Few years away, but now I'm back!!! And gonna bring some music as well...

Hi tieppofer,
Welcome back to PokerStrategy.com!
Nice looking graph!

How is the pandemic affecting your poker?
Is live poker available still in Brazil? It has been shut down here since March.

By strange coincidence, my first time playing live poker cash games was the second-last night the casinos were open.

All the best,
VS

Hey Vorpal, most clubs are closed in my region, but we do play some home games every week so it doesn't affect me that much, to be honest I don't really like playing cash games in the clubs around here, too many gamblers and the volume makes it not worth my time, I do miss the tournaments though.

Wish you well, stay safe!!!

Played about 400 hands today, didn't have much time... it went ok considering I lost a big hand on a set over set I could't really predict... but I was able to recover at least a little.

Todays graph:

I purged this session because TBH I was quite drunk and pretty much gambling, I played some solid hands, but mostly was just drunken gamble.

Not a bad session for the day, still getting kinda screwed by some showdowns, but overall not a bad session considering it was really short, could've been better, but won't complain, -5.99bb/100 overall (played a little over 3500 hands).

Graph for the day:

Wasn't able to play many hands today, played less than 200 tbh, not a bad session, besides losing some hands on showdown (I do need to stop overextending, but I think that's just lack of practice playing online compared with playing live, also some bad luck so...)

Still a little behind overall, but recovering well, everyday my game gets a little more solid.

Graph for the day:

I won't comment on the graph because sample size is too small.

Wait -- yes I will.
In spots where you're playing bet/fold, don't forget the fold part when villain raises!

Best of luck :gl:,
VS

That's the main problem I'm encountering in NL2, everytime it went to showdown (besides 1 or 2 hands I should've folded) the villains pretty much just play too passive, the villains rarely raise, I literally lost a huge hand KK vs AA because the villain pretty much just played check/call. I will, select some hands to analisis.

Following your progress good luck

Still having problems with overly passive players, gotta adapt my postflop game better at least for NL2 (even though I do think I can beat it easily having enough hands played). I'm going back to home office for the next few weeks, so I will have more time to play, will try to put at least 3-5K hands/day to have a better sample, I'm also watching a few videos to try to make my game a little more solid, I don't think I am tilting or anything, but I do overextend sometimes and most of my leaks I am being able to find and fix by myself.

Overal graph (updated version):

The general rule of thumb is to be the opposite.
 vs passive players, bet your big hands, and get the hell out of Dodge when they play back at you.
 vs aggro players, let them bet into you (assuming you have a made hand or strong draw)
 vs tight players, open up your range a bit
 vs loose players tighten up a bit.

It also helps to change back and forth yourself

But at NL 2 who knows?

Yeah, it's crazy, but I do try to follow those rules, I don't think I'm being overly aggressive or even too lose, but I've been beaten a lot by passive players with HUGE hands. but I do need to play more hands to have a realistic sample size.

Finished another session, this one I finished about 2 buy-ins under, lost two shoves (one it was a missplay by me postflop, the other one was QQ vs AA preflop) and this stupid hand below, the rest of the game was quite standard and solid, gonna stick on NL2 for one more week, then moving to NL5, I don't think my game is really weak, just the results are not showing for now.

Hand in question

PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3

BTN: $2.00 (100 bb)
Hero (SB): $2.55 (127.5 bb)
BB: $4.66 (233 bb)
UTG: $2.51 (125.5 bb)
MP: $2.08 (104 bb)
CO: $3.91 (195.5 bb)

Hero posts SB $0.01, BB posts $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has K♣: K♦:
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.05, BB calls $0.03

Flop: ($0.10, 2 players) 9♣: T♠: Q♦:
Hero bets $0.05, BB calls $0.05

Turn: ($0.20, 2 players) 5♥:
Hero bets $0.10, BB calls $0.10

River: ($0.40, 2 players) 7♦:
Hero bets $0.29, BB calls $0.29

Results: $0.98 pot ($0.03 rake)
Final Board: 9♣: T♠: Q♦: 5♥: 7♦:

That hand kinda pissed me off a little to be honest, but that's life right?

Cheers!

KK hands fine imo just unlucky.

Yeah, it was standard, it pissed me of because the guy didn't show any aggression and I felt like a dumbass, I lost another KK hand but that was my mistake, I bet an overpair, got raised and then shoved, lost to a set.

My non-showdown gains are quite solid though, I'm just finding really weird to figure out NL2 on Zoom, I lost a lot of hands in the silly way like the one above, overly passive players who basically limp or check/call with huge monster hands.

Ok, I did something that I wouldn't considering doing, but it wouldn't be a fair measure of my progress, I played a session drunk as hell and was pretty much gambling with any 2 cards, so I decided to purge that session from my tracker that would be the only way to be fair to me and for those who are following my progress, I did made a backup of those hands for further study.

Started another session today, played 791 hands, had some ups and downs, ran into some bad hands on showdown, but can't really complain, for today I'm -1.5bb down, but I'll play more later.

Graph from the last session:

Overall graph:

My winnings are at the moment 1.7bb/100, unless I go into a drunken frenzy again I think I'm ok

Only played about 55 hands today, then started having connection problems so I decided to play more hands tomorrow, It was a nice little session, I've won a nice hand and it boosted a little my winnings, I fell my game is quite solid and I'm thinking about moving up to NL5 once I complete 10K hands no NL2.

Overall graph:

I do need to improve my river play and I do need to do a better job in the blinds, since that's where I'm losing my money.

Was able to play a good session this morning, little less than 900 hands, won some huge hands, but lost some as well, overall I finished a little ahead, not as well as I wanted, but the results are getting better.