Jord's journey to re-learning the game. (BRC Blog)

Hey Jordabb,

I have moved this thread to the 'Success and Challenges' board. Let us know if this is acceptable. At the least, it would save you some typing.

Regards

Laz

Jordan, good luck with your challenge

Cheers,
SDK1987

Cheers mate.

Challenge is delayed by 24hrs or so whilst I sort out a few things in relation to it. I'd rather start with everything in order than half-assed.

Stay tuned!

UPDATE 1:
Hi everyone, sorry for the delayed update!

So I've only hand limited time the last few days to play. Definitely a lot of leaks which I can notice myself and hopefully can rectify them in the upcoming sessions.
I'm still focusing on the fundmentals of the game, specifically pre-flop & flop. Once satisfied I'll move on to further topics.

CURRENT BR: $115.68
CURRENT 2NL HANDS: 3,352 (of 50k hands)

UPDATE 2:
Been doing a bit more theory based studying, still going through the From The Ground Up content. I'll soon subscribe to GTOWizard and begin studying/practicing SRPs as the BB, then I'll move on to 3b pots as the aggressor - I expect this to take up to 1-2 weeks to learn, implement and refine where I can improve on.

Playing-wise, I haven't done much playing since UPDATE 1. Although, the graph is on the incline still which we can't complain about at all! I still have massive leaks during post-flop play, calling down too much is one of them! That'll soon improve as my knowledge and experience improves again. Hopefully it'll all fall into place like a jigsaw!

I still need to post some hands here for some external reviews, which I'll get onto once I get back from my evening meal.

CURRENT BR: $128.61
CURRENT 2NL HANDS: 5753/50,000

Thanks mate. Will be posting update 3 later.

Hi Jordabb,

thank you for joining - and for joining your bankrollchallenge, too!
Good luck at the tables, but looking at the giraffe it looks like it is just a question of time...

CU,SvenBe

Thanks for the good luck!

I've had to refine my goals slightly, especially the volume goals. But the end goal remains the same, $1000!

Stay tuned for tonight's update.

UPDATE 3
So the studying aspect of the game hasn't progressed much, which needs to change! I've still yet to subscribe to GTOWizard. My studying process needs to be refined and set in stone - I've got a pretty good idea of the direction I want to go with it; it's something I will need to prioritize ASAP!

Regarding my playing, I shot took at 5nl before I hit the 30BI mark. Incline graph usually means there's a decline coming soon, let's just hope I can do some damage control and fix my leaks before it happens.

BANKROLL: $160 / $1000
NL STAKE: 5

that looks like a nicely accelerating graph! Good luck with the rest of "solving NL5"!
Would also not mind to see the biggest hands, or...maybe the ones where you are not sure - just to discuss here.

Yes, I keep reminding myself to post hands but I always seem to have it sidetracked. I'll set a reminder for tonight to post some from my last session.

Started to refine my study list this morning and started a spreadsheet study to see BTN vs BB and what board favours who, favourable turn cards, and river cards... and what the best actions are to see if we can simplify it for future reference.

For someone who's trying to do this sort of thing for the 1st time, it will be a learning curve! Excited to see the outcome. If it fails, I'll learn. If it succeeds, sweet I've learnt again!

A lot of mistakes made despite winning hands & losing hands. I'm just hoping for a bit of feedback on these - it'll be much appreciated.

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The weekend is over!

We had no progress on the cash games. However, I managed to finish 1st in an ACR MTT for $230 & 6th on the $5.50 Mini Marathon on PS for $166.

This brings my balance up to over $500. However, it's not in-line with the challenge, so I'm in 2 minds about whether I can use it to shot take at 10NL or not.