Operation: FR SNG --> 6-Max Cash (1st 10K Hands @ 25NL)
Hello FTR,
First off, allow me to introduce myself for a minute. Because I'm more of a reader than a poster, and most don't know me.
I will try to keep this info as short as possible, as I assume most don't even bother reading it haha.
Personal Information
My name is Bradley(obviously), 19 years old and live in The Netherlands. I work 4 days a week as salesman in a furniture store, and I have 1 day of college(Retailmanagement).
I've been playing poker on and off for about 2 years now. I started off with home games obviously, some friends taught me the basics.
My online career started with SnG's as a fish, without any BRM. Mostly played the 3.40$'s 6-Max (don't ask me why, I guess I thought; less players = more money for me).
When I found out about FTR, I actually started to play marginal winning poker at those stakes.
I then tried out PT3 and did the cashgrind(FR) for about 2 months, but had to quit due circumstances, and withdrew my roll.
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A year later....(about 5 months ago from today)
I randomly deposited 10$ into my account because I was bored. No serious intentions(didn't want to go back to serious poker as it's time consuming, yeah right.)
I started doing some DoN's and small SnGs as I felt I had a small edge there. I ran extremely hot and 6x'd it pretty fast.
The SnG "Grind"
This is where I thought; "Hey, why not read FTR some more and start getting serious again". Which I did; read posts, got SnG Wiz, tried to play volume.
Got decent at the 2-Table(FR) 6.50$'s on Stars and soon I was 4-8 tabling them. I ran it upto a $700+ roll pretty quickly.
Graph of the 6.50$'s:
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2...adsnggraph.jpg
This was obviously a decent money-maker for me, and a good way to build my roll. However, I found it boring to do push/fold poker and I wanted to work on my 'post-flop edge' and get better allround. Also there are not many levels to 'move up' as SnG player IMO, but let's leave that aside.
The Cash "Grind"
At first, I was kinda scared. Because SnG's were making me money and cashgames were probably not gonna make me as much money anytime soon; but it will pay more in the long run.
I started at Full Ring but nutcamping is just not for me. I wanted to play Cash, mainly for the action/hand reading. I have a few regs(50NL upto 600NL guys) on msn that I've known for years through an online game we used to play. They also play Short Handed NLHE so this appealed to me a lot.
I wanted a challenge..
Therefore I quickly changed to 6 Max.
After reading some 6 Max strategy and watching a few video's explaining basic hand ranges in 6 Max, I deposited some money on Titan and started playing 20NL.
I really hated the site/software and I basically spewed a lot. Started pissing off chips as I didn't care about my roll there(I was also unexperienced but this was a smaller factor)
Subconsciously I played WAY too LAGG for those stakes at that site.
After about -7BI I withdrew all and deposited it back to PokerStars and took my shots at 25NL.
This went better than expected, I feel the 'regs' are fairly easy exploitable and the fishfest is just free money.
First 10K Hands + Stats @ 25NL
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6...dcashgraph.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/294...erallstats.jpg
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5...ionalstats.jpg
Should I post the Leak Buster pics for stats or these? This is the first time I'm posting something like this.
I'd like some comments on my stats and the graph, especially the (remarkable?) blue vs red line.
I feel like I'm doing well. Yes, this is a small sample and I ran pretty good. Especially the last 1k hands.
I'm quite confident in my game, yet I would really like to hear some comments on the graph(red vs blue). And have someone check out my stats to maybe spot a leak? I know I have leaks.
I know, I know.. I started at 25NL instead of 2NL, because I'm even over-rolled for that stake. Plus I am not a total beginner.
I think about the game for myself a lot, make up concepts and theories and such. Love the game. I could also easily reload my roll IF I were to go bust, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Goals
* Get fucking better in time, and crush higher stakes.
No seriously, I can't set a X amount of hands p/month. Because I play when I feel I am playing my A-Game. I have work/college so I can't really set such goals, things get in the way.
My short term goal is obviously getting in more volume and win consistently @ 25NL so I can move up to 50NL.
My one and only goal though, is to get better at poker overall and this is by playing volume, reviewing sessions, reading strategy and most important: think about the game for yourself.
I WILL get up to the higher stakes, no matter how long it takes, because poker is here 24/7/365, and so am I.
Thanks for reading. I will try to keep this updated.
