LT3: 3rd year SNE 6m Hypers (TLDR in OP)

_Anonymous_ · 2009-08-10T05:43:24Z

TLDR This thread is extremely long so I am writing a summary here for new readers that don't want to read the whole blog but still want to know the story. I will quote the yearly reflection posts. - Started playing SnGs 'semi-seriously' in 2009 tracking my progress through the low stakes Turbos on FTP (SN 'lessonthree'). Originally posted by lessthanthreee :heart:2010 wrap-up:heart: Jan - mixing 12s-24s trying to move up to the reg infested MS SnGs on FT. Feb - swongs. played mostly 12s, cashed out some of my BR to upgrade my pc Mar - played 12s to rebuild my roll. ran hot. consistently putting in +$1k months. 16 tabling at this point. Apr - blog dramas, still raping the 12s for >10%. May - playing just 24s. adjusting. swinging. Jun - solid results on 24s-36s. starting to build confidence. (first $2k month) Jul - solid results again on 24s-36s. new record profit month. (12 months of STTs 2s - 36s) Aug - got backing and hit the 60s, ran good played good. setting my sights on the 100s. Sep - avg month, small sample on 119s didnt go too well. Oct - ran like shit, about 4k < ev. 120BIs < ev on 36s. Nov - failed @ creating a freeroll. Russian bots spammed it. Best poker month of the year. ran incredibly hot. added 216s+ (lol variance) Dec - meh, ran bad. played good. ps.com video coach :) Overall I am very very happy with my year. I started 2k10 with 2k online playing $12 SnGs in my free time. I built myself up to playing the highest stakes possible with the best players in the world. I'm also very proud to have become a ps.com coach and thanks to everyone for encouraging me to do it. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to do this as a job, but I'm going to give it a good shot in 2k11. I love the freedom of setting my own hours and not stressing about impressing the boss. There is a lot of stress in being a poker professional, but also a lot of satisfaction and rewards if you work hard. Highlights: - - Ranked 13 in Holdem 9 to 10 Players Turbo $36-$100 Total Profit 2010 Leaderboard - Winning my first $555 after a 10% suck-out on the bubble. - Coaching, both receiving and giving. - Receiving encouraging and positive feedback from my first video. - Back-to-back +$2k days. :club:Statistics :club: Games played: 13341 Length: 895.8hrs played Average duration: 30.1min Winnings: $17684.12 + $11438.38 RB = +$29122.50 Rake: $42344.80 $/hr: $32.50 ROI: 3.4% EV$ Adjusted ROI: 3.6% + ~12k in other bonuses/coaching/staking/etc = + ~$41k :diamond:2010 Graph :diamond: :club:New 2010 Goals!:club: [] 10k profit over 10k games[] become a $55 reg by Dec 31st[] make new friends in the mid-stakes[] take on some more students[] hopefully make some training videos posting 2k11 goals tomorrow. 2011. - Played STTs on FTP until Black Friday. - Transitioned to SnG MTTs/scheduled for some months. - Started playing some live events in my home town. - solid first year as a pro. Originally posted by lessthanthreee STTs MTTs +~33k from staking/coaching/bonuses 17k stuck in FT :( total is around 80k. not bad for my first year as a pro. but i definitely need to work harder in 2012. 2012 - Transition to 6m hypers. Make SNE . Originally posted by lessthanthreee I feel like I’m writing an acceptance speech. I have some people to thank. Firstly, I want to thank pokerstrategy.com, particularly, Ingrid, Sven and who ever had the idea to implement a staking forum. I want to recognise the long time SnG evaluation forum regulars Kurrkabin, Gavron23 and Demonic226. Also, a special mention to my good mates Chenny8888, Tim64 and BigAl123456. Lastly, to everyone who backed me this year, you made this possible. The format of this review will be my reflection of the year followed by graphs and some stats. Reflection On November 26th 2011 I entered the world of marriage followed by Christmas and a honeymoon. It was December 2011 at a live event in Sydney where I told Chenny8888 that I was relatively bankroll broke for the stakes I wanted to play. I was comfortably rolled for the 30s-60s but I had been playing up to the $300 Turbos during 2011. I wanted to play with the best STT players in the world and maybe make a run for SNE and to do that I needed help. I contacted a few of the large stables to see what they could offer. All of the deals were not appealing to me. Without going into too much detail, I felt I could get a better deal by myself. I began my year long staking quest on the 31st of January 2012, I was already a month behind the SNE chase (my staking thread). I sold the first block quickly and started grinding the 100s. Results were normal; I was used to the swings. I continued to make profit on the stake and started adding 200s-300s in April. April was my biggest winning month pre-rb (+$13511). In May I played exclusively 100s+. This is where I noticed the high stakes Turbo environment wasn’t optimal for me. The games were soft, but the volume was lacking. This made it hard to put in enough volume at 200s+...

