Jager's Operation 60k+

This thread is to track my progress as I make 60,ooo+ dollars this year.

History: I started playing online poker in July by playing the daily freerolls at Party. After about 3 weeks I had $1.75, it takes forever when you only get $.18-$.22 cents when your ITM. One night after getting bounced early from the freerolls, I deceided to buy into a $1 tournament. After placing 18 and receiving $9.50 my roll was up to $10.25. I then started playing the $10 FR beginners tables to build my roll. After about 2 weeks I had built up to $400. I then made my 1st deposit of $50 to activate my account on Aug 4. As my roll increased I moved up in stakes to eventually reaching $100 FR around September 1, but I was playng a little under rolled because I was winning consistently. In the middle of the month I hit a Monster BBJ table share of around $3500. This allowed me to relax knowing I was now properly rolled. Before the legislation passed I was playing $200 FR, after I moved to Stars, started at $50 moved to $200 FR. Then after seeing the much tougher post legislation game I moved to SH. I started at $100 6M then quickly moved to $200 6M. Once I seen that my FR experience did nothing for my postflop game I moved down to $100 6M. I have been playing now for 6 months and haved 5 winning months and 1 break even month(November).


Goals:
1. To make 60k this year playing poker.
2. To get better allowing me to move up in stakes.

The Plan:
1. Play 60,ooo+ hands/month with a 3+ ptbb/100 rate.
2. Use the $650 bonus then the $1500 bonus to supplement each month.
3. Move up after I have grossed 5k/mo for a couple months, and I feel comfortable with my game.

Current BR: $9500

Good Luck!

1st update

1800 hands ran 20/17 + 5.75 buy ins. Started out smokin hot, I was up over 7 buy ins, then cooled off with some bad beats. Overall I'm happy with my play today, although most of my hands were fairly straight forward. AKo was a big loser, but I guess you can't win em all.

My big hand for the day:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG ($158.95)
MP ($109.95)
CO ($116.05)
Button ($101.35)
SB ($273.50)
Hero ($108.65)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 9.
1 fold, MP calls $1, 1 fold, Button calls $1, SB raises to $5, Hero calls $4, MP calls $4, Button calls $4.

Flop: ($20) 4, 6, 7 (4 players)
SB bets $16, Hero calls $16, MP calls $16, Button folds.

Turn: ($68) J (3 players)
SB bets $33, Hero calls $33, MP folds.

River: ($134) 4 (2 players)
SB bets $55, Hero calls $54.65 (All-In).

Final Pot: $243.65

Results in white below:
SB has 8h 8d (two pair, eights and fours).
Hero has 8s 9s (flush, jack high).
Outcome: Hero wins $243.30. SB wins $0.34.

Last 3200 hands running 21/17. Up 3.33 buy ins. I seem to be playing real well, however I am missing value on some hands...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG ($171.05)
MP ($57.80)
Button ($53.85)
Hero ($173.30)
BB ($79.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A.
3 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3.

Flop: ($8) K, A, K (2 players)
Hero bets $2, BB raises to $4, Hero calls $2.

Turn: ($16) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $8, Hero calls $8.

River: ($32) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $20, BB calls $20.

Final Pot: $72

Results in white below:
BB has Kc Th (three of a kind, kings).
Hero has Ad As (full house, aces full of kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $72.


Overall 3 days 5060 hands +9 buy ins running 21/17 at 9.00 bb/100

Oh god three bet flop in the last hand for christ sakes, or at least raise the turn!

Congrats Jager! I saw how bad it was for you going through that huge relentless downswing. I hope you can hit that goal of 50K, I'll probably see you along the way of my goal of 40K.

Week 1 is over...

12,400 hands of 100nl 20.8/16.5/2.4 5.95 ptBB/100
541 hands of 200nl it continues to be one bad beat after another for me at this level -$238.75

Oh and 90 hands at .01/.02 FR w/ TJ, Swig, and Andy I ran 34/30 for 728.89 bb/100 totalling $26.24

Total for the week $1266.54 +$650 Stars bonus = $1916.54

Current BR 10,800
cashed out 1000 for bills

I've also deceided to take a shot at $200 again. This time I plan to play 5,000 hands then see were I am.

