$300 to $100,000

[sinmiedo]

ended up losing about 600 yesterday after being up 230 so 800 swing once i started boozing.....major problem of mine on the weekends.

Booze and gambling dont mix.....that being said im about 4 beers deep and up $48 so far tonight

Hi Sweep, thanks for sharing.
PLEASE, do not drink and play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i had been a bit tipsy once in a while and play, the results where horrible.


This weekend so far had been good. Lost all my sng and tournament entrees, with only one cash out of 28 dollars out of the $ 80 that invested.
At the ring games just playing 1/2 and .5/1 i was able to pull a healthy profit that adds to my on line br.
started br $ 150 in early November, seating now at $3500
Sin

[Ballerholic]

damn sin well done . What site do you play at?

[sinmiedo]

damn sin well done . What site do you play at?

Bodog, and it has a lot of fish.

[Ballerholic]

damn so basically ignition poker? I can't wait to play there when I'm back in the states for Christmas.

Steelers

Patriots

Bell over 195.5 rushing yards

Teaser- Bills -3.5, Falcons -6.5

Packers -4.5

Siemian Under 260.5 passing yards (2u)

[sinmiedo]

i will try to send you or post a print out of my activity for you to see .

[sinmiedo]

for some reason i cannot load the stats chart, but the story goes like this.
i had 1880 transactions among sng tournaments and ring games, plo and nlh
probably i had played 20000 hands since nov 11 when i made the $150 deposit and
twice i register 0 in the balance when i had all the br at the table.
big swing of loosing 800 and this week been up 1700 . my goal is to reach 5000 and move to play 2/4 on regular bases.

[Ballerholic]

damn that's insane, hopefully you hit that goal. 400nl must be absolutely insane I can't even imagine. I'm only trying to move up to 20nl lol. Do you use a HUD?


So yesterday was crazy. I went up to $250, before some bad sports bets and poker play brought me back down to $216 where we sit now. Crazy crazy crazy. My bb/100 at the moment is absolutely insane though. Over a 10k sample I think I'm running at 20+evbb/100 which I know is not sustainable, but it's still insane. I think the reason for my downswing yesterday was trying to implement some more bluffs into my game and increase my winnings from non showdown. Unfortunately, I don't think 10nl is the place to do that. I'll start the grind soon enough, right now I'm watching some twitch poker. Kevin Martin just made $22k and now Jeff Gross basically won the ACR Sunday Million for $140k. Unreal.

BTW I just have to say, how unlucky I have been the past few days sportsbetting has been absolutely insane. So unlucky I can't even image how. Oh well let's goooo!!!!

[sinmiedo]

damn that's insane, hopefully you hit that goal. 400nl must be absolutely insane I can't even imagine. I'm only trying to move up to 20nl lol. Do you use a HUD?

So yesterday was crazy. I went up to $250, before some bad sports bets and poker play brought me back down to $216 where we sit now. Crazy crazy crazy. My bb/100 at the moment is absolutely insane though. Over a 10k sample I think I'm running at 20+evbb/100 which I know is not sustainable, but it's still insane. I think the reason for my downswing yesterday was trying to implement some more bluffs into my game and increase my winnings from non showdown. Unfortunately, I don't think 10nl is the place to do that. I'll start the grind soon enough, right now I'm watching some twitch poker. Kevin Martin just made $22k and now Jeff Gross basically won the ACR Sunday Million for $140k. Unreal.

BTW I just have to say, how unlucky I have been the past few days sportsbetting has been absolutely insane. So unlucky I can't even image how. Oh well let's goooo!!!!

I never used one and probably i should, but since i m a recreational player, investing in one is not something that I think to do.
In fact, by reading actions and reactions from the payers, i had developed a small reading system that helps, specially reading reaction time and betting patterns from possitions.
By doing this I also refine my reading for live play.
BR $4020

[sweep]

good stuff guys, cheers

[Ballerholic]

what do you guys think of America's Cardroom? I need to transfer funds to a U.S. site when I'm over for the holidays and it seems like ACR is the best? They accept Neteller, and have a sportsbook so that I can bet. I'm sure they aren't as soft as ignition though which is unfortunate.

[sweep]

where will you be staying in the US?

