Operation: nom nom nom

Okay, so I'm basically I'm trying to make it big in poker eventually. I'm 22, and a commerce student @ McMaster university with no ambition of doing much with my degree, but will still go through the schooling just to have it as a back-up.

I was originally going to play poker whilst in school this summer (was enrolled in some summer courses to ease the weight of courses during the year). I decided to drop the second term of summer courses (2 months) and focus directly on poker. So starting today, July 1st, it's full-time until September rolls around and the new school year starts.

A lot of my bankroll has gone towards school and buying a lot of random crap/misc spending, but as of right now as I start this blog, my poker bankroll is:

$4800~ online
$2000~ live

I've already beaten 100NL for about 4K'ish, and plan to beat it for another 3.2-5.2K (depending on when I feel comfortable) to try 200NL.

Live, I plan to go to the casino occasionally when an opportunity arises. Also plan on playing some MTT freezeouts here and there. My main focus will be my online roll.

Specific goals for July:

Make Supernova (23K~ VPP away)
Make at LEAST 3.2K to look into moving up to 200NL. (If Live roll suffers, need to make enough to cover for it as well)

I play 15-tables, and plan to put in 40~ hours a week.

first, good luck

thanks for spending a long ass time talking with me 1v1 helping me fix some leaks if you update your operation pretty frequently i'll be following on your progress. hopefully i can emulate your success in the future

good luck at the tables

First session of July, played for 6 and a half hours, and clocked 3476 hands. My running hot continues into this month as I ran 21bb/100 today making a little over 7 BI's. I played 2 guarantees in that time and didn't cash in either. Didn't like how I played them, seemed spewy. Both were 50+5's, so my winnings today helped cover for it.

BR: ~5400
VPP left to grind: ~22k

Here's the hand of the session:

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (Button) ($100)
SB ($126.35)
BB ($98)
UTG ($68.60)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 5
UTG (poster) checks, Hero bets $4, 1 fold, BB calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($9.50) 6, K, 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6, BB calls $6

Turn: ($21.50) A (2 players)
BB bets $6, Hero raises $22, BB calls $16

River: ($65.50) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $26, Hero raises $68 (All-In), BB calls $40 (All-In)

Total pot: $197.50

Results:
Hero had 7, 5 (straight flush, nine high).
BB had Q, A (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $197.50

The run continues... kinda. Up 2 and a half buy-ins on the day over 4K hands, should be up a bit more but I can't expect to run super amazing everyday.

Roll: ~5700
VPP's left to grind: ~21K

Hand of the day: (He had $6 left on the turn)

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($69.60)
MP2 ($100)
CO ($54.50)
Button ($100)
Hero (SB) ($102.50)
BB ($104.50)
UTG ($102.40)
UTG+1 ($104.70)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 10
4 folds, CO calls $1, 1 fold, Hero bets $4.50, 1 fold, CO calls $4

Flop: ($11) A, 2, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $7, CO raises $17, Hero calls $10

Turn: ($45) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $26, Hero raises $52, 1 fold

Total pot: $97

Day 3:

Absolute rollercoaster. 3500 hands later, I had over 20 200BB pots, and I'm up 20 bucks thankfully. 8th day in a row up, but this one was a real struggle. Hopefully tomorrow goes better.

Roll: ~5700
VPP's left: ~20k

Day 4:

Had a good day, ran 300 below EV but was still up 4 BI's on the day. Another 3500 hands.

Streak: 9 days
Roll: ~6100
VPP's left: ~19K

My non-showdown winnings is going straight up. Sometime next week when I get more of a sample, I'll post my graph and stats and let you guys pick away at them, would be nice to have some insight. I've been playing particularly laggy and have been shipping the red line consistently. Not exactly sure what it says about my game or perhaps people just aren't adjusting. We'll see.

