Had to cut the microstakes self challange short due to the DOJ

Poker stars and full tilt were both shut down by the DOJ for a period of time due to fraud. 

I snap panic withdrew funds off of both sites. 

This obviously made my little challange unplayable so I called it quits from here.

I didn't have a total graph and stats report but i got up through 2- 25nl and you can see my last post has 50nl graph so you get the idea. 

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Up and down at 50nl stake

Been not so good start to the 50nl.
 
first few K at 25nl then moved up and had an ok run.

luckly i hit a few RB/bonuses to keep me rolled for  50 so thats nice. Just annoying i cant stick a win for some reason.

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25NL so far so good

moved in with a dodgy start at 25nl. had some swongs and a long breakeven stretch. 

a little bit of run bad in many spots but also having to adjust to different types of ranges in different spots. Just a bit strange and many things that i am not used to but now feel pretty good about the level. 

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10nl is going well

making good progress, really want to move up as fast as i can to 50nl.
If I keep at current pace i should make it before 30days is up.
here is overall graph

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Back up to 10nl

Think I have finished 5nl, made another shot at 10nl and went well.
Hope to not be moving down again.
5nl graph.

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10nl shot take went badly

have to move back down to 5nl.
I guess i could post these hands but i just want to move on and take another shot at 10nl soon as i can.
People at 10nl are even more nitty then 5nl. Have to be careful not to value cut yourself with TPGK ect. This just goes against the nitty regs obv the fish you can Vbet to death pretty thin. 
also had 1 or 2 guys that seemed to play back at me a little bit in late pos. I mean got 3bet a little bit more but nothing that would be a concern for them exploiting me enough. 
hope to update soon with a successful 10nl shot. one time.

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A few days into the microstakes

Seem to be doing all right. 
I'm hoping to 'move up' to 10nl today just a few more buyins at 5nl. 
You can bluff people at micro stakes. There are good spots for it you should just be aware of what range you want them to fold and what range would realistically call you.

Poker Stars $5.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1241299
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SB: $4.07
Hero (BB): $5.28
UTG: $8.63
MP: $7.12
CO: $4.86
BTN: $12.36

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with J 9
1 fold, MP calls $0.05, 3 folds, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.12) 2 2 7(2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, MP calls $0.10

Turn: ($0.32) K(2 players)
Hero bets $0.22, MP calls $0.22

River: ($0.76) 3(2 players)
Hero bets $0.44, MP folds

Final Pot: $0.76
Hero wins $0.73
(Rake: $0.03)
I think that spot comes up pretty often, you will get calls on the turn and many folds on rivers.
Poker Stars $5.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1241300
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UTG+2: $13.30
MP1: $9.00
MP2: $2.28
CO: $4.90
Hero (BTN): $5.00
SB: $12.91
BB: $1.48
UTG: $12.04
UTG+1: $6.38

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with A Q
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $0.20, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.20, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.67) 8 9 6(3 players)
UTG+2 bets $0.40, MP2 folds, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.47) 9(2 players)
UTG+2 bets $0.80, Hero raises to $2.10, UTG+2 folds

Final Pot: $3.07
Hero wins $2.92
(Rake: $0.15)
This one was just a tester to see if i what people will lay down at the limit.
 im not sure if i like it as it as i think most regs would call down overpairs pretty often. I was planning on raising turn and bluff shove river. 
Poker Stars $5.00 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 1241303
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MP1: $5.64
MP2: $5.64
CO: $5.00
Hero (BTN): $5.37
SB: $2.00
BB: $5.82
UTG: $1.93
UTG+1: $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with 7 6
5 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, 1 fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32) 9 T 2(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.24, BB calls $0.24

Turn: ($0.80) A(2 players)
BB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $1, BB calls $0.70

River: ($2.80) 6(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.70, BB folds

Final Pot: $2.80
Hero wins $2.67
(Rake: $0.13)
This hand is similar to first hand.  I think his small dk bet on the turn is a bit of a blocking bet, like he doesnt want me to barrel the A. I think his range is draws,  9x Tx  maybe even some JJ-KK stuff. Sometimes he might have a strangly playing A2/A9 but i think that is more likely to bet bigger on turn and or CR turn. 