[sinmiedo]

what do you guys think of America's Cardroom? I need to transfer funds to a U.S. site when I'm over for the holidays and it seems like ACR is the best? They accept Neteller, and have a sportsbook so that I can bet. I'm sure they aren't as soft as ignition though which is unfortunate.

in my opinion, the most rigged and collusion friendly site, probably is why 5 dimes and bet dsi moved out.
I lost quite a bit there and I was never up no matter what I did. Tons and tons of AI bot. well programmed playing 1000 a week.!!!!!
Sin

[sinmiedo]

what do you guys think of America's Cardroom? I need to transfer funds to a U.S. site when I'm over for the holidays and it seems like ACR is the best? They accept Neteller, and have a sportsbook so that I can bet. I'm sure they aren't as soft as ignition though which is unfortunate.

I find Bodog a lot easier and fish populated site.

[Ballerholic]

sweep- I'm from Chicago

Sin- Wow really? If that's the case then I really should go with Ignition Poker. I left ipoker because I found the RNG system to be very shady and because of botting scandals they've had. Anyway they might be my only option when I'm over there since I want to sportsbet and use my Neteller wallet. I'm only over for 2 weeks and I won't be going crazy with the amount of poker I'll play.


So after a pretty good day the BR sits at $150 after some good play and hitting a couple of bets. I'm also probably 100 hands short of receiving an additional $10 in RB so I really only have $40 left to reach my goal. I'm pretty busy over the next few days working and getting ready to fly over. If I can hit $250 before I leave, that means some 25NL shots. Let's gooooo!!!

[sinmiedo]

from chicago to toronto is only 8 hours drive.
come over and we do some casino run
another good day yesterday, hit some good hands 1/2 and .5/1
BR $4400

[sweep]

sweep- I'm from Chicago

Sin- Wow really? If that's the case then I really should go with Ignition Poker. I left ipoker because I found the RNG system to be very shady and because of botting scandals they've had. Anyway they might be my only option when I'm over there since I want to sportsbet and use my Neteller wallet. I'm only over for 2 weeks and I won't be going crazy with the amount of poker I'll play.


So after a pretty good day the BR sits at $150 after some good play and hitting a couple of bets. I'm also probably 100 hands short of receiving an additional $10 in RB so I really only have $40 left to reach my goal. I'm pretty busy over the next few days working and getting ready to fly over. If I can hit $250 before I leave, that means some 25NL shots. Let's gooooo!!!

Bovada should be still be an option if playing from Chicago...they just recently cut off residents from my state (NJ). Another option may be to just relax and enjoy the holidays with your family Baller.....pick up your gambling mode once back in your home land. Ive heard ACR takes forever for payouts. That being said your bankroll may get tied up here in the states. A week off can do the brain wonders

[sweep]

Hope you guys dont mind that I kinda hijacked the thread but Ive been loving the poker convo going on here.....love to hear how others are navigating the world of poker and enjoy checking in here regularly

[sinmiedo]

Good luck to you too bud, and drink only water at the table to regenerate brain cells quicker, it really works.

[Ballerholic]

Sin- If I had a bigger bankroll we could collude lol. If you're beating 1/2-2/4 online, you must be killing it in the live cash games. I hear those a

Sweep- Don't worry man hijack away, I encourage it. Also I wish I could play ignition, I hear the games are so soft. The only concern I have is trying to sell the bitcoins and convert that into money into my Neteller account. From what I've seen you need somebody to purchase them from you? I'm not really too sure. I also want a poker site where I can also sportsbet over the holidays when all of the juicy games are on and I'm looking for some action. But I agree if I lived in the U.S. or was staying for over a month I would 100% go for ignition.

[Ballerholic]

man oh man what a bad day. First I didn't realize my bonus was already put into my account so my account was really at $150, and then I on a few coolers. Losing flips, and KK>AA etc. Luckily I only ended up down just under 3BIs for the day. So bankroll is around $120. The volume needs to pick up, but I'm still running around 10bb/100 which is nice. There should be a good amount of poker being played today so hopefully good results follow.

[sinmiedo]

man oh man what a bad day. First I didn't realize my bonus was already put into my account so my account was really at $150, and then I on a few coolers. Losing flips, and KK>AA etc. Luckily I only ended up down just under 3BIs for the day. So bankroll is around $120. The volume needs to pick up, but I'm still running around 10bb/100 which is nice. There should be a good amount of poker being played today so hopefully good results follow.

ok, let in some insight of how you are playing and at what levels, and where.
I think you are playing way to tight and thinking about loosing not winning.
sin

[Ballerholic]

Here are some of my stats for overall at $10nl fast tables.

