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Nice graph and good luck with your new blog :f_thumbsup::gl:

Cheers,
SDK1987

Nice graph!!

Cheers,

Originally posted by SittingOuts
It is nice to start with an upswing this last two months, but I know the variance and will be prepared for it.

Still a work in progress, I should find more river check raise bluffs. I never do it and my BB play is a little weak.

I will be still playing nl2 zoom, until I get the sessions in I want and playing as deep as possible. That way I will be prepared, it will be a long road, since this struggle is real and hard for me to become the grinder I want to be. But its time to go for it!

Hi SittingOuts,
Variance is all too real. One of the biggest leaks for new players is a mental one -- we start off on a massive heater and start to get cocky. I hope that doesn't happen to you!

I love playing deep -- players with other deep stacks are afraid of you and tend to tighten up, and you can play more speculative hands, and aggression pays better. The problem though is that after a while you get the blinds a lot.

The fact that you're doing this on zoom is even more impressive. Zoom is (for me anyway) somewhat tougher than regular tables...

Best of luck :gl:,
VS

Originally posted by tieppofer
Nice graph!!

Cheers,

Thanks mate, I know you said you playing weird hours, so do I across all hours of the day and mostly nights... trying to improve that tho

Hey Vorp, thanks for your support and taking the time to give me insight and input!

Key in poker is to be always humble and looking for things to improve. I feel a bit better for sure, but im still very insecure when starting a session and afraid to loose or even worse go on a mega tilt. The mega tilt normally happens once or twice a month. Pushing for longer sessions and volume are sure a trigger when things go bad. I know this is a part I can't get out of my game and thats my humble part, ha.

Regular tables, altho I did very well in the last year, feel so slow now and for me it is more tilt inducing, when facing a few brutal beats in a row. Thinking of it, I haven't tilted really bad in zoom yet. Just playing my range and apply pressure. I do have bad swings in zoom, but thats more playing bad and knowing it instead vs one or two players to get even, it's not that personal in zoom and for me thats a good thing, hehe.

Playing deep, I won some amazing 700-900BB pots, can't recall loosing one. I haven't pushed myself to continue to play, like I'm 4-5 BI's up its time to quit, but I will push myself to play longer. I think nl2 is great to learn those things first in a proper way, before moving up. So getting a good routine in is key now.

Hope to see you stream soon and if you want a few tips on your zoom play

Originally posted by SittingOuts
Hey Vorp, thanks for your support and taking the time to give me insight and input!

Hope to see you stream soon and if you want a few tips on your zoom play
Thanks for the feedback!

Let me know the next time you're on my stream, and I'll play some NLHE Zoom on 888 for the lulz
I haven't been playing my A-Game last few days, and as I posted on twitter, "Run bad plus stupidity doesn't make a winning combination"

Cheers,
VS

Cool! When your on I will find you ")

Nice blog!

Nice graph !! I think you lost a lot of EV by cashing out and gamblig at PLO. You should be playing NL10 now.

What change do you apply when you are deep ?

This month I want to be a full time grinder, starting from 06:00 till 21:00 were I have one or more sessions. I will be happy with a minimum of 3 hours a ses.

It is ok to do long cession but don't forget to take breaks. The human brain can't concentrate for a very long time.

Thanks Kerity!

Yeah, regrets. However getting a new 27inch monitor is absolute gold instead of playing on a 14inc laptopscreen. I blew it on plo and some bad plays in holdem. I feel I have a more solid game now, then lets say 3 months ago. Shame I did not improved earlier and holding back to play higher now, isn't helping me either. I just want the fundamentals to be able to really grind it out and I'm so far from it, that is the hardest part by far.

"What change do you apply when you are deep ?"

As you can see, I haven't played that many hands deep, but the adjustments I make are less 4 betting vs other deep stacks and wide my calling range if a deep stack is 3 betting me. My play vs 100BB stacks is pretty much the same.

Longer sessions, I still have to work that part out. Have to come up with a good schedule and stick with it to get a good routine, cause now its all over the place...

Thanks for your input!

I like your ev bb / 100 :-)

Decent sample size as well.

Certainly impressive!

Really trying to get the volume in, just don't seem to work for me, last few days I run KK 14 times into AA. Small break and rethinking my "volume" strategy

Honestly don't know, no fun running bad...

