Week 5

Hi,

Another week done and here are the results…

Up 8 buy ins this week with only 8000 hands played. I had a bit of trouble for the first half of the week but then things changed around near the end. The toughest thing about this challenge for me so far is actually putting in enough hands to move quickly. I’m still playing my usual games and when they are good, which is quite often lately I put this challenge aside. If only playing this I could probably easily put in 15 to 20 k Hands per week 4 tabling.

Here are my totals so far

Up to 87$ so 43 buy ins. I need another 33$ to move up to 5 NL. Graphic looks pretty solid, especially in the second half.

Here is my biggest pot lost of the week.

https://www.weaktight.com/r/55917bc2d390439a1c8b456a

Nothing really to talk about here, This is pretty standard.

Here is my biggest pot won for the week.

https://www.weaktight.com/r/55917c4bd390439a1c8b457f

This is also pretty standard. This guy had a pretty big 3 bet % so I’m pretty sure I’m ahead on the turn. His most likely hands are either a pair +draw or a smaller overpair than me. At these levels you can just play your good hands fast and sometimes you’ll get some hero calls.

So my bankroll is now 167$ and I’m hoping this will be my final week at 2 NL.

Week 4

This week was all business. Went from 50$ to 70$ in a steady climb. Here are the stats.

I was only able to manage 8000 hands as I had a pretty busy weekend and couldn’t play at all. Up 12 buy ins this week.  Other then that I don’t have much more to say as it was a pretty uneventfull week.

Here are my total stats and total graph.

So I am up to more than halfway to the next level of 5NL with my bankroll going from 80$ to 151$. I need 40 buy ins which is 200$ to move up to 5 NL. I could probably move up now because variance is way less of a factor in these micro limits but I’ll follow the rules I set up in the beginning of the challenge.

Here is the biggest pot won for the week

https://www.weaktight.com/r/5588a04da52511247e909cf0

Here is kind of a no brainer when he doesn’t 3 bet me preflop I’m taking out AA KK from his range so when he check raises the turn his range is really polarised into quads and something I beat so it’s an easy call especially at these limits.

Here is my biggest pot lost for the week

https://www.weaktight.com/r/5588a1d7a52511c418909d47

Here I’m not sure I should call the river but all the draws missed and I felt it was a bit weird to just donk a monster on the flop so that’s why I called 3 streets.

Bankroll is now 151$.

See you next week.

Week 3

Hi,

Another week done and it was a good one for the challenge. Here are the results of my week.

So I played 8.3k hands this week and was up 25$ so 12.5 buy ins. I started out the first day down a few buy ins but really bounced back after that and went on a kind of roll.

Here is my total at 2NL

So up to 47$ in 3 weeks with a winrate of 9 bb/100 which is pretty good.

After 3 weeks I have a pretty good feel for the limit. Of course this limit has way more loose players that plays over 50% of hands. I try to see some flops with suited connectors and small pairs against them because when you hit you often get paid. People don’t like to fold in this limit so you probably should never bluff. It’s just not worth it. I find the regulars are way tighter and cbets work quite often.

Here is my biggest pot won for the week.

https://www.weaktight.com/r/557ef43ca52511e40f909d2e

Obvisously here I got extremely lucky. Here is my reasoning when the first guy makes it 24 I think he’s pretty strong. I never put the second guy on AA  because he just calls the 24 and most people would just raise it up here. I’m thinking I can go heads up with the first guy and make the second guy fold when I ship it here. I was way off here but got lucky.

Here is my biggest pot lost for the week.

https://www.weaktight.com/r/557ef5d6a525118857909ce6

Here is my reasoning on this hand. First off the guy had pretty tight stats so when he 3 bets me I don’t put him on a small pair. When he raises the flop after checking I don’t really put him on AA or KK because most people would just cbet with those. So I think he either has a set (Mostly JJ) or a flush draw. So when the turn bricks I decide to go with my read and just raise him and get it in.

So my bankroll is now at 127$ and I’m gonna keep grinding it up.

Week 2

Hi,

I have been at it for two weeks now and here are my results…

I played again close to 9k hand for the week but unlike last week I only won around 2 and a half buy in. I had trouble getting a big day. I often had to fold pretty big hands because of tough situations. It just didn’t quite work out like last week. I’m still up a few buy ins so it’s kind of hard to complain. Funny thing is I killed my regular stakes and I just couldn’t get it going in the micro stakes. After a few weeks I’m kind of starting to learn how to play these small stakes and I think I should have a few good weeks in me.

So this brings me to my total stats and graphs….

So after 2 weeks I’m up around 21$ (10.5 buy ins) at 1cent – 2cent blinds with a bb/100 of 6 which is pretty good. I read somewhere that anything over 4 was considered very good.

Here is my biggest pot of the week

https://www.weaktight.com/r/5575eceda525117d2c909d0a

In this hand the guy I’m playing against has really tight stats. When he doesn’t 4 bet me preflop I can pretty much take out AA from his range. So it’s most likely hands on the flop is AK, AQ KK QQ JJ with one suit. When he calls the flop and turn I can take out KK QQ JJ from his range so that pretty much leaves AK AQ with one suit. That’s why I shove the river because I have a hard time thinking he’s got me beat.

Here is my biggest lost pot of the week…

https://www.weaktight.com/r/5575ee9fa52511050c909d8f

Okay I know maybe calling the raise out of position preflop wasn’t the best, but he kind of priced me in with that small 3 bet and that guy had loose stats. Once I hit the flop like I did it’s kind of hard to fold especially with that weird min bet the first guy made. Made my mind early that I wasn’t folding this one. I was up against the worst scenario, but I still had  a few outs.

So my bankroll is now 101$ and I’m gonna keep grinding those micro stakes.

See you next week.