[Ballerholic]

Wow guys, I'm looking at the player to flop percentages at ACR and they are insanely high. The average is 50%. WTF. If that's the case how is this not the easiest site in the world! Now I know there are two methods to calculate players to flop and I assume they use the second kind, but still that's still too high. Now I can't wait to get into these games! There also seems to be pretty good traffic on the site as well.

[Auto Donk]

baller, i haven't had the time to go through the details of this thread.... where do you stand right now after all the schooling, poker playing, etc.

$150,000 up? 1/4 of the way there?

down $250???

[Ballerholic]

Lol man my BR sits at $110 currently. But I've been taking a lot of money out of my BR over the past months to cover other expenses of life. I should be getting a good amount of money to start off the new year playing 25NL with and I've got all of January devoted to playing so the goal is to hit 50NL by the end of January. If I can do that along with receiving some quality coaching I should be able to grow my BR to a decent portion by the end of next year.

Keep in in mind I only started playing 6 months ago. Since then I've hit 25NL and the only site I failed to do well at for that stake was PartyPoker. On Coral Poker and Bet364 (iPoker) I was beating these games. So goal is to hit $300 by the time I come back in January. Even if I don't I'll have money to put in a BR so that I can be rolled pretty well for 25NL. Once I start doing well at 25NL I can finally make enough hourly to hire the 100nl zoom crusher I want so that I can start making real money.

also I think I'll hit up some SBR poker lottery games over the holidays. It's always exciting to see what the RNG will spit out.

[sweep]

Hey Baller BetOnline might be an option for you when you come to the states....not sure what network they are on tho

[sweep]

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[Auto Donk]

Lol man my BR sits at $110 currently. But I've been taking a lot of money out of my BR over the past months to cover other expenses of life. I should be getting a good amount of money to start off the new year playing 25NL with and I've got all of January devoted to playing so the goal is to hit 50NL by the end of January. If I can do that along with receiving some quality coaching I should be able to grow my BR to a decent portion by the end of next year.

Keep in in mind I only started playing 6 months ago. Since then I've hit 25NL and the only site I failed to do well at for that stake was PartyPoker. On Coral Poker and Bet364 (iPoker) I was beating these games. So goal is to hit $300 by the time I come back in January. Even if I don't I'll have money to put in a BR so that I can be rolled pretty well for 25NL. Once I start doing well at 25NL I can finally make enough hourly to hire the 100nl zoom crusher I want so that I can start making real money.

also I think I'll hit up some SBR poker lottery games over the holidays. It's always exciting to see what the RNG will spit out.

KEEP GRINDING.... i hope you'd do well.....

feel free to share the top 3-4 tips you've picked up with us donks who still play 1-2/1-3

I do well, but would like to hear what you've found that elevates your play....

good luck!

[Ballerholic]

sweep- thanks man! I'll look into that as well and see. The reviews seem pretty good.

Donk- Thanks man, best of luck to you too! Do you play live or online? I've only had a 40 minute session with a 400-1k nl reg. The one thing he tried to stress to me was the importance of bet sizing. We went over a few 20NL hands that were pretty standard betting spots for us. I was betting smallish to try to get the guy to tag along, but the coach pointed out that on these polarized board textures villain either hits it or he doesn't. So it doesn't really matter what size we are betting. Especially against more passive players. Because the pot grows exponentially on every street, the way he would have played the hand would have made him $8 extra just by increasing the Cbet size to 80-85% in some spots.



So the BR started at $110 today. So far I'm up a little on the day. Hopefully I can get some more playing in later on.

[sweep]

Baller check out 2+2 poker forum if you havnt already....great site

[Ballerholic]

Sweep- Thanks man, I've been a member at that site for a few months now. I have the same thread as I do here, but this thread here I care about more.


So I began the day at around $108 after I lost 2 sports bets last night. At the airport I made about $6 playing 30 minutes and then after I long and terrible flight I decided to install some ACR. I ran pretty well and made $21 in about 3 hours running at 43.5bb/100. So bankroll at the moment is around $136. I like the ACR software and I'll get to place some sportsbets as well over the holidays. Hopefully I can take this run good and run this BR up to $200. It definitely seems like regular tables are softer, although they aren't as much fun. Sitting to the left of a whale is a money printing machine.

