OlMrb's Attempt to Rise to the Top.
Phase One

About Me: Been playing poker for about 8 years now. I have primarily played MTT's and a little cash here and there. Over the years MTT's have been good to me, so I stuck with them. Now, as my life has changed, I don't have the same time as I once did for MTT's, so I think its time to switch to primarily cash games.

I am not looking to become pro. I just would like to keep this hobby a profitable hobby for years to come. I also would like to help poker in some way that all players can benefit from. I don't how or what it will be, but it will be something.

Training I've had one coach over the years. For two years we worked on my MTT fundamentals, Mindset and how to study the game.

I have had 2 subscriptions to training sites. These were to used for strictly watching videos. I will be subscribing to a essential plan for now on this site. When my BR increases enough to subscribe to a pro plan, I will

I Have watched Numerous Free content from various video providers.
I Have watched countless hours of top pro's playing on twitch. I know this isn't direct training, but watching twitch can help you keep up with trends.

Have spent a bit of time on forums, but not in the cash game sections.

About My Challenge: I am going to attempt to become a winning player at every stake I play. I will be starting at the lowest level of zoom cash games on Pokerstars. Once I have achieved a solid win rate at the level I'm playing and have a sufficient bankroll, I will move up to the next stake available. I may deviate from this slightly if I feel I'm good enough to move up. My goal is to get to 100NL, then work on a second phase for this challenge.

I have set aside a $1k bankroll for this challenge. (Yes i know I'm over rolled for the lowest stakes) 80% of my bankroll will be for buyins and 20% will be for training. I will only be loading up enough cash on stars for 2NL, with the rest staying in my bank as a reserve in case of bad swings. I will be using all of my stars coins for MTT satties to large buyin MTT's.

I will start out one tabling for the time being. Once I start getting into the swing of things and my numbers are looking good, I will add tables as I go. If I'm multitabling at one level, I may drop down the number of tables when I move up in stakes. I will do this to concentrate on the game play at the new stake.

I will be grinding and studying on average 5-20hrs a week.

The challenge will start Sunday June 26th 2016

Challenge Goals:
1. Achieve a solid win rate at every level I play.
2. Play a Minimum of 25k hands at each level I play.
3. Move up from 2NL-100NL with solid, consistent play.
4. Work on my game every week with the RIO Forum members and coaches.
5. Discover and seal up most of my leaks
6. Achieve Silverstar or better and be able to maintain this status.

Lifetime Poker Goals:
3. To Help Poker grow to its full potential.
4. Be able to play Profitably until the day I die.
5. To become a coach for future generations of poker players.

Updates: I will Update this thread after each session. I will post some highlights of big hands for discussion and some stats from the sessions. Once a month I post a graph for all of you that love them.

Phase 2 Preview: Phase two will be similar to Phase one, but I will be playing the Mid stakes instead of the micros. If all goes well with phase one, I will make phase two a little more interactive by twitching game play, helping others move through the micros and possibly setup a staking plan for players to sweat the action.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you for reading,
OlMrB