*Insert Amazing Poker Journey Name Here*

Posted 8 years agoEdited 8 years ago

Howdy!

I love following journeys on here! How did it take so long to start my own? Surprised

I hope you guys will be here throughout the highs and lows of 2016 onwards! Smile

A Bit About Myself
My name's Colin, I'm 24 years old from Dublin, Ireland. I work full time as a Graphic Designer and grind 888 & Pokerstars every second I can outside of work! I love my job but it's a pity it drags me away from the tables! Cheeky

I've been active on the forums for quite a while now and this place has helped me out big time!

Other than poker, my big love is music! I've been DJing as a hobby for a few years now. Music is something that will always be there for my emotions (Whatever they might be), I find great comfort in knowing that.

I would describe myself as very ambitious! I love to shoot for the best I possibly can in everything I do in life. I live for the challenge!

My Poker Career So Far
I started playing poker about 4 years ago, and ever since I was dealt my first hand, I was in love! I got into the game through some friends. We used to play at the weekends with a few beers but I was the only one that took it seriously... I signed up to Pokerstars and blew through the bankroll straight away! I knew nothing!

Over the next year or so, I slowly became a winning player at 2NL. I then moved to Bwin and began to play 4NL FR games. I crushed these games straight away with a 10BB/100 winrate over 40k hands. I thought poker was easy!... But then I discovered 6 max! I fell in love with the dynamics and pace of 6 max vs. FR! It was so much more intriguing to me, but unfortunately, much tougher. I was up to the challenge so I made the switch.

After grinding on Bwin for a long while, I made the switch to 888 after Party announced the changes regarding downloadable hand histories! A big thing that I love about poker is tracking results and progress! I heard the games were quite soft at 888 and it suited me as I play on Mac, so I made the transition!

Recently, I re-deposited in my Pokerstars account to play some Zoom! Zoom is great for me as I can hop on and off with ease between work hours! Snap on 888 is also decent but sometimes reg infested at peak hours with the small player pool.

Overall, I play a mixture of both regular tables & Zoom / Snap.

Graph
I used to be a LAG which sent me on some biiiig swings as you can see in my overall graph below. Over the past few months after studying quite a lot, I've changed my game completely! And I'm loving it Smile

I would describe myself as a TAG now.

Here's my overall graph to date!
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Conclusion
I'll be updating this as often as I can!

Any questions, fire them across! I'd love to get some interesting conversations going!

Hopefully you guys will follow Smile

Sláinte / Cheers! Smile
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Posted 8 years ago
nice graph !
Posted 8 years ago
lennuk: nice graph !


Thanks man Smile Will be posting this months graph soon! Nice start to the year Laugh
Posted 8 years ago*
Got in some decent volume last night!

I actually re-recorded my Player Review video for @Jon-PokerVIP, and it went very well with some interesting spots! Smile I can't wait to hear is feedback! I pulled a 3 barrel bluff which I don't do often enough. I really need to work on these.

Another nice hand here too... Always nice stacking someone with quads! Cheeky

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.02/$0.05Zoom No Limit Holdem PokerStars
6 Players

Blinds$0.02/$0.056
UTG 7paragon $5.04
UTG+1 KOT-BEGEMOT6 $5.41
CO Tsj-tj $4.47
DHero $26.14
SB CacaLialia $5.02
BB HansZimmir $5.20
Preflop
6$0.07Hero is BTN68
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.12, 1 fold, HansZimmir calls $0.07
Flop
2$0.26938
HansZimmir bets $0.05, Hero calls$0.05
Turn
2$0.368
HansZimmir bets $0.05, Hero raises to $0.30, HansZimmir calls $0.25
River
2$0.968
HansZimmir bets $0.05, Hero raises to $0.90, HansZimmir raises to $1.75, Hero goes all-in$25.67, HansZimmir goes all-in $2.98
Final Pot$31.36
Hero shows four of a kind, Eights 68
HansZimmir shows a full house, Eights full of Nines 94