Originally Posted by Jager

Oh and 90 hands at .01/.02 FR w/ TJ, Swig, and Andy I ran 34/30 for 728.89 bb/100 totalling $26.2

That was fun. GL sir

Don't know how I missed this...good luck, Jager! I know you'll do well.

Alright 9.2K hands of $200nl are in. I feel as though I will be able to stay at this level for a while. Is it me or are the games starting to get a little easier, at least since the UIGEA passed?? Stats so far 20.7/15.9 with a meager 2.24 ptbb/100. Note: This includes a 7.5 buy in downswing. Overall I am fairly happy with my play, and look forward going into the weekend.

Week 2 is over. 12,400 hands of 1/2 nl.

Stats 20.7/16 <--This seems to be real consistent.
4.35 bb/100 Finished up the weekend very well.
Profit $2159

A closer look at Week1 and Week 2 stats
Week 1:
Blind Steal 28.6%
Bet After Raise 65.3%
AF Flop 4.1
AF PF 2.4

Weak 2:
Blind Steal 28.8%
Bet After Raise 65.3%
AF Flop 3.5
AF PF 2.2

These stats are very similar. Does this mean I am too predictable? That I am not adjusting enough? Maybe my adjustments still lead to the same results. Maybe there is no need to adjust. Maybe I am selecting tables that fit my game. Maybe my game fits all tables. I guess only time will tell.

Well weak 3 has been real bad...

Especially since Tuesday...

Stats: 21.7/17
Hands: 12k
BB/100: -7.23
Net:-3500

Top 10 losing hands:
AA: -669
44: -400
A9s:-357
J8s:-356
KT:-347
97s:-328
AKo:-291
A8s:-240
KQs:-235
86s:-233

Total: -3456

Well this has been awful. Every hand I pushed when I was ahead into a full stack has been outdrawn except 1. This has been by far the worst downswing I ever had 17.5 buy ins. I do not feel that I am being outplayed at all, I just need PStars to turn of the damn doomswitch.

Good luck on your operation!!!

I have a question. In your short time playing poker what do you put your success down to? ie how much time and effort you put into studying, or any traits you feel you have etc.

I can say that my biggest attribute is my ability to read hands. I think this comes from a home game I used to play with my friends. We used to play 7 card stud usually with 9 and low hole card wild, roll your own. What this was is that you are dealt 3 cards and you each choose which card to initially flip up. With everyone having at least 1 wild card it was sometimes very challenging to figure out what your opponents held and they often would hold a very hidden 5 wilds. When I started playing Hold em this summer it was fairly easy for me to get a read on my oppoenents cards considering there were many more possible combinations in our 7 card stud game. As far as studying goes I have read Advanced Holdem, Small Stakes Holdem, HOH I & II, NLHT&P, most of Theory of Poker and I am currently trying to get time to read Psycholgy of Poker. I feel that my studying of these books and this forum has more fined tuned my game, it also taught me what is being taught to other beginners. If you don't now what your opponent is trying to do, how do you expect to beat them?

oops forgot i asked a qs

Thanks for the reply!!! I tend to lack some concentration which affects hand reading sometimes, especially after work.

sup

Update:

January:
80k hands between 100 and 200
Stats:21/17
100:+1.8k
200:-2k
Net:-.2k
Bonuses:+1.95k
Total for month:+1.75k

February:
80k hands between 100 and 200
Stats: 23/19
100: +4k
200:-1.6k
Net:2.4k
2 Bonuses:1.3k
Total for month: 3.7k

Year to date: thru Feb 28: 5K

Which means I am 1 month behind. However I am now within 10k VPPs of Supernova, and I have moved back up to 200 and I am holding my own, finally. Also I took a shot with the whole Neteller ordeal, I had over half my roll in there.