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28.07.2011, 02:05 0

sh1p it

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28.07.2011, 04:07 0

so yeah. just won my first big field mtt! obv i got lucky, but man i played out of my skin.

highlight of my poker career so far.

LOL. msg from my fiance
'well done, you did promise me an ipad?'

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28.07.2011, 04:22 0

lol sick, grats and pokerstars love you

dude ihufa is top 10 iin that tournament???

what the hell that's sick pokerstrategy represent

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28.07.2011, 06:05 0

Post the last hand! Seriously.

Solid win :f_cool:

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28.07.2011, 07:50 0

Originally posted by LgWz
Post the last hand! Seriously.

Solid win

haha. the last hand was a bit controversial. but i think its fine havent had the chance to review yet. might change my mind in a few days.

both are fish, btn is a bit wild. pretty loose.
bb is a super nit.
fold? lolno
3b/call eww spewy
3b/fold lolno
f it. ill just jam. can never be that bad

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 22 Tournament, 30000/60000 Blinds 6000 Ante (3 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) (t4336600)
BB (t911104)
Button (t1784296)

Hero's M: 40.15

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6, 6
Button bets t120000, Hero raises to t4330600 (All-In), BB calls t845104 (All-In), Button calls t1658296 (All-In)

Flop: (t4479696) 3, 4, 6 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: (t4479696) 8 (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: (t4479696) 10 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: t4479696

Results:
Button had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
Hero had 6, 6 (three of a kind, sixes).
BB had A, K (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Hero won t4479696

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_Anonymous_

28.07.2011, 08:27 0

Congrats on the Bink!!!!

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akrammon

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28.07.2011, 09:30 0

Congratulations, that's very very nice! And there should be a bonus for winning it without HU ♠_biggrin: Very nice job, sir!

p.s. You've got a funny fiancée

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chenny8888

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28.07.2011, 10:28 0

BOOM! the 66 is probably +EV given your information. i'm also curious about how to approach these spots. i've been taking the 3bet/call line for balance lately but it may be suboptimal.

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28.07.2011, 11:19 0

Congrats

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_Anonymous_

28.07.2011, 12:21 0

Nice one, congratulations!

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pokerski

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28.07.2011, 13:01 0

That is a big one. Congrats!

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28.07.2011, 13:13 0

grats to down under,
could it be that you also promised me an ipad :-) ?

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ihufa

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28.07.2011, 13:28 0

Congrats! what does purple note mean?! :f_biggrin:

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_Anonymous_

28.07.2011, 16:19 0

Originally posted by ihufa
Congrats! what does purple note mean?!

troll probably

lol at sven

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VBZg

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28.07.2011, 16:25 0

congratz

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28.07.2011, 18:26 0

Originally posted by purplefizz

Originally posted by ihufa
Congrats! what does purple note mean?!

troll probably

LOL

this

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_Anonymous_

28.07.2011, 23:58 0

balance is overrated, I also like shoving here

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_Anonymous_

29.07.2011, 00:33 0

Gratz on the bink lesson!

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29.07.2011, 01:57 0

congrats to my horse who just chopped the big 109 for 13.5k. weeeeeee

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chenny8888

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29.07.2011, 02:07 0

Originally posted by lessthanthreee
congrats to my horse who just chopped the big 109 for 13.5k. weeeeeee

GREAT SUCCESS

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