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Things have changed a bunch for sure. I do still think you can really exploit the regs too bc most are bad

Not in the games I play in. Most games online I am playing in are buying in 200bb deep and getting sometimes 1kbb deep and this is at 500NL. I also am struggling a little on how to adjust best to these deep stacks and which hands should I be speculating with?

I agree. He has all kinds of hands that will call a 2/3 to 3/4 pot size bet. When I started to type out all the hands vilian has on this flop texture that can call I gave up bc there is so many.

Well the sun run finally ended. I played really terrible as well which I can easily admit. Played to high and played way to bad to win. Lost about 3/4 my online bankroll or more in the last week or so. As well as in the last week winning $1500 in live games then going on fully monkey tilt and losing $1500 the very next night. My emotions definitely get the better of me sometimes. I have a good friend who made a good point that some people don’t know why they do things but I do yet I still make that same mistake time after time. I’ve got to learn from this if I plan on going anywhere besides up and right back down to where I started. Chin up though I know I can play well it’s just putting your head down and doing it.

This leads me to my next challenge which is to play the next 10 days everyday that I can leading up to WSOP Cherokee NC. I’m playing the first event the 10th of April and taking a couple days vacation up there. I’m going to be playing 7 times between now and then in live games and my goal is to play well and not tilt like I have been doing. I’d like to get in 40 hours of play and just get readjusted to live play before getting back at it in the WSOP. I’ll keep everyone posted.

Finally have fast internet again!!! It's insane how good internet can almost make you feel more confident in your poker game... Or maybe that's just knowing you won't be disconnected in a massive pot!

Well my day went pretty well at the tables. I only played tournaments and had an amazing day! I had my 2nd biggest online score ever of $3250! I finished 6th in the 108k guarantee that is $162 on Ignition! 19.8k up top though which is how we always feel when we don't win right?!?! Obviously I am very grateful for the nice run of cards and the good luck I had to make it as far as I did in the tournament. I feel I played very well too which is always a plus after how some of my other tournament knockouts went down. That's poker though.

Also played in some other tournaments today and total in buy ins I had $411($130 was in tickets) and won $3,598!

I’m guessing villian had a smaller set or 2 pair. That or a stone cold bluff. Do you remember if you looked it up?

PokerStars Zoom Hand #3749764000: Hold'em No Limit ($2.50/$5) - 2019/03/22 16:48:45
Table '#1369' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($429.72 in chips)
Seat 2: Small Blind ($1,148.42 in chips)
Seat 3: Big Blind ($927.04 in chips)
Small Blind: posts small blind $2.50
Big Blind: posts big blind $5
* HOLE CARDS
Dealt to Hero [2s 2h]
Hero: raises $12.50 to $12.50
Small Blind: folds
Big Blind: calls $7.50
FLOP [2c As 7c]
Big Blind: checks
Hero: bets $20
Big Blind: calls $20
TURN [2c As 7c] [7h]
Big Blind: bets $15
Hero: raises $80 to $80
Big Blind: calls $65
RIVER [2c As 7c 7h] [4s]
Big Blind: checks
Hero: bets $317.22 and is all-in
Big Blind: calls $317.22
SHOW DOWN
Hero: shows [2s 2h] (a full house, Deuces full of Sevens)
Big Blind: shows [7d 7s] (four of a kind, Sevens)
Big Blind collected $859.94 from pot
SUMMARY *
Total pot $861.94 | Rake $2.00
Board [2c As 7c 7h 4s]
Seat 1: Hero (button) showed [2s 2h] and lost with a full house, Deuces full of Sevens
Seat 2: Small Blind (small blind) mucked [8s Qh]
Seat 3: Big Blind (big blind) showed [7d 7s] and won ($859.94) with four of a kind, Sevens

This is the hand I was talking about I lost about at 500nl 3-handed with bottom full house.

Well I had to get new internet today after getting disconnected twice yesterday in massive pots. One I had the nuts on the river with an all in in front of me and a call.The second I flop a set of 9s in a 3 bet pot on a rainbow flop with a fish betting big into me on the flop and I'm in position. Couldn't call :( I will post a video of the hands on here so you can see the sadness that I felt as I couldn't call due to the software being terrible and my internet not being the greatest. Basically today I called and got really good internet! I didn't know it was only $20 a month for 30mb speeds so I feel like a massive noob.

I also should add that this is all happening while I am taking a shot with a backer playing 200nl and 500nl...Lost 3k the first day running bottom set into quads and 2nd nut flush to nut flush and such. Needless to say it was pretty terrible and then I won it all back yesterday and called it quits just being even. Felt like I'd won 5k haha! Just wait till you see this crazy graph at the end! Some of it was played at 500plo and 200plo as well that won't show up but I did get back to even that I promise. It was a great experience because I got to see how tough those guys play at 500nl and how they aren't amazing at 200nl. I don't think I am far off from being able to play 200nl and beat the game if not beat it right now. Maybe the graph and results will show for themselves one day? Right now I know I'm winning but it's over a small sample I know. I would like to add I did get over 20k hands this month evewn though I got a late start. This was all due to being on vacation this week but whatever. Back on track here... I feel pretty confident I am not a losing player in the 200nl streets game that's for sure. Maybe am wrong but I do think I would probably have to play regular tables and not zone tables because the games are so much softer there and I know I can improve my game much quicker playing regular tables at that limit because when I get up to those stakes the game plays much different which I enjoy. Doesn't hurt you can actually make a pretty durn good side income either! One reason I like the regular tables more than zone is that I will be able to think more about the tougher decisions you get put in and have some reads on opponents. Also I will be playing at a stake that you can make a pretty good side income playing 4 tables of 200nl on this site so the quality not quantity is going to be my approach for as of right now. I don't think I am going to set a hand goal for the rest of the year and set more of a time played goal instead. Seems better since I can then just know I put in good quality time and not just going through the motions to get a set number of hands in. Especially since I am going to be focusing my time more on regular tables anyway. I will be going from getting in around 450 hands/hr to around 275-300 hands/hr. I guess now that I typed it out it's not that big of a deal if my winrate can stay on up there! Basically my end poker goal is to be beating 1000nl which I do know will take a ton of time and work but I do believe I have the patience to get there. Well, back to the 100nl streets and maybe throwing in a 200nl if I can find a good spot every now and then. My bankroll could stand a 5 bi shot at 200nl right now so I wouldn't mind giving it a good effort since I did play at that limit already and it didn't feel to uncomfortable playing that limit knowing I can drop back down and still have 30bi for 100nl and play some 50nl zone which is my bread and butter to build my roll back up if need be. Well wish luck at the tables mates and that my first shot at 200nl goes according to plan!