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players
MrQ11 (UTG): $9.16 (183 bb)
HERO (MP): $5.84 (117 bb)
cymx2724 (CO): $10.53 (211 bb)
diskale07 (BU): $1.10 (22 bb)
herrmutig (SB): $5.54 (111 bb)
deralte1948 (BB): $5.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07) Hero (HERO) is MP with Q♠ K♦
1 fold, HERO (MP) raises to $0.12, 1 fold, diskale07 (BU) 3-bets to $0.43, 1 fold, deralte1948 (BB) calls $0.38, HERO (MP) calls $0.31

Flop: ($1.31) K♠ T♦ 6♠ (3 players)
deralte1948 (BB) bets $0.05, HERO (MP) raises to $0.74, diskale07 (BU) calls $0.67 (all-in), deralte1948 (BB) calls $0.69

Turn: ($3.46) 9♠ (3 players, 1 all-in)
deralte1948 (BB) checks, HERO (MP) bets $1.10, deralte1948 (BB) calls $1.10

River: ($5.66) 5♠ (3 players, 1 all-in)
deralte1948 (BB) checks, HERO (MP) bets $3.57 (all-in), deralte1948 (BB) calls $2.73 (all-in)

Total pot: $11.12 (Rake: $0.46)

Showdown:
HERO (MP) shows Q♠ K♦ (a flush, King high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 33%, Flop: 69%, Turn: 64%, River: 0%)

deralte1948 (BB) shows T♣ A♠ (a flush, Ace high)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 27%, Flop: 23%, Turn: 29%, River: 100%)

diskale07 (BU) shows J♦ J♣ (a pair of Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 40%, Flop: 9%, Turn: 7%, River: 0%)

deralte1948 (BB) wins $10.66

Today not much better, altho I played some hands pretty bad, its brutal. Gone start 2 tabling 5nl zoom, using a rng. Pffff....

Originally posted by SittingOuts
Really trying to get the volume in, just don't seem to work for me, last few days I run KK 14 times into AA. Small break and rethinking my "volume" strategy

Brutal!
Playing until you reach a certain volume target has merits, but if you find yourself off your A-Game, or if you have taken a a few (14!!!) coolers, suckouts or bad beats before your reach your volume, continuing will cost you more $.

Suggest instead that you use the remainder of the time for review relaxation and recuperation.

Also, rather than set volume limits for sessions, perhaps time limits would be better.
Set aside a time when you'll be mentally and emotionally fresh, and play for a set time.
You can combine the two, but setting the time length to that which would normally generate the required volume -- but you quit at the end of the time regardless of volume.

At that point, do a non-poker activity such as exercise, a meal or whatever.

Then another time-limited session.

We call it "grinding" but if it becomes truly a grind, and is no longer enjoyable, we need to get back in the groove.

All the best,
VS

Preflop lol, but hey

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG (Hero): $21.71 (434 bb)
MP: $7.10 (142 bb)
CO: $12.76 (255 bb)
BU: $13.69 (274 bb)
SB: $7.28 (146 bb)
BB: $5.28 (106 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07) Hero is UTG with T♣ J♠
Hero raises to $0.12, 1 fold, CO 3-bets to $0.40, 3 players fold, Hero calls $0.28

Flop: ($0.87) K♥ 3♦ 7♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($0.87) Q♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.62, CO calls $0.62

River: ($2.11) 9♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.20, Hero raises to $20.69 (all-in), CO calls $10.54 (all-in)

Total pot: $25.59 (Rake: $1)

Showdown:
UTG (Hero) shows T♣ J♠ (a straight, Nine to King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 14%, Flop: 5%, Turn: 18%, River: 100%)

CO shows Q♦ Q♠ (three of a kind, Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 86%, Flop: 95%, Turn: 82%, River: 0%)

UTG (Hero) wins $24.59

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: $9.37 (187 bb)
MP: $14.25 (285 bb)
CO: $8.89 (178 bb)
BU: $5.63 (113 bb)
SB (Hero): $10.87 (217 bb)
BB: $4.32 (86 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with J♣ Q♣
UTG raises to $0.12, 1 fold, CO 3-bets to $0.37, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.35, 1 fold, UTG 4-bets to $1.20, CO calls $0.83, Hero calls $0.83

Flop: ($3.65) J♠ 4♦ J♦ (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $3.36, CO calls $3.36, Hero raises to $9.67 (all-in), UTG calls $4.81 (all-in), CO folds

Turn: ($23.35) 2♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($23.35) 5♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $23.35 (Rake: $3.90)

Showdown:
SB (Hero) shows J♣ Q♣ (three of a kind, Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 18%, Flop: 88%, Turn: 77%, River: 100%)

UTG shows K♠ K♦ (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 82%, Flop: 12%, Turn: 23%, River: 0%)

SB (Hero) wins $19.45

Lol, what a donkaments ;-)

Hehe, at least 5nl is on the right track.

Hey man, is it possible to get a recording of your play? I'm just always astounded by people with good redlines. Nice results

Thanks, playing on a really old laptop, but when I go back home within a few months I will post some sessions on youtube.