From $500 to $5.000 grinding the NL25

I have neglected this Blog for a long time now. No special reason more than it’s been more important to grind out some money as I’m unemployed at the moment and the few bucks I can make from playing poker is more than welcome as they at least pay the rent. When I started in April I had set a plan for a training and development project over 100,000 hands and divide them into blocks of 5,000 hands. During each block I was focusing on one special thing e.g. C-Betting, Blind Stealing etc. In June I hired a coach and with his input and help I more or less put the project aside and started to focus on the advices he gave me. That worked out pretty well on for a few situations like defending my blinds, increasing the check-raising percentage and finding good 3-betting situations. Now when October is over I have grinded out over 170.000 hands on the NL25 full Ring tables and 80.000 before that!! Is this a World Record? Probably not with all damned short stackers. What have I learned and what have I changed since April? Before April I was playing VPIP 13.0% PFR 7.7% AF 1.7 bb/100 +4.11 After April I have played VPIP 13.6% PFR 9.5% AF 2.1 bb/100 +7.47 The last 50.000 hands VPIP 13.5% PFR 9.7% AF 2.4 bb/100 +9.28 As you can se I haven’t changed my VPIP at all and only increased my PFR with 2%. But I have more than doubled my bb/100. How come? I have developed my post flop game and I am much more aware of the value position gives me. And here are a few more things that have given me higher bb/100. I complete less from the Blinds I don’t let the SB limp in regardless of my cards I play fewer hands from the early positions and more from later positions I 3-bet a little bit more with hands from the button like 99-TT when facing a suspicious steal from the cut-off. I don't call 3-bets Out of position I call less river bets against tight players I induce river bluffs against aggressive players I don't take marginal hands beyond the flop in muliway post Results after 173,000 hands. Winnings: $3.223 Win Rate: +7.5bb/100 Bonus & Rake Back: $1.360 Bank Roll $5.083 (started with $500)

I am so comfortable playing NL25 so I ask my self…

When the hell will I have the balls to face the NL50?? Soon baby soon….