The Microstakes cash-game grind resumes!

Hi MrPaulsen,
ver ypromising start here. Only thing I am missing a bit is your monetary goal? In the signup thread you wrote $500, but that will probably not be it, right?

Hey SvenBe,

Thank you so much.
One should be careful in setting monetary goals

I do see that in the Bankroll challenge there is a requirement to 5x the BankRoll. This is obviously not feasable considering we are mid November
But I guess my goal is $1710.

I dont know if this disqualifies me for the BankRoll challenge raffle?

I'll put 1710 in. The reason for having this as part of our very few requirements is that somehow you do not only need to track your learning progress, but also how you proceed in real bankroll. If you want to do it in EV-$, that would be fine as well.
But yeah, to put something in our bi-weekly table for the reports in our news section, would be awesome if we could get you to give us an update every other week. Don't worry, our Customer Support sends out a reminder each time.

Week 1 report
Didn't get to play as many hands as i wanted due to unforseen workload at my job.

I had a good run tho. Because I was actually around -$45 in the first 1000 hands, but managed to climb up again, due to a fairly good run. My EV graph tells me I should be -$17 but my winnings are $16. So thats nice

Anyways.. This week numbers:
Hands Played: 1955
BB/100: 8.40
Stakes: NL10
Bankroll change: $16.43+
Total bankroll: 452.82

An interesting 244BB pot.

Villain is playing these stats, 200 hands.:
VPIP: 24
PR: 20:
3B: 7

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

SB: 100 BB
BB: 132.3 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 332.9 BB
Hero (CO): 126.3 BB
BTN: 93.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J♥ J♠

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 24 BB, fold, Hero calls 15 BB

Flop: (51 BB, 2 players) 9♣ 6♠ 4♠
BB bets 17 BB, Hero raises to 50 BB, BB raises to 108.3 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 52.3 BB and is all-in

Week 2 report
Not much to report this week. Decent results considering few hands.

The numbers:
Hands Played: 2417
BB/100: 21.63
Stakes: NL10
Bankroll change: $52.29
Total bankroll: $500.75

Week 3 report
Pretty interesting week. I took a shot at NL25 with mixed results. Played 1619 hands in total. First 700 hands I was trying to find my ground and get into this new limit. Which gave me a loss of around 1 buy-in. Then from there it took off and for the next 600 hands I ran pretty good with a profit of $110 - Then the day after I ran into a couple of setups.. set vs set, KK ai pre vs. JJ lost, and KJ vs. AJ AI on river on JJxxx board.

I closed down for the night after a loss of $70 ish. Thought about it all day and decided to move down to NL10, because I felt i was kinda playing money scared.

So i've decided to stick to my BRM rules for now, and move up when i hit $750. Really proud of myself for doing this!

The numbers for week 3:
Hands Played: 3599
BB/100: 8.01
Stakes: NL10 (1980 hands) & NL25 (1619 hands)
Bankroll change: $52.91
Total bankroll: $560.21

Still grinding but due to the activity on these forums, these days ive decided to only do updates monthly. However, I'll still post hands.

What is the play on the river? And is my sizing too small on the turn?

Villain is playing: VPIP: 25 PFR: 10 (70hands)

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 105.1 BB
BB: 114.7 BB
UTG: 101.5 BB
CO: 133.1 BB
Hero (BTN): 233.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♦ J♠

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 4♠ 5♥ A♣
BB checks, Hero bets 3.1 BB, BB calls 3.1 BB

Turn: (12.7 BB, 2 players) J♥
BB checks, Hero bets 8 BB, BB calls 8 BB

River: (28.7 BB, 2 players) Q♥
BB bets 27.4 BB,

On Microstakes, when villain suddenly bets the river, and bets it big: really consider calling. Is top two good? It is certainly better than AK or A4 as villain can easily have A4, A5 as well. But: overfold rivers on small stakes!

I don't think you're sizing is to low or you expect villain could call with any random draw on a pot size bet as well.
The run out is really bad for you on the river, but it's really tough to fold the river with 2 pair I think. Only the backdoor flush and straight came on the river. Off course AQ is a possibility as well. Off course villains line looks really strong and with decent reads a fold is good for sure. Especially if you expect villain would only lead with basicly the nuts.

Cheers,
SDK1987

1. January 2024

Last few weeks has not been up to par with what I want and know i can do. I've been playing badly, unfocused and taking stabs at NL25 and NL10 zoom and even playing zoom on the mobile. Things I should not do.

The numbers for since last time:
Hands Played: 10.727
BB/100: -11.94
Bankroll change: $-144.52
Total bankroll: $488.76

Im ready to grind it out in 2024.

Small update. I'm taking shots at NL25 because I got a cash-injection from some freeroll money over at 888.. $250 I cashed out and moved them to PS.

Played this 444BB hand:
PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (UTG): 295.76 BB
MP: 104.96 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 220.28 BB
BB: 113 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 6♠ 6♦

Hero raises to 2.48 BB, MP calls 2.48 BB, fold, fold, SB raises to 10.92 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.44 BB, MP calls 8.44 BB

Flop: (33.76 BB, 3 players) 7♦ 3♦ 6♥
SB checks, Hero bets 16.4 BB, fold, SB raises to 81.44 BB, Hero raises to 276.56 BB, SB calls 127.92 BB and is all-in

Turn: (452.48 BB, 2 players) 6♣

River: (452.48 BB, 2 players) 2♣

SB shows 3♥ 3♣ (Full House, Threes full of Sixes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 5%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 6♠ 6♦ (Four of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 95%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 444.48 BB

The numbers for since last time:
Hands Played: 4207
BB/100: -15.37
Bankroll change: $339.52
Total bankroll: $828.28

that looks like it will be a surprisingly fast challenge...

Hello!

Any update in the challenge?

Regards!