Hand of the day:

Villain was a 22/15/2 that was feeling particularly frisky at the time.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($100)
MP2 ($100)
MP3 ($100)
CO ($121.45)
Hero (Button) ($173.90)
SB ($75.25)
BB ($120)
UTG ($100)
UTG+1 ($109.60)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, K
4 folds, MP3 bets $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, 1 fold, BB calls $1

Flop: ($6.50) K, 3, 8 (3 players)
1 fold, MP3 bets $4, Hero raises to $14, MP3 raises to $48, Hero raises to $171.90 (All-In), MP3 calls $50 (All-In)

Turn: ($202.50) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($202.50) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $202.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero mucked 8, K (two pair, Kings and eights).
MP3 had 10, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: MP3 won $199.50

Have had 2 sessions since I last updated.

The first session was a train wreck of 1.5k hands where I dropped 8 BI's, dropped all my tables on the spot cuz I was playing bad and running bad.

Just started back up today after a 5 day break (I'm behind on VPP
s now for the month to hit supernova) and made those 8 BI's right back.

Cashed out 2000 to pay off some debts so my progress so far:

Roll: ~4000
Live roll: ~3000
VPP's left: ~16.5k

Hand of the day:

Villain was 60/0

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($125.70)
BB ($122.45)
UTG ($122.15)
Hero (MP1) ($122.10)
MP2 ($55.95)
CO ($92.95)
Button ($90.35)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K, K
1 fold, Hero bets $4, 3 folds, SB calls $3.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($9) 4, 8, 6 (2 players)
SB bets $6, Hero raises to $20, SB raises to $121.70 (All-In), Hero calls $98.10 (All-In)

Turn: ($245.20) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($245.20) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $245.20 | Rake: $3

Results:
SB had 6, 8 (two pair, eights and sixes).
Hero mucked K, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: SB won $242.20

Same villain, he SNAP bet the turn

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (7 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($300.80)
MP1 ($102.45)
MP2 ($54.70)
Hero (CO) ($137.85)
Button ($75.60)
SB ($43.50)
BB ($56.85)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7, A
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, Hero bets $4, 2 folds, BB calls $3, UTG calls $3

Flop: ($12.50) 2, 7, 4 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $5, Hero raises $15, 1 fold, UTG calls $10

Turn: ($42.50) Q (2 players)
UTG bets $40, Hero raises $118.85 (All-In), UTG calls $78.85

River: ($280.20) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $280.20

Results:
UTG had Q, 2 (full house, Queens over twos).
Hero had 7, A (two pair, Queens and sevens).
Outcome: UTG won $277.20

I'm a life nit so after I beat 100NL for 4Kish I moved up to 1/2 lol
gl on moving up

I've beaten 100NL for I believe 5K+ now, but I don't want all my focus to be online only. I still want a bit of live exposure since we'll eventually need it if we plan to really get anywhere. I do wish I would've moved up to 200NL already though.

Playing a 400+50 live tournament this friday. Biggest tournament I'll ever be in so far with a near 6 digit first place prize I believe. I'll fill you guys in.

Really dead sunday night. First three hours, I hadn't had a 100bb effective pot yet. Couldn't find a table without a bunch of shorties. Still did well though + 5BI's in 3K hands.

Hand of the day:

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($107.45)
Button ($48.50)
SB ($19)
BB ($21.20)
UTG ($75.90)
UTG+1 ($32.30)
MP1 ($95.70)
MP2 ($108)
Hero (MP3) ($100)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A, A
UTG bets $3, 2 folds, MP2 calls $3, Hero raises $12, 3 folds, BB raises $20.20 (All-In), UTG calls $18.20, 1 fold, Hero raises $24, UTG calls $14.80

Flop: ($96.70) 8, A, J (3 players, 1 all-in)
UTG bets $10, Hero raises $20, UTG calls $10

Turn: ($136.70) 3 (3 players, 1 all-in)
UTG bets $10, Hero raises $20, UTG calls $9.90 (All-In)

River: ($176.50) J (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $176.50

Results:
BB didn't show
UTG had 10, 10 (two pair, Jacks and tens).
Hero had A, A (full house, Aces over Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $173.60

dont forget the details of that live tourny. sounds juicy

Kind of a rollercoaster today, tired after playing for 8+ hours and 4300~ hands. Up 4 and a half buyins, coasting along.

