Good first day all in all. Played mostly 4 tables zoom, sometimes 4-6 regular tables. Ran well, got it in vs top of villians ranges a few times but often sucked out. Made a few bad plays in marginal spots around 4k hands near the end of the day but apart from that a solid first day. Using all FPPS on satties and selling tournament tickets. I've estimated this return and represented it as rakeback.

Hit my goal of 4K hands which I'm happy about. Lets hope tomorrow is as good!

BR: $67.29

Good luck sir!

If I read you correctly, you plan on playing 10z with 10 buy-ins? And 25z with 20 buy-ins? If so, I would recommend you to definitely not play at any stake with less than 20 buy-ins. I mean, 15-20 buy-ins is itself a stretch. It's okay for playing at a stake when you attempt to move up, but it requires you to move down very quickly even after small losses, a single losing session can be enough. If you handle it correctly it can work though.

But TEN buy-ins? I would never sit at a table where I only have ten buy-ins. You'd have to be sweating the results of every single hand to make sure that you don't bust your bankroll that same session - that's not a comfortable way to play the game.

Interesting second day. Started off going up a couple of buy ins in my morning session, then played a bit of zoom and ran terribly dropping to -6 buy ins. Went for another run to clear my mind and came back to finish the day +2 buy ins profit.

Lost my database so only have the final session of the day (so profits look much greater). Bankroll: $83

Hopefully we can hit the $100 mark in the next few days!

Bad couple of days. Ran about $40 under EV and kept running middle into top set. Had to restart the challenge at 2nl. Have been grinding 12-16 tables of full ring. Bankroll is recovering fast after today. Just a minor speedbump!

Current BR: $51
Only one hand I dislike where I could have made a nitty but correct fold.

Villian is a nit and hasn't been that aggressive postflop. I think he will call OTT with any flush draw and straight draw such as QJ. I think his jamming range OTT looks extremely strong and probably consists of sets, better two pair and combo draws such as QJs which have massive equity vs my two pair. I should've folded this OTT.

BB: $2.00 - VPIP: 10, PFR: 2, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 82

UTG: $1.88 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 7, AF: 2.6, Hands: 110

UTG+1: $1.72 - VPIP: 30, PFR: 5, 3B: 2, AF: 3.0, Hands: 120

MP: $1.64 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 10, 3B: 5, AF: 1.5, Hands: 50

CO: $3.68 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 12, 3B: 4, AF: 5.0, Hands: 156

BTN: $2.35 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 1.1, Hands: 121

Hero (SB): $2.47 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 3.0, Hands: 820889



Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is SB with K 5

5 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BB calls $0.04



Flop: ($0.12) 5 K 4 (2 players)

Hero bets $0.08, BB calls $0.08



Turn: ($0.28) T (2 players)

Hero bets $0.20, BB raises to $1.86, Hero calls $1.66



River: ($4.00) 5 (2 players)

Interesting second day. Played a variety of FR, 6 max, PLO, HU Hypers. As always the majority of my profits and play will be 6 max. Came to the conclusion that 2nl is full of stations so decided it would be more profitable to grind out 18-24 tables of 6 max and just extract max value. If the flop is QQ9 and i hold Kx triple barelling with the nut blocker wont matter as 2nl players will just call all 3 streets for their stack with pocket 5s. So going to play very value orientated and just ignore my redline for now. I'll implement bluffing with blockers more at higher stakes and vs nitty regs on certain board textures at these lower stakes. Sadly lost a bit on PLO at the end of the day but won some HU 1.5 turbos (realised how insanely soft these actually are so will definitely be playing more of these).

I spend any FPPS I have at the end of the day on satties and then sell these tournament and convert to cash.

Up nice and early for a run tomorrow then getting plenty of volume in before going gym later in the day and then getting further volume in for the evening. Not much planned as finished second year university exams so mostly just fitness/poker unless I go clubbing. Probably get about 8 hours of poker in - All about the volume to escape these lower limits asap!

