Chris Bond Poker Journey

Posted 8 years ago

Hello everyone,

My name is Chris Bond and I decided after improving my game drastically since January 2015, that I would look for some outside resources to take it to the next level. "Started as a donkey now we're here."

A little about myself...

I am 24 years old, born May 5th 1991. I started playing poker for play money on Full Tilt when I was about 16 years old. Never really took the game seriously until the past 6-8 months but always found it fun. Now that I am learning to be a winning player, I am enjoying the game more than ever. I am a University student and work part-time as well during the Spring.

I started my Real Money journey the way I am sure many young kids do, by depositing about 100USD and practicing horrific bankroll management. I managed to donk and bink my way from about 100USD at the start of January 2015 to about 1000USD 3 months into the year. Over the years I have deposited sporadically and definitely missed the memo about proper bankroll management and smart poker. Now I want to grind back all the lost deposits, the right way!

Recently I made what I am hoping to be my final deposit and I will use this thread to track progress throughout each month in order to gain insight from the VIP Poker community.

I will kick things if off by posting my progress as of 7 days into March 2016.

"Fish on a heater..."

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Thanks for the support in advance!

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Posted 8 years ago
Crushing bro, keep it up!!
Posted 8 years ago
Haha fish on a heater - that saying really never gets old!

First of all welcome to the forum! Will look forward to railing this journey all the way to the nosebleeds!

How did you stumble upon the VIP forum?

Many hobbies outside of poker?
Posted 8 years ago
Definitely love that saying!

Some hobbies during the Canadian winter is playing hockey on the outdoor ponds. When it gets warm I like to get out on the golf courses as much as possible. Year round I spend some time playing video games both on Xbox One and PC. League of Legends is a ton of fun and almost as frustrating as poker at times :P.

I actually don't remember how I found out about VIP forum. Perhaps through Pokertube or Facebook. Joined 6 months ago but never really took the time to become active until now.


Posted 8 years ago*
MARCH 8th and 9th sessions updates:


Played under 2000 hands yesterday (Mar. 8th 2016) and to be honest got tilted early and never really recovered. Graph is below.

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Played under 1000 hands this morning into the afternoon and ran a little bit better than yesterday, kept a cool head most of the way, overall felt much better than yesterday. Will be back online tonight to play for a couple hours. Graph of today's progress below.

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Posted 8 years ago
Yea rough session. Not a big deal though, just keep putting in volume and try to make the best decision you can each time.

That's all you can do!
Posted 8 years ago*
Cooler Alert! http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18238642_136BDBE6C9
Posted 8 years ago
Today's progress so far below. Will probably play for another hour or so.Attached Image
Posted 8 years ago
Not a ton happened the past 400 hands... taking a break now to eat, might play some more after. Attached Image
Posted 8 years ago
Played about 600 hands this morning. Graph below.
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Will be back on in the evening to total 2000 on the day.
Posted 8 years ago
For anybody wondering, these graphs are all representative of 4 tabling NL5. Will post 14-day graph at the end of the week.
Posted 8 years ago
Awesome to see the consistency! You should post some hands and your thought process on villians ranges so you find out your leaks and make better decisions in those tricky spots :).
Posted 8 years ago
Finally got some quality time in this evening. Ran into some brutal bad beats. Any input appreciated, hands are below.

Hand 1:
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Hand 2:
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Hand 3:
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The 3rd one was the toughest to swallow for sure. The ace from space!
Posted 8 years ago
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Posted 8 years ago
Seeing these 1-2k hand days is really getting me in the mood to get my god damn grind on! I have not been motivated at all this year so thanks for showing me that sick work ethic still exists.
Posted 8 years ago
Woke up at 5am for a drink of water... ended up making coffee and having an early morning session. Graph below.
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Posted 8 years ago
Here are my results for March so far.
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Posted 8 years ago
Awesome results man! Keep grinding
Posted 8 years ago
Excellent graphs there dude, you have really put the effort in so far and it shows!

I wish I had the motivation to start a session at 5am, the most I can do at that time if I wake up is check clash of clans to see if Iv been attacked in the night!

Keep up the good work!
Posted 8 years ago
Looking for some input on a hand I played this morning. Villain's stats are included below.

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Hand:
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Thanks in advance!