BR: ~5K
Live: ~3K
VPP's left: ~14.2K

Playing some 5/5 (500 max) tomorrow at the casino, and staying over for the night. When I get back I got to catch up on VPP's and hopefully my live roll doesn't take a hit.

2 lol hands of the day

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($100.35)
Hero (Button) ($100)
SB ($124.05)
BB ($129.95)
UTG ($83.45)
UTG+1 ($100)
MP1 ($40.35)
MP2 ($10.50)
MP3 ($207.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 8
UTG bets $3, 3 folds, MP3 calls $3, 1 fold, Hero calls $3, 2 folds

Flop: ($10.50) 3, 8, 9 (3 players)
UTG bets $2, 1 fold, Hero raises $8, UTG raises $14, Hero calls $8

Turn: ($42.50) 8 (2 players)
UTG bets $25, Hero raises $50, UTG raises $39.45 (All-In), Hero calls $14.45

River: ($171.40) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $171.40

Results:
Hero had 7, 8 (full house, eights over sevens).
UTG had 3, 3 (full house, threes over eights).
Outcome: Hero won $168.40

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($109)
Hero (CO) ($163.45)
Button ($17)
SB ($19)
BB ($76.75)
UTG ($100)
UTG+1 ($22.70)
MP1 ($22.70)
MP2 ($224.25)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, 8
5 folds, Hero bets $3, 2 folds, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 5, 4, 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $4

Turn: ($14.50) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9, BB raises $18, Hero raises $26, BB raises $34, Hero raises $34, BB calls $17

River: ($152.50) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $0.75 (All-In), Hero calls $0.75

Total pot: $154

Results:
BB had A, Q (high card, Ace).
Hero had K, 8 (straight, nine high).
Outcome: Hero won $151

ur doing it well tho but a couple bad beats congrats

Kept paying off AA in bvb wars today. Didn't make much, like 30 bucks or something. I placed 41st in a $55 80k guarantee to help out a bit with the less than impressive session today.

Live session was a giant rollercoaster peaking at about 1500 profit, ended up 300 down. Probably won't shoot live for a while and make sure I make my VPP goal and hit 200NL. I'll play some tourneys if they come by though.

Roll: ~5200
Live: ~2600
VPP's left: ~13K

Hand of the day:

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($110)
UTG ($119.25)
UTG+1 ($101.85)
MP1 ($100)
MP2 ($72.55)
CO ($108.10)
Button ($103)
Hero (SB) ($100)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
3 folds, MP2 bets $2, 1 fold, Button calls $2, Hero raises $9.50, 1 fold, MP2 calls $8, 1 fold

Flop: ($23) 5, 6, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $16, MP2 calls $16

Turn: ($55) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $23, MP2 raises $46, Hero raises $46, MP2 calls $0.55 (All-In)

River: ($148.10) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $148.10

Results:
Hero had 10, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
MP2 had K, A (straight, Ace high).
Outcome: MP2 won $145.10

Took some advice from an FTR'er who said I should take a shot at 200NL with a stoploss rule. Figured Friday night would be a good day to do it, and I'm glad I did. Played 3100~ hands over 5 and a half hours and made a bit over 5 BI's. I'll keep at it for saturday and sunday, and if I'm not sitting at 8K'ish, I will drop back down for the week. The VPP's came quick @ 200NL, these three days are going to help out with the VPP's I'm behind on.

Roll: ~6200
VPP's left: ~11.7K

Hand of the day:

1/2 reg who's an fpp pro.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (2 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($255.40)
Hero (BB) ($200)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 4
SB bets $5, Hero raises $20, SB calls $16

Flop: ($44) J, 7, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $26, SB raises $66, Hero calls $40

Turn: ($176) J (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $167.40 (All-In), Hero calls $112 (All-In)

River: ($400) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $400

Results:
SB didn't show
Hero had A, 4 (two pair, Jacks and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $399

Villain showed 25o.

