Introduction!
Hey guys,
I'm Xintrea, a 26 year old poker player from a small country called Latvia. I've been playing poker on and off ever since I turned 18. Being mostly a fun player for the most part of it. During my first few years I was quite a losing player, basically punting my money away at NL2-NL10 tables and trying out my luck in some tournaments. Never really took poker seriously therefore I didn't study the game at all. That changed a few years ago, when I started to take poker a bit more seriously. I started to read some books, strategy articles, watching videos and even getting coached for a bit, all this really helped me to become a winning player in poker and I actually managed to make poker as a nice side income for like 2 years. I was mainly playing MTTs for past year and a half as I found my self enjoying that format the most and it was also by far the most profitable format for me. Within year and a half of playing exclusively MTTs, I managed to make a nice profit of 12k$ mainly from playing 5-11$ tournaments.
Recently I decided to take a break from poker (for about 6 months or so) due to having a lot of stress at my job. I figured it would be wise to not play poker while having other things to deal with. Now that I am having a 3 month vacation due to the issues in company I work for, I decided to get back into poker.
Getting back into poker!
I decided to deposit 100$ into pokerstars and my main focus for now will be cash games and a few SNGS with a few MTTs occasionally. My plan for now is to grind some NL2 and build up my bankroll and collect rake back bonuses. (I think NL2 might be the fastest way to grind out 40% rake back that I get from Pokerstars). Since I've never really been a SNG player, I'm not fully convinced if I will grind/study this format or just focus on cash games for the most part but we will see.
My plan for now is to make a solid bankroll so I can start playing more MTTs without busting my bankroll. For now I will be playing 1.10-2.20$ tournaments every now and then and playing up to 1.10$ satellite's for some Saturday/Sunday tournaments.
Goals:
My goals for the next 3 months is to move up to NL10 in cash games and have solid bankroll to play 5-7.50$ MTTs on Stars.
I do believe MTTs will still be the best format for me in the long run, but I will be studying and grinding cash games as well. (Unless I decide to switch to SNGS, but we will see).
Since there is a possibility, I will no longer have a job after my 3 month vacation (company is on the edge of bankruptcy) I might as well try and see if I can become a full time poker player. That's something I've ever dreamt of when I was younger - to be a full time poker player. I know the life style of a poker ''pro'' is not easy by any means and requires a ton of discipline, but it's something I might consider in the next 3 months if the results will be there.
Results
So here's my results so far, since I made my 100$ deposit.
I played a total of 3333 hands in NL2 and 8 MTTs.
Profit from cash games: +$17.27
Profit from MTTs: -2.20$
Current bankroll(including the rake back):$119.71
Goals for the next week:
Play a total of 20 000 cash game hands.
Study pre flop opening ranges for 6max and study Cbetting IP.
Update my blog at least once a week
Post at least 10 hands in the Hand discussion forums to break down my thought process and receive feed back from other cash game players.
VS