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Good luck man. You’ve gotta invest in the beginning of poker for sure

So I have just really started taking poker serious again about 4 months ago and needless to say all the studying plus sun running is paying off! I've won right at around 4k in the last 3 weeks playing 50NL zone and 100NL regular tables. Adding in a couple of good small tourney runs and winning a small one last night it didn't seem that hard. Man it's nice to just run amazing. I have been working very hard on my game so it's always nice when it feels like that is paying off. Not that it should ever work that way it's just nice when it does.I am only able to get in around 400 hands/hr which makes getting my goal of 20k hands not easy. I'm pretty happy with my results and the fact that I am on pace to hit my hands played goal this month and so far I am winning at a 13.03bb/100! It's the first time I have ever just sat down and said "OK... I am going to play X amount of hands this month." Man I am so glad to be doing so well when my original goal was to not bust my online roll!! Obviously this will not continue as far as the sun run goes but I am going to enjoy it while it does and hopefully continue to pad my online roll since I keep it separate from my live bankroll. Anyway I just wanted to talk about some of the success this forum brings you when you study what these coaches and people are talking about. I plan on being a little more active in the forums rather than just lurking like I have the last 3 months. Hell I might even subscribe to the elite package. Surely it will pay for itself! Full update coming soon on Youtube! haha

Crazy sun run yesterday!!! I binked a small $10 tourney for right at $475 and won $775 at the cash tables tables 100NL and some 200NL at a really good table. This is the reason I am having such a tough time getting up a video and complete update as to where I am at this month or actually even who I am and what my plan is for that matter. I look forward to getting a video out by Sunday evening of my tourney win in the $11 2k guarantee and my graph for this month. I will also be introducing myself and what my goals and challenges are going to be for the rest of 2019. I honestly suck so bad at all this video editing thing. I'd almost be willing to pay for someone help me get this stuff done or setup!

Here is the tourney bink total

Sorry I haven't posted an update of my month so far everyone. The games have been great lately and I have been super busy but I'm off work the next 7 days and plan on catching up on my promise to make a Youtube video and update where I stand with hands played this month and financial results. I did get my new monitor in today and new mic so I should be good to go as far as everything I need to get this show on the road! Update by the end of the week I promise!

This is why I wanted to start posting more hands. I have learned more from this than I could have on my own seeing as how I am a noob when it comes to solvers. I just plugged it in Equilab to see what % I am on the turn. Hahaha I will agree after reviewing my database vilians are NOT bet folding this turn enough to probably be shoving on this board. I probably should have called in this exact spot but it's nice to see how close it actually is!!!
Essentially thank you for all the help.

Well I had a meeting first thing this morning at work that was lame as usual but it onlyj lasted an hour or so so I had about 2 hours to kill before coming back to work for another 9 hours to finish out the rest of the day. I did use that time wisely though and had a filling breakfast and reviewed a few hands and marked some hands I want to review with someone or just post in here soon to get some feedback. They were just spots I’m not to sure about and would like to get some insight on. I did play some for about an hour or so and won back 2 of the buy ins I’d lost last night at 100nl so I’m feeling pretty dang good about that for sure. Anyway it’s back at the real world and I hope the next post is one about hands and where I stand currently and what my next goal is.

Finally had a losing session last night even though I felt I played very well. For the first time that I can remember in a very long time I feel I played very well and my mental game was extremely strong. I stuck to my 3 bi stop loss and felt great stopping knowing I’ve had such a wonderful start to the month and played as well as I did. Basically I lost 2 all ins to preflop 5 bet all ins that were bluffs. I had AK vs A7 and villian hit a 7 on me and another one the villian ripped it in with A5s vs my AA and hit the wheel. I didn’t get all tilted as I normally would have after a few of those in a row. I just kept staying focused and playing as best I could. I’m super proud of myself for that and it makes me feel so much more confident in myself knowing all the studying on the mental aspect of poker and all the work off the table studying is paying off. For once I’m embracing the grind and just sticking to my volume goals of study and hands played per month. I am trying to get some updates posted but am struggling to find the time so we will see if in the next few days I can get some hands and graphs posted.

I absolutely can't wait to post some of these hands from the session I played tonight!!! Sadly it will have to wait a couple of days before I can get them downloaded but needless to say they're interesting. I certainly didn't win them all by any means but for a 3 hour session I did play fairly well I felt so that's always a plus. HH coming soon and an update. Probably Thursday so stay tuned!

Hint: (Massive WHALES on the felt tonight)