I'm also considering some changes poker wise for the new year. Not just my playing, but also the reporting. I might start a new thread to get something fresh going where I post more stuff etc. I'd still update this every so often to report tracking on goal to 100k. I was even thinking of giving myself weekly goals and if I don't hit I'll have to send posters in the thread betpoints as a punishment.

[sweep]

Sweep- Thanks man, I've been a member at that site for a few months now. I have the same thread as I do here, but this thread here I care about more.


So I began the day at around $108 after I lost 2 sports bets last night. At the airport I made about $6 playing 30 minutes and then after I long and terrible flight I decided to install some ACR. I ran pretty well and made $21 in about 3 hours running at 43.5bb/100. So bankroll at the moment is around $136. I like the ACR software and I'll get to place some sportsbets as well over the holidays. Hopefully I can take this run good and run this BR up to $200. It definitely seems like regular tables are softer, although they aren't as much fun. Sitting to the left of a whale is a money printing machine.

I'm also considering some changes poker wise for the new year. Not just my playing, but also the reporting. I might start a new thread to get something fresh going where I post more stuff etc. I'd still update this every so often to report tracking on goal to 100k. I was even thinking of giving myself weekly goals and if I don't hit I'll have to send posters in the thread betpoints as a punishment.

pm me link to your 2+2 thread and ill check it out

[Ballerholic]

Hey sweep, it's just http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...-100k-1619998/. (mods please delete if not okay).

Honestly everything I post in SBR I just copy and post over there. Nobody is really following that thread on 2+2 because I tend to neglect it in favor on this right here.

So I ended up losing most of what I had in profit from yesterday today, leaving a little left. I did end up hitting my only NFL bet on the Redskins though. So BR is $120 total. I just put $20 on the Warriors -2.5 vs the Cavs. I think huge revenge game for them after being embarrassed in the Finals. They're also the better team. Some good news in regards to poker...I applied for some staking and I have found a stable to do it. Therefore, when I get back over the Europe I'll be playing 25NL. Hopefully I can get my BR up to where I can play 25NL myself, but if it's not at least I'll have backers who will be giving me a BR. This is good because if I can even show a decent profit after 50k hands, then right away they'll probably shoot me up to play 50nl. I'll still play some on the side with my other bankroll as the only minimum requirement is 30k hands a month with them. With my current BR I'll try to play a little on the side and then use that money mainly for coaching purposes.

[sweep]

Hey sweep, it's just http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...-100k-1619998/. (mods please delete if not okay).

Honestly everything I post in SBR I just copy and post over there. Nobody is really following that thread on 2+2 because I tend to neglect it in favor on this right here.

So I ended up losing most of what I had in profit from yesterday today, leaving a little left. I did end up hitting my only NFL bet on the Redskins though. So BR is $120 total. I just put $20 on the Warriors -2.5 vs the Cavs. I think huge revenge game for them after being embarrassed in the Finals. They're also the better team. Some good news in regards to poker...I applied for some staking and I have found a stable to do it. Therefore, when I get back over the Europe I'll be playing 25NL. Hopefully I can get my BR up to where I can play 25NL myself, but if it's not at least I'll have backers who will be giving me a BR. This is good because if I can even show a decent profit after 50k hands, then right away they'll probably shoot me up to play 50nl. I'll still play some on the side with my other bankroll as the only minimum requirement is 30k hands a month with them. With my current BR I'll try to play a little on the side and then use that money mainly for coaching purposes.

Baller check-in....how's it going on Chicago? Did you find a place to play online in the States?

Hows this "backing" thing work back in Europe? What % do they take and are you on the hook for any dough yourself or working with a red number Not sure id want to get involved with a backing outfit as a player

[Ballerholic]

Whatsup sweep? Chicago is going well, hanging with the boys and seeing the fam. Playing a lot of xbox too. I joined ACR and it's been alright, but I haven't been able to play much. My girl just arrived yesterday to meet me so now I'll be able to play almost no hours. But when I get back to Europe I'll have a lot of time to grind.

I haven't received the contract yet for the backing deal, but it is something where we split any profits 50/50 and I assume if I go on a losing streak they pay for it. We split daily as well. Here is the thread on 2+2 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/22...aking-1640617/). The only thing mandatory is that I play on Natural8 poker which is an asian site. It's safe and I've played 100 hands on there before, very safe. Seems fishy too with all of the asian players, but no HUD is allowed to be used. 35% RB though. How's your grind going?