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Grinding the micros again: 3rd time is a charm!

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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Hello everyone, please allow me to introduce myself... again. :f_tongue:

My name is Fernando, I'm not new to poker, actually I have been in an on and off relationship with this game for about 9 years now, time which I've also been a member of this marvelous community. I'm 27 and I hold a degree in Civil Engineering, even though I work as full time real estate broker in Brazil.

This is the 3rd time I'm trying to play poker regularly, the first time I don't remember why I stopped and the second time my computer broke and then I just don't remember, I think I just got involved in other activities (tennis and brazilian jiu-jitsu more specifically), anyway, I got myself into a jetski accident this summer and hurt my knee, so since I'm mostly at home for now... what the hell, let's try it again.

I think of myself as a perfectionist and as a grinder, when I start doing something I start from the beginning, without jumping any steps and I try to do it the best way I can, that's how it's going to be here. I am going to start with a 100 USD bankroll playing NL2 ZOOM FR, when I get to 150 USD I'll go up to NL5 and keep a 30 buy-in BRM.

I currently have no hands played, but I will be posting updates soon.

I hope you guys enjoy my blog from now on, I'm eager to learn and to share my poker experiences.

Cheers!


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AgapieGheorghe
Joined: 10.07.2011

Hello ! Good luck with your challnge ! :f_thumbsup:

Why do you prefer Zoom over normal tables ?


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Hello there... and thanks.

Well I’m going for zoom mainly because of the higher volume I can put per hour of play. Also I can focus more on the fundamentals of the game, especially the strategy for those levels. Probably when I get to NL10-25 I might switch to regular tables, so I can get better use of table selection. That’s pretty much it.

Cheers!


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D0NK3YonF1R3
Joined: 17.04.2012

GL m8

consider grinding the reg tables e.g. (12 tabls ~ 1000h / hr) you will have an significant higher wr in the end!


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Originally posted by D0NK3YonF1R3
GL m8

consider grinding the reg tables e.g. (12 tabls ~ 1000h / hr) you will have an significant higher wr in the end!

Thanks mate, I will probably be doing that once I go up the limits and get used to more tables.

Cheers


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

First session done, played 1h15min on 2 tables, that got me 670 hands and 1.38 USD profit... not really happy about it, though, it could've been way better if I had not made so many stupid mistakes.

Graph goes as follow

As you can see my big problem was with no-showdown hands (which was my strongest point), this week I will be working on getting used to ZOOM and work a little on my post flop play.

Cheers


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Crazy session today, ran KK into AA and a missclick caused me to lose 35bb, I'm still having some trouble letting go of some big hands and playing post flop with mediocre hands.

Still profitable though, 4.2bb/100 this session and overall 8.8bb/100 winrate.

Cheers


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Awful session today, played poorly and found myself in a lot of situations where I had a good hand but not the best hand... ran into a lot of coolers also, KK vs AA, str8 vs quads, trips vs str8 or flush... about 4 BIs down for the session and 1.25 BI down overall... guess shit like that happens, not really thinking about it.

Cheers


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

First week ended with myself breaking even, didn't have much time to play after the weekend to be honest.

Also... I won my first live tournament yesterday, it was kind of a freeroll where you could re-entry for a fee, the field was about 50 people more or less... did not spend a dime, went home with about 400 bucks, not a bad day.


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Forgot to update it... well, here it goes.

Haven't been playing much because of internet problems, but overall the game has been good to me. I've got just a little over 6K hands played, but good results... Overall 13.2bb/100 winrate and 16.02 USD up. Still gotta improve my postflop game, gotta start being more confident and stop putting myself and bad spots.


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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009

Woo!
It's been a great session, you're a helluva guy let me tell you, we had barely time for poker with all the cool stuff about Fernando
Definitely check it out in videos when the episode of talent gets released next week guys :)


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

It was great to have the opportunity to be in Got Talent, I really enjoyed getting to know the community a little better and the little time we had for poker was absolutely great, I'm pretty sure I'm a way better poker player now than I was before this session... I hope I have the opportunity to do this again soon.

Cheers!


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tieppofer
Joined: 25.01.2009

Didn't have much time to play this week after Got Talent, had one session where I lost about 2 BIs, not a big deal tho... Been thinking a lot, considering my limited time I'm gonna follow LemOn's advice and start playing SH... I really think I've got NL2 beaten, I just need to put the volume to build my bankroll, the beginner strategy is good enough to beat this level of playing.

I will take this weekend to study SH theory and I'll be bringing new updates next week.

Cheers


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