Alright, i didnt update this thread for quite a while now, because many things happened in the last week.

The biggest thing that happened was probably me moving places back to my parents house from my own flat. I will stay here until i got a spot at an university.

The other big thing that happened was a direct influence to my bankroll.
I had the chance to play and stream for the Cash Game Festival. It was basically a week of advertisement for a thing that happens in eastern europe. They asked a few streamers to stream on certain sites and gave them cash for doing so.

Also there was a 6max table each day monday to friday where the winner would advance to the final on saturday, and the winner there won a 2000€ package to the festival. I busted out 2nd nuts vs nuts in the final as 2nd in chips with 3 left. Felt so sick to be so close and still not win. The package wouldve meant the world to me, and i havent been that tilted in my whole life about not winning something. Anyway, my rational mind is strong and convinced my feelings that it is of no use to being mad at the world. Did i misplay the hand given actions and structure? Probably. But i cant be mad about that. In the end it was a tournament environment strategy wise, and i suck at tournaments as i have been a cashplayer my whole life. I placed far better than i probably would have deserved, so i got to be proud of that, even if its a winner takes all and i would have prefered not qualifying instead of being so close. This will probably still haunt me years to come.

BUT i also want to try to use this negative experience as fuel to my motivation. I have set myself a goal:
If i dont manage to qualify myself for the festival next year i want to be able to finance the same package worth 2000€ for me and my girlfriend from my poker earnings until then without this damaging my bankroll.
Lets see if i can do it.

The cool thing about this whole thing was, that everything was a freeroll, and i still made a ton of money just by streaming for them a few times.
In the end i made roughly 300€ through this whole thing, so i cant really be mad, right?
Will add that money to my BV roll as soon as it is cashed out to my bank account.
That is the reason why this post doesnt have a "current bankroll" section, as i will add that as soon as i deposited the money i won from the event.

Looking forward to pick up my grind again after the break because of moving places!

A quick update regarding my bankroll:

I made 315.61€ through the Cash Game Festival. That resulted in a HUGE bankroll increase.

CURRENT BANKROLL: 1088.69€

When everything works out well this month, and i stop running below EV (10BIs below EV through my whole current 20nl sample of 55k hands), then i could actually realistically dream about taking my shot at 50nl at the end of the month (going for a 10BI shot when i got 30BIs, so 500€ at 1500€ BR)

PS: Next week there will be payouts for last months rakerace, where i will get 28$ directly into my BV account as €, and another 12$ into my old StanJames account. I will probably lose a lot through exchange fees from these 12$ though´, so all in all i'll maybe get 30€ in total from last months rakerace.

yay free money

Its nice to see your BR is super healthy, can't wait to see those 50nl graphs coming soon!

Just read through your whole journey as I hadn't noticed it before! It is great to see somebody playing the same stakes and games as me! With very similar struggles as myself! I have been playing for just over 2 months with Prostaker and it has been rough so far! I am also pretty confident I am a winner in the games but have been running a fair bit more than 10BI under EV! So just gotta keep going and improving the things in our control!

Me neither!



Tbh i was too lazy to read through your whole thread, its so long But i will probably do just that when i find the time. Anyways, good luck to you. I know this answer is kind of delayed, but i hope you could break through the runbad!

Dear Diary,

it's been quite some time since i last wrote. The volume of my last days isn't as good as it was before that. Partly because i lacked motivation to hardcore grind, partly because of the cold i caught. But the quality of my results outweighed the quantity. BY FAR. I was running so hot in the last 5 days. This graph represents 11 hours of play:



This resulted in a HUGE bankroll increase, and i am almost ready to take a serious 10BI shot at 50NL!!!
My whole 20NL sample:



I also had another coaching session this monday. I really feel like there is some thought routine appearing, and i feel comfortable in very many situations, having a plan for many standard spots. I just feel more and more safe the more i get coached. Feels very good.

Looking foward to being able to shottake 50NL hopefully soon. Will do that with serious table selection and less tables to start.

CURRENT BANKROLL: 1368,26€

Not too much happened in the last days. A short downswing, followed by a short upswing. The goal of taking a shot at 50nl is as close as never before though.
Today my bankroll peaked at 1494€ (remember, at 1.5k i wanted to immediatly stop and allow myself to take a shot at 50nl!).

Then it happened. KK in the SB. It folds around to me, and i open. BB 3bets me. I am so hyped. Easy 4bet of course. He 5betshoves 100bb! Still hyped, but does he have Aces? Anyway, i call. He shows Jacks! HOLD BABY!
Jack on the flop, it bricks out...

Ah well, shit happens i think. But after that it only went downwards.




Anyway, i didnt tilt and i felt very good today, played pretty well imo. Looking forward to the next days, hopefully i can do a bit better than today, then my 50NL shot should be possible soon

BANKROLL: 1405,06€

Keep your head up Kingly, had more than a few hiccups on my way

Downswings can be one of the best things to happen to a poker player. Just all depends how you react.

Have you found a real shift in the games over the last week or so?? Usually very nitty and pretty boring but the last week they have been mental!! Regs playing super aggro and barrelling relentlessly and recs just stacking off insanely light!

I think thats probably just pool variance. It is true that i have seen some very idiotic whales in the last days, and some regs seemed to stack off slightly lighter, but the sample is impossibly big enough to tell.

I dont care about the reason though as long as its happening

Todays graph:



Total 20NL graph:


This means: BANKROLL: 1505,28€

50NL HERE I COME!

Going to take a 10 buyin shot, meaning that i will stop playing 50NL as soon as my bankroll is below 1k€ again.
Especially at the start i will practice very focused table selection to get the best possible start.

LETS GO!

Awesome news, if you were beating 20nl for 3.5bb/100 then I would back you to at least break even, while you get used to 50nl, but to be honest the skill gap is larger in your head, than in reality gl

I agree, but i would guesstimate my winrate slightly over what i archieved in these 80k hands because i had a few coaching sessions in between and feel a lot better than at the beginning of this sample

try bonus hunt strategy, you can get rakeback around 60%

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Chase first deposit bonus, and change site every 2 months. let say you deposit on stanjames you can get 30% flat rakeback, another 20% from first deposit bonus, around 10% from pokervip rake race and around 7-8% from stanjames rake race

My first experience playing 50NL:



So far it sucked
I am pretty happy with how i played for the most part though. Ran pretty bad, the usual stuff you encounter, Kings into Aces, lose Kings to AK etc.
(Down 140€ with KK (19) and 120€ with AK (39) alone in this sample)
Got some of my bluffs called pretty light, still happy with the bluffs though because i was still very value heavy in those spots so villains fucked up.
For the next week i will probably stay at 20NL, but if my BR doesnt suffer within the next 5 days i will try again for the last few BIs next weekend.

BANKROLL: 1120,54€

Pretty much the standard when taking shots at a higher level....takes most people a few attempts so do not be put off. Just make sure you are playing your A game and not doing anything stupid and you will be fine.

How do you shot take? Just switch all tables to X+1 stake or mix it up?