Grinding Past the Fries
Hello all,
My contract at work finished at the end of March there, and before looking for a new one I've decided to take a couple of months out to see if I can make a living playing poker. If not successful, I can find work no problem, so I'll give it a few months and see how I do. My aim is to move up past 50NL and into the higher limits, whilst still withdrawing regularly to pay for things in my personal life (got a few holidays etc coming up). The month of April was good but not great, so starting fresh from 1st May, I am motivated and committed to the cause!
Yesterday's graph...
I felt like I played well yesterday, I lost 100% of flips, so perhaps didn't run as well as I could have. I did get my AA in pre once or twice and held, though.
Today's graph...
Again, I played quite well today, but never played all that long. I had a golf competition (waste of time), might play a bit later on tonight.
A couple of interesting hands from today...
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[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #26521701
Hero (BTN): $50 (100 bb)
SB: $134.88 (269.8 bb)
BB: $126.53 (253.1 bb)
UTG: $54.27 (108.5 bb)
MP: $49.25 (98.5 bb)
CO: $83.34 (166.7 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q♠ J♦
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, SB raises to $4.25, BB raises to $10, Hero raises to $50 and is all-in, SB folds, BB calls $40
Flop: ($104.25) 7♠ 8♦ 5♥ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: ($104.25) 8♥ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($104.25) 3♣ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
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Results: $104.25 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: 7♠ 8♦ 5♥ 8♥ 3♣
Hero showed Q♠ J♦ and lost (-$50 net)
BB showed T♣ T♥ and won $101.75 ($51.75 net)
[/hand_history][replayer=26521701][/replayer][/converted_hand]
The 3-better had been 3betting a ton over a small sample (4/500 hands) and the 4-better is a solid aggro reg that is more than good enough to pick up on that and cold 4bet bluff. A bit aggro, but he tank-called, so it nearly worked!
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[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #26521721
Hero (BTN): $50.85 (101.7 bb)
SB: $120.43 (240.9 bb)
BB: $14.57 (29.1 bb)
UTG: $158.84 (317.7 bb)
MP: $71.42 (142.8 bb)
CO: $70.51 (141 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with 9♥ A♥
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, SB raises to $2, BB folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $6
Flop: ($16.50) J♠ A♠ A♣ (2 players)
SB bets $9.50, Hero calls $9.50
Turn: ($35.50) A♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
River: ($35.50) T♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $33.35 and is all-in, SB calls $33.35
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Results: $102.20 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: J♠ A♠ A♣ A♦ T♦
Hero showed 9♥ A♥ and won $99.70 ($48.85 net)
SB showed Q♦ Q♣ and lost (-$50.85 net)
[/hand_history][replayer=26521721][/replayer][/converted_hand]
Not all that an interesting hand, but a very nice runout.
Hopefully I can update this thread every day with my progress. Bankroll after the last 2 days is $1766. May's profit is $337.65!
EDIT - image problem fixed 😀
On the secondary feature table, looking good gazzy!
i know you'll hate me for this, but this is the exact playbook hoof gp followed
i have subbed his videos for a while and as he's grown, he's gone from just pure hoof content to now each 15 minute episode is about 4-7 minutes of hoof trimming and the rest is him, his crew, etc more of a day in the life
i'm not a fan of the pivot as I just want to see things like puss and rocks removed from hooves, but it's definitely working for him as shown b
Gotta say mate your love for the hoof guy is awesome! 😃 I know I sound just like him but I can't watch his videos because of his accent. Limmy sums it up perfectly...
Big thanks for the main event love guys, really appreciate it. For those that are wondering my table draw was super tough for day 3, we got put on the feature, and I got 100k in with AK vs Koray Aldemeir's AA at 3kbb. What can you do?!
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Back to bumping this thread with new vlogs and twitch streams and stuff, and maybe even some actual poker results too! 😮
New vlog dropping very soon today, link below when it comes out
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**** me I love being back online
YTD result live and online?
Good luck.
Where does the phrase "grinding past the fries" come from? What does that mean?
Bump, how's things going Gazzy?