Day results:
BR+ $11.50
Current BR: $62.50

Brilliant morning session and then decent smaller sessions later in the day (Ran kings into aces pre and made a mistake in one hand where I raised a fh otr to extract value after villian led for pot giving me the impression he had a nutted fh. He then rejammed and I called to see exactly the hand I expected.)

Mostly just playing 18 tables of 6 max 5nl regular tables. Definitely not playing the most +EV poker but the volume makes up for it. (I'm making more playing 18 tables than I would playing 6 tables at a much larger winrate).

Will continue with 5nl if mass tabling and will take shots at 10nl soon (but will ensure I play less tables for that).

BR + $38
Current BR: $100.76

Graph from yesterday and today - Haven't played much today (around 4k hands) but might get a bit of volume in later, just feeling a tad tired and a bit burnt out from all this volume.

Brilliant morning session and then decent smaller sessions later in the day (Ran kings into aces pre and made a mistake in one hand where I raised a fh otr to extract value after villian led for pot giving me the impression he had a nutted fh. He then rejammed and I called to see exactly the hand I expected.)

Mostly just playing 18 tables of 6 max 5nl regular tables. Definitely not playing the most +EV poker but the volume makes up for it. (I'm making more playing 18 tables than I would playing 6 tables at a much larger winrate).

Will continue with 5nl if mass tabling and will take shots at 10nl soon (but will ensure I play less tables for that).

BR + $38
Current BR: $100.76

Graph from yesterday and today - Haven't played much today (around 4k hands) but might get a bit of volume in later, just feeling a tad tired and a bit burnt out from all this volume.

Haven't got too much motivation to play atm. Just making sure I get around 4k hands a day. At the 5nl regualr tables on stars there are tons of fish so i'm able to play about 18 tables of 6 max stacked and just go to value town. Good morning session, extracted huge value everywhere. Redline continues to look disgusting but I know that's partially because bluffing against stations is -EV and also because i'm playing lots of tables and getting myself into bad marginal spots where I then have to fold on later streets.

Feel this doesn't matter atm as I'm winning at a good rate so can play my B game.

Just played another 1.7k hands in an hour this morning. Might force myself a session later although i'm exhausted as only slept for 3 hours last night.

GG, GL :)

TY!! Rough day 5. Played 5 short sessions in which I ran AK into Aces on a KXX rb flop. Kings into aces pre , set into a straight, set into a flush. And never got action with aces. Just a shitty day in general. Pretty sure my game is fine and it was just a "downswing". Actually, I dropped 3 buy ins in EV, even when running kings into aces. Just gotta shrug it off and continue.

Happy I managed to avoid tilt throughout the day by keeping all the sessions short when running bad. Still managed decent volume of around 4.2K hands.

New BR: $102.74

Aint played huge volume. Haven't played my best either but back on the up so can't complain!.The downswing was definitely extended by bad play (which was due to me 24 tabling 6 maxes).

Current BR: $109

I've dropped back down to playing 9 tables tiled and despite making some bad spewy plays in areas I'm on the up and BR is looking good again. Just need to keep plays simple, not double/triple barelling stations and not trying to get alot of regs off top pair otr as players at 5nl wont fold top pair regardless of the board texture. Heading home from uni tomorrow so will be able to play on my desktop which will make tiling alot more efficient (larger screen). Hopefully I can keep grinding 9-12 tables tiled of 6 maxes and be up to $200 and move up to 10nl in a week and a half.

Moved back from university to home for the summer. Got a small session in this evening but tired and want to relax tonight. mostly played 4 tables zoom. Some nice small bluffs went through but mostly went for really thin value. Playing on desktop now i'm at home so I will play with a reset database.