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Microstakes poker challange

Madness because it is totally illogical to do things this way but........

I had $60 i found on pokerstars + I just found my rsa token so i can log in after 6 months. 
I decided i love 20 tabling fullring. There is something addictive and something I find more fun about it sometimes. 

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Didn't play so great this session

Past few sessions have had some tilt and just bad play as well as getting sucked out on run bad. So I've made run bad worse by tilting and playing badly. I think i have stopped this the last few sessions started to feel better and play better. Just hope to turn the results around now.
I felt i was owning 1 reg i have pretty good reads on.
He is basically extremely loose, opening 50% CO 90% btns and 60% sb.  Post flop he cbets 80%. DB aobout 50-60 i think. 

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River bluff that worked out.

Played about 10Kish hands so far this month. took yesterday off to see GF family and a burning monk. 
going to put a session in today and then play catch up a little bit this week hoping to avg about 2.5K hands a day.
Took about 6 days off from gym now. need to get back into it but been sleeping like aids.

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Bamf heater is nice

So I've been good this month so far and sticking to the plan of playing a min of 2K hands per day.
Been sleeping really bad due to changing my routine. I play a 1-2 hour morning session and then a 2-4 hour 4pm session. I find this help split the day up and deffo the best times to play.  But getting up early is hard! i mean im training my body to always wake up early even if i cant sleep (which is most of the time) so i've basically had 5-6 hours sleep at most every night. Hoping tonight i will actually sleep before 2am. 
Anyway I've had a pretty sweet heater this 3.5 days i have played :) happy days.

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Feb results and graph

Obv i fucked up my volume this month due to some lazyness but mostly illness and late nights/early mornings working making me tired all day.

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Some interesting Poker hands reviewed

Well I should have played probably about another 9K hands the past few days but i have been ill past 4+ days. some sorta man cold that makes me want to just lie in bed all day and do nothing.
Played 30K hands this month and i am pissed at myself for being so fucking lazy with poker. I have to get back to my goals i set myself at the beginning of the year.
There is always something getting in my way. I should plan better and stop this BS.
Hoping to feel better soon so i can crush some fools at NL200.

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very tilting hand

guy is agro reg that had been calling me down light as well as getting the better of me in a couple of spots.
Prima Network $200.00 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players - View hand 1190329
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BTN: $318.05
SB: $226.35
BB: $447.30
Hero (CO): $291.68

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is CO with K 9
Hero raises to $7, BTN calls $7, 1 fold, BB calls $5

Flop: ($22.00) 6 K 9(3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15.00, BTN folds, BB calls $15

Turn: ($52.00) 9(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $34.00, BB calls $34

River: ($120.00) J(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $75.00, BB raises to $389.30, Hero calls $160.68 all in

Final Pot: $591.36
BB shows J J
Hero mucks K 9
BB wins $434.74
BB wins $153.62
(Rake: $3.00)

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End of my staking deal

Just 10 days until the finish line of my staking deal and the end of month. 
final after 25K hands so far am in the green. 
started month with 2K downer that was fairly brutal and for the remainder of the hands just couldn't win at showdown also was spewing some Non-Showdown situations. I feel i have a hold on this now and see my mistakes. Basically building big pots out of position and having to check fold turns and or rivers. Or cbeting to much in situations i can just Check and fold or check raise sometimes. 

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Jan Results and graph

JAN graph.

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How im doing so far.

I am some what behind pace of hands I need to play.
Has been a bit up and down this month. Nothing unusual there then.
Feeling confident about my game. Have been playing well and running good past week. that is obv very nice.

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