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nvelev
nvelev
Joined: 31.01.2008
Posts: 124
27.11.2014, 14:10
Micro Zoom Fish

Hey Everyone!

It's been a while since I played poker seriously for the last time. Nontheless I still love the game and like to check blogs, success stories or whatever.
I decided to join The Bankroll Challenge as a reality check - I want to see how good (or bad) will I manage in poker games these days.

I will be playing in PokerStars with $200 starting bankroll.
I will be playing 6-max NL ZooM tables, starting at NL5.
I will use 30 BI BRM rule and make 5 BI shots at higher limits (may change in the future).

I really like Rush/ZooM format with all the advantages and disadvantages it offers. On top of that my playing time will be quite limited so I will stick to it at least for the microstakes.

My target bankroll for the challenge is $1500.

While most of my time at NL5/10 will be spend playing I would like to check some new videos or strategy discussions as my game and especially mindset are quite out of touch.

I always liked goals. Let's write down some goals... :f_biggrin:
Till the end of 2014:

:spade: Play 60 000 hands.
:spade: Make weekly reviews each sunday. Find biggest leaks.
:spade: Watch "10 Tips to get out of the Micros" video series.
:spade: Watch "W34z3l's 6-max Walkthrough" video series.
:spade: Never break BRM rules. ( I played some Spin and Go SnGs lately - don't ask :f_eek: )
:spade: Be able to honestly say that I reduced my tilt issues before going into 2015. :f_grin:

That's it for now. See you soon, I will try to update as much as possible.

GL ALL


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nvelev
nvelev
Joined: 31.01.2008
Posts: 124
28.11.2014, 00:15

Hey Everyone!

Played my first session tonight and I already had 2-3 tough spots, but I don't have time at the moment to post and discuss them. I will try to do that tomorrow as I would love to hear other people's thoughts. :f_drink:

For some reason HUD didn't work on Zoom tables but I was thinking of playing without one in the beginning anyway so no problem with that. Pool is huge and stats would be hardly useful.

I started in green so that's always nice... :f_biggrin:

See you soon and GL!


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vonki
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Joined: 18.03.2008
Posts: 5,206
28.11.2014, 14:58

Subbed! GL!


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My bankroll challenge! NL2-NL50 6-max

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nvelev
nvelev
Joined: 31.01.2008
Posts: 124
01.12.2014, 23:19

Hey everyone!

Played 9k hands since the start of the challenge and I'm far from pleased with myself. Volume is pretty good given I usually don't have time to play on working days.

Other than that things are not really going my way. I was surprised how aggressive are NL5 games especially during the weekend (I know this probably sounds ridiculous) . I was getting 3-bets/4-bets constantly... like every second open raise got attacked. Most of the times when I tried to play back they got it. I probably wasn't picking the best of spots either. Honestly I coudn't find my best game vs such aggression.

I spent my poker time this week on the tables. Maybe I will watch some videos and lower the volume a bit. I wanted to play a bit and see what topics I should chose first but as it seems everything would be helpful at this point.

Here's the graph since the start:

I still haven't gone through my database to analyse the hands that I marked during the sessions. When I do that I will post some if I find them interesting.

Weekly challenge report:

Hands played : 9022
Bankroll movement: -$16.32
Total Bankroll: $183.68
Week : 1

Released 2 x $5 increments of a deposit bonus.

Following week will be super busy so I will make a short update mid-week or bigger one in the weekend. See you then and GL on the tables. :f_drink:


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nvelev
nvelev
Joined: 31.01.2008
Posts: 124
03.12.2014, 14:04

Hey!

Played one small session yesterday in the late evening, it was ok. Got crazy swings in the beginning (saw quads 2 times vs me for 50+ bb pots first 100 hands) but I coolered few guys soon after that so np... :f_thumbsup:

I got $10 stellar reward released and the challenge is breakeven at the moment. Not the best start but I can live with it.

GL!


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03.12.2014, 19:47

gl! :f_drink:


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SvenBe
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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006
Posts: 5,305
03.01.2015, 17:07

Hi nvelev,

how is it going? I hope you could turn around and are 20$+ now? Let us know how you continue in the challenge & GL!


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SvenBe
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SvenBe
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11.01.2015, 18:59

He nvelev, me again!

We are trying to give a weekly or at least bi-weekly update of everyones challenge. Just to make sure we include you - don't forget to post your update in our https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=326222&goto=firstnew thread, it's due every Monday!
How have you been doing lately? Would be a shame if you missed out on our challenge!

CU,SvenBe


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