One interesting hand noted - Zoom, tablet player utg open shoves 150BBs. I'm UTG+1 with Queens. I opt to call thinking he's unlikely to have kings/aces here. Most likely has Ax/lower pocket pairs/garbage. My call is correct, he has AK and i'm around 54% to win. Sadly lose the flip but vs his jamming range there i'm happy calling, just worried about the players to act behind me.

Still managed to be profit up!

New BR: $115

First full down back at home! Had a morning session followed by various sessions scattered throughout the afternoon and in the evening. Played just over 4k hands as targeted, all 8-12 tabling 6 maxes. Started off fairly dull, realised that mornings in the UK on a Monday are pretty reg infested.. Went on a bit of a heater but encountered ALOT more fish in the evening. Will definitely make sure i play more later in the evenings in future as they are softer (although I still plan on playing the majority of my volume earlier in the day as I play better and it suits my lifestyle better).

Really content with my play, made some strong laydowns with overpairs earlier on in the day and am ensuring I stick to a very TAG playstyle but nitting it up vs most palyers when they show aggression as players tend to be passive and only raise with the nuts at 5NL (obviously this is villain dependent but in general this is true).

All my VPPS are being used on satellites and being sold for tournament ticket $$. I normally tend to exchange these for cash although I will sometimes use these for tournaments. Any of these rakeback profits will be added here.

After today I'm ahead of my goal of achieving $200 and moving up to 10NL in 8 days.

New BR: $150.23

Targeting 4k hands again tomorrow throughout the day. Going to get half done earlier in the day before going gym then following up the remainder of my hands later in the day.

Last 2 days results since returning home:

Time for an update I suppose!. Been mostly sticking with 4 tabling zoom, Moved down to 2NL when my BR dropped to $60, due to tilting and a bad run. Then moved back up to 5Nl at $100 and 10NL at $200. BR is currently at $250 and things are going well. I'm playing around 4K hands a day and taking a short break every 300-600 hands normally. I've made plenty of mistakes nitting it up too much in areas and being too loose in others but generally I feel I am consistently beating the player pool and as long as I keep on top of my mental game and keep improving my game through studying I can keep advancing forwards with my bankroll and move up stakes!

Current graph:

Nice graph. Good luck!

GL, sir. I'm doing a summer grind as well.

Very good stuff!! Hopefully more of us can make some Summer Log's and give each other advice along the way. I am going to start a SNG grind next week if anyone would be interested in talking strategy etc.

Thanks guys, wish you the best with your grinds too!

Been an interesting few days. I'm playing more LAG and my redline is starting to trend upwards (sometimes above my blueline). I'm attacking alot of the nitregs postflop and 4 bet bluffing the aggressive regs preflop who continuosly try to resteal and 3 bet bluff.

Bankroll currently sitting at $305 and I've unlocked 97% of my next $50 reward which I should get later today or tomorrow. Might take some shots at 16NL, otherwise next big goal is $500 and 25NL.

If any of you want to join a poker discussion group i'm in then just add me on skype: Hennrrryyyy
We discuss hands/spots and just general chill (would be nice to get some video convos in there too) but we've been going for a good few months now.

Brief Update: Playing less volume. Normally 2k hands a day, either 2 tabling zoom or 4 regular tables. Current BR is $355, might take shots at 16NL tomorrow (if the tables aren't much harder than 10NL).

Solid last couple of days. Putting much more emphasis on quality over quantity still. Playing 2 tables zoom or 1 tabling zoom and watching tv. Otherwise playing 4 regular tables tiled. Trying to hit around 2k hands a day.

