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Entering the lab - Faith in humanity is lost 1500$ to 30.000$ in 2026

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Rengoku
Joined: 04.01.2026

Hey everyone

Little bit of a back story, i used to play NL100 / 200 pre solvers, solvers came in, and for some odd reason my brain had the biggest faith ever in humanity. I stopped playing poker because i felt it was too easy to master solvers, and just play a somewhat perfect strategy, and leaving it nearly impossible to lose money on poker, and in a rake enviorement it wouldn't make much sense to keep playing. So i quit back in 2015, when PIO really won in, and became a thing.

In december 2025 i decided to leave my job, and spend my time with something else, because of a pretty good savings (+5 years finances covered, while i study and finish my bachelor degree in 12 months), i felt it was a good time to relax a bit, and during that period i started watching streamers who played NL100+ and it dawned on my quite fast, that the skill sets now vs what i had, isn't all that seperated, which got me curious about the solvers, because what lived with me was to exploit whatever gut feeling i had, with minimal HUD's and only the stuff i could see being relevant, to todays world with HUD's being sorta out fased again on some sites, it got me kinda excited.

As you might have realised from the big savings account, im a cautious person, and rarely take big risks, so i sat down and created a plan for 2026 to find my way back, but to try and do it though the solvers, to learn the theoretical correct, so i better understand why and when to exploit if we compare it to the solver, and it actually became kinda interesting for me to dig deep into a lab, and in that process i also realised it probly was ambitious to expect any human to be able to comprehend it and apply it.

2026 goals and milestones
Main goal: NL5 to NL200 shots so from current BR of about 1500 to 30.000 - Deadline is 1st of december 2026.

Milestones:
NL5 - 30k - with a profit (im aware of variance, so it doesnt matter if its +5$ or +500$, i just dislike moving on with a minus).
NL10 between current to 2500 before NL25 (move down at 2000)
NL25 2500 to 5000 move down at 4500.
NL50 5000 to 10.000 move down at 9000.
NL100 is basicly until im at 30.000 before i will consider being permanent on NL200, and moving down at 28.000

That being said i can shot take for NL200 when im at 20.000 with 2 Bi, so friday / saturday prime time, i will take a shot when that point is reached.

Current BR:
PS: 1197$
888: 332$
Combined: 1529$

Im mainly playing on PS for now, since thats my best option i believe as a danish player.

888 acts as a ''extended arm'' - So i consider those two a combined roll in terms of moving up.

Strategy:
Clean house at GTOWizard, and learn everything possible, i've maded a full study plan, month by month, in terms of getting though everything.

January goals: MASTER PF
99% Accuracy consistently at RFI
99% Accuracy vs open (3b range)
99% Accuracy Blind defense range

Currently im 98-99% on RFI and 3b, over a sample of about 3k hands in january.

Im also running though the study plan, and currently working on my flop heurestics mainly because the PF things are starting to get kinda automatic already, if anyone have great tips for that process let me know.

Main focus right now is to be in the lab, and less on the tables, and when im playing my main goal isn't volume, but to impliment everything im studying.

Hands goal: Complete NL5

Set your heart a blaze


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Hi Rengoku,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com :welcome:

Well, it seems that you have the blog component started, now all you need to do is enter the bankroll challenge.

All the best,
VS


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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006

Hi there from me as well - just added your challenger badge! Your goal is one of the more ambitious ones, so extra GL to you!


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sebadread
Joined: 03.11.2010

Super interesting! I'm following you!

Regards!


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