My 1st Bankroll Challenge (HUSNG) ... let's go!

Originally posted by DiggerIsADancer
Hi, I'm from Hamburg, Germany and after a lot of up- and downswings my biggest goal is to get an constant winning player. The last months I played a lot of SNAP Poker on 888 but to be honest: I'm not a cash game player. So I switched to Heads up on 888 and the first results the last weeks are quite ok. Right now my Bankroll ist 450$ and my goal is 2.5k.

Hi DiggerIsADancer,
Welcome to the PokerStrategy.com EN forum

Best of luck in the challenge! :gl:,
VS

... ty, VorpalF2F!

Hello to the round. Three days after I signed up for the Bankroll Challenge, here comes my first update. I've decided to post my updates in calendar weeks, so here goes KW37. Didn't get to play much poker - just played six HUSNGs and one MTT. The result: +$7.07. The last game I was just a huge luckbox. The following call put me completely behind.

** 888.de Hand History for Game 1376303573 **
15/30 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 18 09 2022 20:38:13
Tournament #219891749 $2.78 + $0.22 - Table #1 2 Max (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 4: bencarpbradl ( 1,312 )
Seat 9: DiggerIsADan ( 688 )
bencarpbradl posts small blind [15]
DiggerIsADan posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DiggerIsADan [ Qc, 6h ]
bencarpbradl raises [45]
DiggerIsADan calls [30]
** Dealing flop ** [ 3d, Qd, Ac ]
DiggerIsADan checks
bencarpbradl bets [120]
DiggerIsADan calls [120]
** Dealing turn ** [ 2d ]
DiggerIsADan checks
bencarpbradl checks
** Dealing river ** [ 4h ]
DiggerIsADan checks
bencarpbradl bets [240]
DiggerIsADan calls [240]

No idea what I was thinking - in hindsight a clear fold for me. He bet pot size on the flop, then c-c and on the river 2/3 pot size. The next hand then the worst suck out. Not sure I really think this is a bad call. In the end he can also just push and bet the flop completely with air, couldn't he? Or is this a clear fold pre?!

** 888.de Hand History for Game 1376303714 **
20/40 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 18 09 2022 20:39:03
Tournament #219891749 $2.78 + $0.22 - Table #1 2 Max (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 4: bencarpbradl ( 1,732 )
Seat 9: DiggerIsADan ( 268 )
DiggerIsADan posts small blind [20]
bencarpbradl posts big blind [40]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DiggerIsADan [ 4s, 9c ]
DiggerIsADan calls [20]
bencarpbradl checks
** Dealing flop ** [ 4h, Jc, 7c ]
bencarpbradl bets [200]
DiggerIsADan raises [228]
bencarpbradl calls [28]
** Dealing turn ** [ 2s ]
** Dealing river ** [ 9d ]
** Summary **
bencarpbradl shows [ 8h, Jd ]
DiggerIsADan shows [ 4s, 9c ]
DiggerIsADan collected [ 536 ]

Next week I try to play much more. Good luck all!

... oh, before I forget: I would love to start a small micro stakes HUSNG training group. So if you're looking for someone else or if you'd like to exchange ideas about hands maybe 1 or 2 times a week, feel free to write me.

Q6o pre and flop are ok. But it's bit nasty on flop already versus pot bet. Not folding without good reads but we should have plan versus second barrel on blank turns.

Turn complete flush so his check doesn't really mean that much weakness. On river he can still value bet some two pair or better. We don't block flush either so just fold.

94o I would just open fold. With suited I don't mind limp.

Welcome to the blog section and Good Luck in your challenge!

... ty u, svenbe!

... hahaha, just had a brutal realization: it's really stupid to do the heads-up-challenge in $ ... the exchange rate fluctuations kills me ... i'm up 20 euros this week ... in dollar it's 10 .... uh!

... second week, two findings: I'm not very accurate in tracking my heads-up games (about 40+ this week), and I should do my BR challenge in Euros. As of today I have a plus of 27 euros, in dollars it's just 12. The reason: the strong fluctuations in the exchange rate conversion. Oh well. Playwise the week was ok - with highs (all-in-call with bottom pair, because his line made zero sense) and lows (ran into monsters a few times and thought my hand was good). Next week I can play a little less again, let's see what works. Good luck to all!

... does anyone know how i can post my pokerprolabs graph?

... was curious and have activated Opt in at Sharkscope. Currently I am on place 5 (of 1014 players) at the $3 HUSNG worldwide. Not soooo bad. I wonder who is first? My guess is 1berilas or WestHenyi. 1berilas often plays 10 to 15 games a day. I haven't seen Westhenyi at the tables for a while - I hope he's doing well unknown?! Good luck to all!

I have hided my results, but top 5 worldwide is really good.

It's also possible the top players are now playing on a higher limit.

... top 5 worldwide on 888 Poker And I'm pretty sure the sharks play higher stakes. The 3$ HUSNG are very beatable on 888.

What sort of exchange rates are those if 1€ is 0.5$? Afaik its pretty much 1:1 rate currently.

... the exchange rate is currently fluctuating between 1.02 and 0.95 euros per dollar. With a bankroll of 500 euros, this can mean a fluctuation of $35, i.e.: one day I have a bankroll of $510 and the next $475 (extreme case, i know) - depending on the daily exchange rate. In Euros it's still 500.

EDIT: Maybe I've formulated this in the post above in a misleading way.

... pretty mediocre week. The first days everything went well, but from 29.9. I hardly won anything in my regular games ($3 HUSNG). And because I'm a real idiot (at least sometimes), I also dared two, three shots at the NL25 SNAP tables - with the result that I'm now +€40. No idea why I can't stop these shots. I've worked my way up a few times - and lost everything in these stupid shots, because at some point I'm playing NL200 SNAP and my set / two par is still overtaken by hitting trips / a flush draw. I'll definitely check out Siete777's "Tilt No More" series. Good luck!

EDIT: I play far too often on the app / tablet, so I can't track my hands. I really should stop doing that. Would like to post more often spots where I was unsure about my line and get constructive feedback from the community.