Graph of results on laptop for last couple of days (I play some on my desktop too)

Noticeable hands:
http://www.handconverter.com/hands/2739442
- Villian looked fishy, his line seemed weak. Didn't love calling the river pot bet but his line looks to be a busted flush draw far too often. When multitabling and under too much time pressure I will sometimes fold here which is -EV imo. He showed up with a busted flush so nice pot there for me!

http://www.handconverter.com/hands/2739443
- VIllian looked like a reg. Opted to x/r this flop with bd second nfdraw and 2 overs. I have more sets here imo and can get alot of folds here otf. I decide to continue barelling on any club, ten or higher as they either give me equity or act as further scare cards. The board pairs otr and I think this is the perfect spot for me to overjam - I have all the sets here and I would take this exact line with all the sets. Villian is far more likely to hold an overpair or top pair type hand, possible a missed flush draw and I think I can get him to fold all of these hands a high percentage of the time. Villian tanked for 30 seconds before folding so I assume he had top pair or a hand like Jacks/Queens.

New BR: $401.23 - Running hot, great start at 16NL. Hopefully a swift transition to $500 and 25NL!

just a disgusting day. Multiple times i've been 2 outered otr by a pair which makes a better boat otr. Can't seem to hit the board at all, especially in 3 bet pots pre which is painful on a sunday when stars is full of stations (so bluffing isn't an option). Internet keeps dropping off also which isn't helping. Need to relax and calm down, been a tilt inducing day for sure. Br now $326

just a disgusting day. Multiple times i've been 2 outered otr by a pair which makes a better boat otr. Can't seem to hit the board at all, especially in 3 bet pots pre which is painful on a sunday when stars is full of stations (so bluffing isn't an option). Internet keeps dropping off also which isn't helping. Need to relax and calm down, been a tilt inducing day for sure. Br now $326

EDIT: Played a bit more volume, made a few hands and got paid off by donks (frustrating how you can't outplay villians on sunday nights as they are stations). Made a few nice triple barrels vs villains that have a fold button. BR: $357 ALOT BETTER!

Not much volume covered today. Played fairly well in most areas. Got a few solid bluffs tank called off otr and sadly got some solid bluffs called off by stations.

Typical example: Fish limps MP, I raise 77 in BB fish flats. Flop Ajx rb, i c bet fish calls, turn blank, I bet fish calls, river q, I bet fish calls.

I put the fish on jx and weak ax alot here and my range hits this harder than a fish's limp/call range. I bet otr and he snap calls with a5s for a weak top pair no kicker. Probably should just c bet and check fold turn vs this type of player but at least my read was completely spot on.

Here is my laptop graph again (playing the majority of my volume on my laptop and will continue to do so as I always seem to play worse on desktop (probably because tiling encourages me to play more tables and fast fold). When i'm on my laptop I can also relax more (lie on bed and watch tv sometimes)

Really happy with how my game is developing overall, consistently plugging any leaks I can find and exploit every bit of +EV I can such as 3 bet with trash preflop vs villians who overfold (3 betting shows auto profit). Also understanding which boards hit my range harder than villians and abusing this postflop. All of this can be seen through my redline which used to crash downwards.

New BR: $431.29

Quick update: Insane heater happened, played 'quite well' on desktop and A game on laptop as always. Overall good playing and a sick heater has resulted in +XX number of buyins.

New BR: $607

Not feeling great about taking shots at 25NL Zoom quite yet - I just don't feel comfortable about losing a $25 buy in. I'll probably take some shots on friday/saturday night when the player pool is softer to increase my edge.

Today was the start at 25NL. Player pool seems similar to 16NL, actually less aggressive and softer imo (16NL is a weird buyin level which is more likely to be filled with more regs I guess).

Made a rough semibluff in a 3 bet pot which I should've checked back OTF and OTT imo (3rd pair with open ender), he x/c flop and x/jammed turn and I folded. I think I needed around 28% equity and estimated around 20% so it was a good fold but could've been avoided if I checked the flop and turn back. Desktop results today have been pretty good (actually better!).

New BR: $651.80

Currently looking on pace to make $1500 by the end of summer, bring it on!

Updated laptop graph with the recent 25NL zoom hands:

Quick update: Wonky day, up $60 then down $100, then up again, then finished B/E after rakeback. BR $650. Lets go!

Haha cheers, I'm definitely considering logging my current progress again!