Going well, bit unlucky in CO spots last few hands. Need to stop playing slots, so I can move up at 5nl:f_rolleyes:
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When showing the upswing, I have to be fair showing the downswing in last two days too. Plugged some leaks, mainly iso limper with kxs and qxs. Keeping pot smaller and have a good mental checklist. Upswing coming soon!
Still a good month tho.
Still at 2nl, had a pretty heavy downswing, too tired and ton of bad set ups, but back at it going strong. In a month or two I hope to attack nl5 with a 40 BRM.
Looking good don't let the swings get you down it's all part of the ride keep playing your best game. And you'll come through them in good shape if you keep using good Br management. 
It is actually a fairly good looking graph!
Since your non-showdown winnings are actually above your showdown winnings, you may be bluffing more than necessary, but don't mess with what is apparently working!
All the best,
VS
A new month is starting, the last one was good. I need to improve my state of mind and play longer sessions. I have a bit of money coming in soon and looking to fully upgrade my new grinding station as for now playing on a old laptop.
I'm not sure what to buy, thinking of two monitors hooked on a laptop. A 4k tv seems nice too or an Imac 27 5k with an extra monitor. Nice big lazy chair and a table/desk, if anyone can recommend me a good setup I'm all ears!
I haven't much improved on my showdown winnings, but my opening ranges from all postions have been consistent on all my small sample sizes I got from trying out various HUD software. So I must do something right. I have a bad cash out habit in the client when I am ahead in a all in situation. At 2nl my bankroll is a bit overkill, I should make the jump to nl5 now, but attacking the issues that I have seems a better practice at 2nl, but soon!
Final results this month:
Taking a few shots at 5nl and its not going well, played a ton of 1usd spins and it was horror. All part of the journey. Regroup, bit of study and adjustments and we keep trying!
Back on the grind last few days, today I made a few costly errors. Trying to play, when I wasn't feeling like it. I kept going and in the end happy plus I have a postive redline! (I mean show down, not redline, me dumb donk, hehe)
Red lines going down are just a sign that you're taking only quality hands to showdown.
It is a really good idea to read https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=216296
This is one of the greatest discussions of "red line vs blue line" I've ever encountered.
However I definitely agree -- The graph looks like you're doing pretty much everything right, even with the "costly errors"
Well played!
VS
Haha, silly me, I meant my showdown winnings going up, my redline has always been high. I do construct my ranges better and checking back some good hands on the flop too, well at least the last few days. Great stuff, good read indeed, thank you V!
Have to push myself to play, not optimal. COVID-19 freaking me out a bit, no symptoms, all good, but scary! Managed to be back in profit and next month I will shoot 5nl for 10BI loss or obviously much better 
Happy with showdown winnings, can't put a finger that my game/play's really changed, guess I get called more.
Hi SittingOuts,
Keep in mind that 5000 hands is still a small sample size.
All in all, your graph is nothing to be concerned about -- in fact is it one of the best I've seen posted here recently.
If you find that it is time to play, but you don't really feel like it, perhaps take that time to study -- maybe watch a video to get in the mood.
Since you have "blog" in the title, if you want, we can move this thread to the blogs forum.
It's up to you -- it is OK to leave it here. Just let me know and I'll move it.
All the best,
VS
Feels like I have to catch up every time I play a session. Not sure about leaks, altho I feel like I'm calling way to many 3bet/4bets. I'm gone use a random number thing to balance my game a bit more. Running 6bi under ev, but thats all part of it so not gone complain. Bankroll at all time high, doesn't feel like it. I'm a bit insecure about my game, no smooth sailing like before....
@Vorp it's okay to move it I guess, don't really mind. Thanks for your input as always <3
Originally posted by SittingOuts
@Vorp it's okay to move it I guess, don't really mind. Thanks for your input as always <3
Done!
It has been a while, little worried about the virus, have some symptoms: sore throat, weird rash on my belly and overall a bit tired. No fewer or dry cough, so I should be fine and its not getting any worse, lets keep it that way
Poker have been playing small sessions, result are pretty decent, till today were I lost 6 preflop all ins in 450bb and over pots. AA vs AQ/KQ, JJ vs Qs A7o, QQ vs KQS and tlist go's on. Frustrating :* 
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However I should be moving up now, little scary I must admit. My starting balance was 25usd in December 2019. It has been a rocky road.
25 - 90
90 - 40 (killed at zoom, don;t play it anymore)
40 - 105
105 - 60 (horrible session on spin and go, overall little up)
60 - 184
184 - 130 ( super bad tilt session, really bad)
130 - 232
My bankroll is ready for nl5 and I should go for it, since my play has been okay last few weeks. Wish me luck!
Hi, very interesting graphs. Totally opposite of mine. My non-showdown winnings never go above zero. I have probably never ever had a session like you posted in your last post with graph above. You must be playing very very aggressive and defend a lot. What are your basic stats like VPIP/PFR/3bet/WTSD or aggression? Just curious.
It obv works for you in some way since you have have made solid profit on NL2 in 3-4 months. I only know that if I tried to play like this, I would bust in one session 
But with this game style you probably have to prepare yourself for major swings. Swings are of course a natural part of poker for everyone but with this much aggression on micros I think they are going to be more common. But your bankroll management is solid (shots with 40BIs on higher limit is pretty tight and safe) so you should be fine if you are prepared mentally. 