL25 will be public I guess next week since this week I have other obligations and plans. That's it, GL at the tables and cya!8-)

Nice challenge and of course wow results
GG

I wish u all the best with the things what happend in youre family! I sorry about that.

Keep up youre good work!:f_thumbsup:

Omg omg omg omg and omg

I think I have found my reading for next while.

Will be getting $30 into pkr soon was wondering what if anything can be done then I see this blog very inspirational

@online2014
TX mate!

@Clownrush
TY! Very nice of you:)

@ iSoOwnYou
Saw the blog so I wish you GL for your poker journey.

Hey fellow poker players,

I'm back with a 14 day report. The report is so big that 3 session results didn't fit in the pic. Kind of planning to start update weekly or bi-weekly for the next year.
Anyway this update is going to be pretty short because I will create a monthly and yearly one in the next days where I will talk more about my results. I think now 2 pics and a update about the overall score should be enough.

TOTAL CHALLENGE: 137 516. 45$(LAST UPDATE) + 2 620.25$(WINNINGS 14 DAYS) + 3,230.43$(RAKEBACK) = 143 367.13$ / 250 000$

Cya!:)

So boys and girls,

Time to summarize this month. If I'm looking at all months this year it was probably one of the most challenging one. I mean sure January was the absolute horror in terms of results but December was difficult from a poker working ethic point of view.

First of all you start the month with a volume challenge which given the fact that you have now 2 students + sick amount of activities requires good planning. Then in the begging happens a family tragedy and all of sudden the whole plan is screwed since free days change. The atmosphere that surrounds you goes from positive into a very sad one. Of course your commited students are hungry for knowledge and have big plans for 2015 and can't really be now shoot out or slow down for what happens in my private life or working ambitions and as so shouldn't affect them a lot. Personally it was pretty difficult to handle from a mindset point of view but there are just 2 options: succeed or fail. Of course I wished that in the last days I didn't had to grind 14h, like on the 2nd day of Christmas, but now I can enjoy a very nice end of the year and focus on providing my students with appropriate knowledge and support for their SNE quests 2015.

Now poker wise for it was a very interesting month. Got spanked pretty decent on NL400 in the begging of the month where in like 1,5k hands I dropped like 7BI. So instead of actually hunting everything back I decided given the tough crcumstances to focus on limits where my edge is so big that I can overcome any variance. So I recovered back everything mostly on NL100 and some NL200.
Overall with RB I made a bit over 8,5k$ post RB in profit which I'm fine with as a nice Christmas gift especially given the limits I played. I'm finally happy with the volume. Playing 125k hands is a solid mark and as so I believe I once again I proved myself despite the tough situations that I can achieve volume goals. Have to be honest and say the tougher it got and the more pressure I felt the more committed I was. Still experimenting with my game but felt like a month very I improved so I would give a positive grade overall.

Anyway here is the monthly graph:

There is not much more left for me to say then goodbye till the yearly review which is going to be a very interesting recap since a lot has happened. Till then GL at the tables and Happy New Year!

Hi happy new year Hans.

I have a question, up to what limits do you think the no bs strategy is fine to use as is, with very little adjustments to make a solid winrate? Just playing almost robotlike

@iSoOwnYou
TX mate! Happy New Year to you as well.
Well, if you play REGULAR TABLES and you define good WR +5bb/100, my guess is NL10.

Hello fellow poker followers,

First of all I wish you all a very happy and a good 2015. It's a very big pleasure to share my poker journey with you and so it will continue as well in 2015.

But let's take a look at results in 2014. Let's start with some facts(some hands were lost in the transition to new laptop so the facts aren't 100% accurate):

Money Won On Tables 2014: 81 503.10$

Rakeback & Promos 2014: 59 653.9$
Money Won Overall 2014: 141 157$
Average Monthly Winnings 2014: ~ 11 763$
Limits Played: NL20 – NL1k
Hands Played 2014: 1 114 539
Average Monthly Hands Played 2014: ~ 92 878
Hours Played 2014: 110 539 min = 1842h and 19min
Average Monthly Playing Hours 2014: ~154H/Month
Average Hourly: 76$/h

Overall I'm pretty happy with my results. I mean I never made that much money in a single year. I mean this numbers speak way more then any of my words.
Now looking at this facts I have to honestly say that I'm impressed especially when I exchange it to the Croatian currency. Feels a little bit unbelievable thinking that I made that much money.

Poker wise, if I compare the begging of the year and the begging I can see a huge improved. I mean of course it can be confirmed as well through the results but thinking about my thought process and mindset at the begging of the year and now, it's just like 2 different planets.
I'm very happy that mister Gekko took me in his custody and mentor me all the year and helped me reach a very nice poker level. A poker level where I can secure myself monthly a very nice income. I didn't learn to be the best poker player but I learned who to make money at this game. Of course now I can choose what and how exactly I wanna continue, and I already now of course .

I also continued to grow as a player by taking 2 students. Two highly motivated people eager for knowledge that kind of consistently force me to prove myself and my understanding of poker. So besides the personal poker goals I will also follow closely 2 projects were I'm in the role of the coach rather then in the ''standard'' student's shoes.

There was of course this year many more personal highlights like my GF moving to Italy(like Italy a lot for now), my first NL1k shot where I was money scared, record winning day(~5,5k) and many more but I don't wanna make this post too long. So to end this post I will just leave you a live play video. Cya!

double post sorry:f_biggrin:

U tooo a happy new year!!!!! Sick results i hope u can make more this year.. something like 250k?

Concratz! Beatiful results poker wise. This is really nice guide line for me on my way poker professional. I am currently up to nl10 but there is still many things to do. I hope to see similar numbers on one of the following years.

All the best for 2015!

Just a sick what make this man.Sky is the limit?
GL?no you dont need it

@ClownRush
Maybe, will see, but definitely sounds tempting.:f_cool:

@paniini
TX! All the best to you too as well in 2015. GL with your poker journey!

@ntelis1
Hehe, I'm still human so I don't mind a bit of GL!:f_biggrin:

Hey everyone,

Been on ski vacation, so currently have to keep up with my desired pace. Besides grind and coaching there is not much interesting things to report asides from the fact that I'm in search for a coach myself. I mean NL100 & NL200 I can sit down on almost any line up and have a comfortable grind but NL400+ I struggle playing all line ups and I'm a lot dependent whether a fish is at the table or not. I already have an idea about the coach, but have to see if things work out as I want.

Anyway gonna leave the pics:

TOTAL CHALLENGE: 143 367.13$(LAST UPDATE) + 5 290.15$(WINNINGS 8 DAYS) = 148 657.28$ / 250 000$

CYA!:)

So guys,

I'm already ending this week since tomorrow I have a BD to attend. Anyway, the results aren't super bad but they are also not as I hoped they are going to be. The story was that on higher stakes it simply didn't go my way, but to fair and honest I didn't play my best. I was sick a day and half but despite this holding me back from the tables for a short while I managed to still keep a decent amount of volume + had over 6h of coaching this week, so in terms of productivity I would say a very good week.

TOTAL CHALLENGE: 148 657.28$(LAST UPDATE) + 1 237.24$(WINNINGS 5 DAYS) = 149 894.52$ / 250 000$

Till next week. CYA!:)