Cranked in another 3K hands today. Nothing particularly interesting about today, so instead of a hand, I'll post a graph of my past 3-4 weeks.

You can see where 200NL started by looking at the red line.

Some friends convinced me to play the sunday mil today, figured I'd give it a shot. I figured out I can't play both cash and an MTT without being too tight in cash. Might be -EV to do both for me... I'll look more into it. I placed 425th which paid 550'ish.

Made 1 buyin in cash today, and I think I just might stay at 200NL despite being a little bit under rolled for it. That isn't to say I'm going to neglect 100NL altogether, 200 was a bit dry today and I kinda wished I played some 100.

Roll: ~7.3K
VPP's left: ~9.1K

lol hand of the day

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($32)
Button ($228.15)
Hero (SB) ($231.05)
BB ($291.70)
UTG ($47.40)
UTG+1 ($230.60)
MP1 ($172)
MP2 ($200)
MP3 ($84)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 10
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 5 folds, Hero calls $1, BB checks

Flop: ($6) 8, 9, 9 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $12, Hero calls $12, 1 fold

Turn: ($30) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $18, Hero raises $48, UTG+1 calls $30

River: ($126) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $169.05 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $168.60 (All-In)

Total pot: $463.20

Results:
Hero had 9, 10 (full house, nines over eights).
UTG+1 showed J8o
Outcome: Hero won $460.65

nice work on the 200nl shottaking D:

sweet mini heater today, was hitting lots. got into a lot of lame spots, but still a good day. +7BI over 2700 hands, playing for 5 hours.

Roll: ~8.8K
VPP's left: ~7.9K

villain was 17/14'ish 5% 3bet

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($200)
Button ($200)
SB ($228.55)
BB ($188)
Hero (UTG) ($210.05)
UTG+1 ($224.45)
MP1 ($340.75)
MP2 ($108.10)
MP3 ($221.15)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K
Hero bets $8, UTG+1 calls $8, 2 folds, MP3 raises $32, 4 folds, Hero calls $24, 1 fold

Flop: ($75) 2, 9, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $40, Hero calls $40

Turn: ($155) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $149.15 (All-In), Hero calls $138.05 (All-In)

River: ($431.10) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $431.10

Results:
Hero had K, K (two pair, Kings and nines).
MP3 had A, A (two pair, Aces and nines).
Outcome: MP3 won $439.20

this one was pretty lol owned for me 38/9

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($241.55)
MP3 ($210.15)
CO ($40.45)
Hero (Button) ($200)
SB ($37.95)
BB ($40)
UTG ($216.45)
UTG+1 ($118)
MP1 ($200)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, K
3 folds, MP2 calls $2, 2 folds, Hero bets $8, 2 folds, MP2 calls $6

Flop: ($19) 10, 7, 5 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $12, MP2 raises $24, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($67) Q (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks

River: ($67) 7 (2 players)
MP2 bets $42, Hero raises $168 (All-In), MP2 calls $126

Total pot: $403

Results:
Hero had 7, K (three of a kind, sevens).
MP2 had 6, 7 (three of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: Hero won $400

Got stuck early on today and scraped my way out of some dead tables getting lucky winning some 20/80's. Made 1 and a half BI's.. but was +4BI above EV. WEEE! I'm on another winning streak again. I just hit 9 in a row again today. Let's hope I can make it a solid 10 tomorrow.

BR: ~9.1K
VPP's left: ~7K
Streak: 9

Hand of the day:

Villain is a 48/13 drooler

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($200)
MP3 ($457)
CO ($308)
Button ($203.40)
SB ($149.40)
Hero (BB) ($206)
UTG ($200)
UTG+1 ($214.30)
MP1 ($193)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3, Q
7 folds, SB calls $1, Hero checks

Flop: ($4) 3, 2, 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4, SB calls $4

Turn: ($12) 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB raises $20, Hero raises $50, SB calls $40

River: ($132) 10 (2 players)
SB bets $83.40 (All-In), Hero calls $83.40

Total pot: $298.80

Results:
SB had 10, 3 (full house, threes over tens).
Hero had 3, Q (three of a kind, threes).
Outcome: SB won $295.80

you're the reason i think to myself "this guy has a low WTSD i'm going to three barrel his ass" every time my cbet gets floated

get back on mirc. haven't seen you in ages

Teach me about the non-sowdown line!

