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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

Hello PokerStrategy!

All my poker career started here a pretty long time ago back in 2010, but I was active only on my own language (Hungarian) section. My main profile is Cash Game, right now on Ipoker and Unibet from NL200 to NL400. There is a long and successful journey behind me, but I hope there is still time and way to achieve higher objectives. I can't be grateful enough to poker as I reached so many things I was dreaming about.

I'm almost 35 years old, living with my family: wonderful wife, amazing 1-year old son, a daugther to be born in the summer and two dogs. I could not imagine any better environment for me to be motivated (well we had some tough periods before). My main goal is to find balance between my personal life and poker career and create the financial security for all my kids until they grow up or even after that.

It's very hard to target anything specific about money in poker, but let give it a try. I dont really play a limit before having 100 BIs for the limit, and I want to play NL5k, so let say the main target is reaching 500.000 € on my bankroll. I do have to pay expenes from my poker profit, so it's going to be harder than just making 500k profit.

I do have active acccounts on Betfair, RedStar and Unibet currently. I'm not saying I'm the biggest crusher on my current limits as there are some better players but I do have a decent winrate for a long period now and I'm ready to improve week by week. I always have problems with volume as I'm not that real grinder type, but hope I can increase my yearly input. Here is my graph from RedStar Poker recently, as nobody believes without evidence right?!

The main direction is good, my red line is going to improve hopefully and my blue will not suffer that much decrease. Lets work and crush together!

GL:
novy


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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

However I haven't received any comments, there are some likes on my blog, that makes me to keep up posting. February was a successful month in terms of quality but my quantity was pretty poor. Played only 15k hands, but had a winnings of 31 BIs, that is over 20bb/100, pretty sure it was a huge upswing that is always welcomed. It was also my first month ever with positive red line, that's a good feedback of my thinking is improving and I can outplay some of the regs of my limit. Hope the good run will not let me down for a long period and we can crush together. :f_thumbsup:


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Harrier88
Joined: 01.05.2012

Originally posted by novak53
However I haven't received any comments, there are some likes on my blog, that makes me to keep up posting.

The EN forum is not quite as active as it once used to be, unfortunately. Amassing 14 likes within such a short time is impressive, though. :f_eek: Normally, you only see those numbers in long-running threads, possibly still from the "boom times". You must have built up quite a following in the last 14 years to get so much support for your blog after a little over a week.

You would probably get even more support if you had any pictures of your dogs to post. :f_wink:


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

That's nice, I only played 8k hands in February, but I was 1-2tabling. And I have 2 kids, 7 and 5 years old. But I am also taking a pro career very seriously from midJanuary, trying to build habits. I played 45 hours total in February which results in average 1.6hours/a day. This is a lot for me. Keep it up, I believe you are winning. Relationships are key to everything. Poker is a lot for personal happiness/career... use them both to get max from life :f_thumbsup::f_love: thanks for blog


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szantoze
Joined: 22.12.2010

Hi novy!
Any specific thing you did to change your red line so drastically "overnight"? :) It's always a hot topic how to manage your red line (and also the debate if it's necessary at all). What's your take on that? Did you have a change in your game plan, a new approach, or just concentrating more on spots where agression was a possible choice? Looking forward to hear about your journey, I was a big fan of your videos in the past!
Z


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my5tyle
Joined: 11.11.2008

Hey, nice to see a crusher blog here. Gl on your journey ✌🏻


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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

Thank you for every feedback, all these give me motivation. Alright I keep it in mind to post pictures about my dogs. :f_biggrin:

Well actually I dont see myself as a crusher, there is always room to improve and be more optimal in every spot for sure. I had two good months to start the year, that's true, but we will see how things go on a larger sample. The red line is an interesting topic, I'm not really obsessed with it, but I do think after a level, its your only chance to find some extra money at the tables. Hard to answer your question in every detail, as I'm not sure what changes had the biggest impact on my red line overall. Let say a few examples:

1) Try to play each session only if I feel relaxed and rested, there is no mess around me. (That's not an easy environment, especially with a 1 year old kid :f_ugly: ) Almost every session when I play a bit tired ends with decreasing red line, as I miss many opportunities, and mostly play only my cards and not the boards.

2) I do 3bet more from the blinds ahd have a bit stronger entire defense range from BB.

3) Initiated donkbet ranges in almost every spot that favours me.

4) Bluffing more also with made hands if I see an opponent with overold frequencies.

5) Using more overbets and blockbets.

Hope these thoughts make some sense in terms of red line play, GL!


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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006

Very helpful advice indeed & good luck with your challenge!


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sebadread
Joined: 03.11.2010

Hello!

How is going with the BR Challenge?

Remember update the reporting thread, here is the link: The Bankroll Challenge 2023 - Reporting thread

Regards!


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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

Alright, should I report every week, or once in a month is also acceptable? Luckily I'm having some kind of upswing, so the challenge is going good so far, in March Im up to 10 BIs in winnings so far :f_thumbsup:


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Harrier88
Joined: 01.05.2012

Originally posted by novak53
Alright, should I report every week, or once in a month is also acceptable?

Whenever you want, it's up to you - people usually don't care as long as there are sick graphs involved. :f_grin:

I personally liked to do a big update with stats and all every month, and smaller ones in-between when there is a good reason for it, like some kind of milestone or a big tournament win.

More frequent updates will give people a reason to keep coming back, of course, and more opportunities to give feedback.


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my5tyle
Joined: 11.11.2008

How are you doing mate? How you organise your grind with family/kid/job etc?


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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006

Originally posted by novak53
Alright, should I report every week, or once in a month is also acceptable? Luckily I'm having some kind of upswing, so the challenge is going good so far, in March Im up to 10 BIs in winnings so far :f_thumbsup:
We will send you a ticket each time, it is usually due on the Monday that is following the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the Month (also updated in our reporting thread)

GL at the tables now!


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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

Alright, since I started my blog here mostly I played on Betfair. It was a special quarter for me, as I had some kind of upswing, resulting in running over 10bb/100 in winrate. Pretty sure that's my first ever double digit winrate in such period, but I was running above EV almost 10 BIs. This kind of variance is always welcomed and I'm ready to keep up working on my weaker areas. There are some changes in my red line play, as my recent results are between 0-1bb on the positive side, that one is a big evolve in my way of thinking in the most common spots. My wwsf also increased from 49 to above 51. I'm not sure about the english version, please correct me if necessary: "luck is no coincidence". :f_thumbsup:


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Nice blog! For the increased wwsf, over how big a sample have you sustained 51?


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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

Not sure about when the process exactly started, it's over 100k hands now.


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novak53
Joined: 02.05.2010

Actually I just checked my recent WWSF, that is above 52 for the year so far. Probably I'm having a decent upswing, facing some good spots, making solid decisions. April is doing great so far in terms of results, but due to some other business, quantity is on the lower side:

I'm not really obsessed with my red line, only green matters on the long run, but it's always an uplifting feeling to see it on the positive side. February was my best month so far with 30 BIs winnings, if I can keep up the good run I can probably broke it, but anything can happen in poker. We do the best and god do the rest. :f_grin:


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kacsa1st
Joined: 09.02.2007

Hats off mate! That is an enviable graph for sure. Keep crushing!


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

Novak fcking Djokovic.


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Very impressive results! Nice looking graph _biggrin:


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