This is FR, right? How do you do that?

I'm still alive. After my last update, I finally hit a downswing, with a bit of playing bad. I made supernova in July, so yay me. I haven't been playing too much though.

My BR is sitting at 6.3K+, and I'm a marginal winner at 200NL over the past 30k hands. I might take a swing at 100 for a little bit before I go back up to build a bit of confidence back while I get used to grinding regularly again.

Thanks for the support - everyone who's been following my thread.

Oskar - I'll tell you once I get my head straight.

edit: I suppose I need some goals for the rest of this month before school starts again.

I'm not sure if I want to do a volume goal.. so I'll start with just a $$ goal. I'll change it up if I decide to along the way.

I'm using my 90K VPP's I currently have to buy a TV at the end of this month, so I'll have to withdraw a little bit to fund it and then have it reimbursed through FPP's afterwards. From the 6.3K I currently have, I don't want it to be too modest since I really want something to shoot for. Perhaps 12K is a good mark to hit.

Currently at $6328. $5672 to go.

0/5672 = 0% complete.

Keep going mxiu, rootin for ya

Played a bit of 100 today to get a feel for things again, I miss how much easier 100 was than 200. A couple coolers here and there, but still did okay.

Goal: 6% complete.

2 more sessions @ 100. Came out 5BI's+. Deposited 600 for the reload bonus, gonna keep the same $$ goal though.

Goal: 17% complete.

Made 150 @ 200NL over 5.3k hands, cleared half my bonus, and made like 10k fpps. Long day, ran 800 under EV, couldn't win any flips or anything AI preflop for that matter.

19% complete.

I read a post about "wonderboy" from 2+2 that gave me some serious motivation to continuously improve my game and exercise a calm mental state. My recent sessions have felt great, and I've done a lot of spew-reducing reflection on my game. It's been good so far.

Goal: 44% complete.

I think you doing great does anybody think it ould be great idea to try somthing same hat boku does. I am thinking to start with 500$ and try to get 50k$. Does any body thinks its possible?

o and another thing whats the quickest way to get 3mil fpp in pokerstars. I am thinking of getting that porsche. But i think it will take years. I am thinking of playing 100nl-500nl.

So I haven't posted in this thing in forever. Kinda tapered off as I took a 2-3 week break from poker.

Quick update I guess. Playing 6max now, been going great, game is so much more fun and seems like I have a greater edge to exploit opposed to nitring. BR is just shy of 10K, recently started playing 200NL (got doomswitched my first day there (2200 under EV..), but stuck through it and bounced back, recovered all losses, cleared a 1K bonus and then some.

Also played a live tourney ($500+50, 110 players), and placed first. Made just shy of 20K.

Still in school, mid-terms coming up next week, and I'm looking to grind 75K VPP's over the next 3 months. I've been setting aside a routine dedicated to school and poker separately (today's supposed to be for school... lo and behold I'm blogging on FTR lol)

Anyways, once October hits, I'm going to blog regularly again to make sure I stay on track for the 2K milestone.

woah sick tourney cash, congrats.

Alright, time to blog about the new month.

Last months graph:



Going to work on the red line a little bit since I've found my c-bet has been a little bit lower than expected @ 200NL.

6max has been doing me wonders. I'm really enjoying the change from nitring and I think I'll be full-time 6max now. The VPP's are great... the hourly I'm getting from RB alone makes me borderline salivate. Not to mention actual hourly on top of that.

Some goals I've set:

Short-term: Minimum 25K VPP's this month.
Long-term: Hit 400NL by the end of the year+200K VPP milestone.

updates?

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