Hero wins$30.93 (net +$4.79)
HansZimmir collects $0.00 (net -$5.20)



Session graph
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This months graph to follow soon!
Posted 8 years ago*
Afternoon Zoom session before heading off the girlfriends didn't go so well! Ran a bit below EV Sad Aces got cracked by 88 and loads of terrible turn/river cards that crushed me! Just kept running into hands. -2BI overall! That's poker! Cheeky

Also this random play by the BTN??? Limp / called short stacked with KK?!! Check / called to the river? LOL

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.02/$0.05Zoom No Limit Holdem PokerStars
6 Players

Blinds$0.02/$0.056
UTG skv5000 $12.05
UTG+1 needajag $5
CO rtmpsh $4.89
D sebro911 $2.50
SB IS.Jurievich $6.75
BBHero $11.95
Preflop
6$0.07Hero is BBQQ
3 folds, sebro911 calls $0.05, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.25, sebro911 calls $0.20
Flop
2$0.528T9
Hero bets$0.32, sebro911 calls $0.32
Turn
2$1.165
Hero bets$0.95, sebro911 calls $0.95
River
2$3.06T
Hero bets$1.90, sebro911 goes all-in $0.98
Final Pot$5.94
sebro911 shows two pair, Kings and Tens KK
Hero shows two pair, Queens and Tens QQ

sebro911 wins $4.81 (net +$2.31)
Hero collects$0.92 (net -$2.50)

Session Graph

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Posted 8 years ago*
I only started 5 nl zoom a few days ago, but I already noticed this Limping with top of the range habit. It's peculiar that I've come across that in 2nl like maybe 4-5 times in 200k hands there, but I see it all the time in 5nl, where people L, 3bet with AA. Second popular trend is min3b, pot cbet any flop.

It's like they think it's the end of the world if they get a walk with such a good hand. By limping they ensure that at least BB will come to the flop with them and maybe like some parts of it, or, if they're lucky, someone will isolate them and they can raise, like wtf Laugh
Posted 8 years ago
I was shocked when he turned over that hand! haha Sometimes I think 10NL onwards would surely have less variance. 2NL & 5NL are soooo random at times
Posted 8 years ago
It's unfortunate when they hit, but to be honest I would say the amount of times these players "shock" me in a good way makes it worth it haha.
Posted 8 years ago
End Of Month Report - January

Unfortunately no time to play today! Sad Was in my girlfriends and then came home to some visitors blehhh

I managed to get 30k hands in this month which is wayyyy higher than usual! Really happy with the volume. Most of it was Zoom/Snap.

I think next month I'm going to try lower the volume but play reg tables as there's a lot of money to be made there at 888. I'll still also hop on fast tables when I'm short on time

If it all goes well again in February, hello 10NL Smile

Great start to the year Smile Let's keep this going!

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Posted 8 years ago
dodger: It's unfortunate when they hit, but to be honest I would say the amount of times these players "shock" me in a good way makes it worth it haha.


Hahaha You're right actually!

888 is such a soft site, super bad players still at 50NL from what I've heard! Lots of short stackers though which are tricky to play against
Posted 8 years ago
Any February goals set out for you guys? I like having something to aim for! Will have a think about it and post here tomorrow
Posted 8 years ago
villain shows full house an drops a big vomite on his pc screen haha
Posted 8 years ago*
New month woop woop! Happy February!

February Goals
- 20k hands
- Move to 10NL if bankroll allows me to
- Study more
- Play some sit n go's

LET'S DO THIS
Posted 8 years ago
Bad session to kick off February =/ -3.5 stacks! Variance not going my way at the moment! Couldn't hit a flop and kept running into hands as I did yesterday too!

After being down 200bb's after 1.5k hands, I decided to call it a night... And then this... The last hand of the session haha FML

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem 888
6 Players

Blinds$0.02/$0.056
UTG GASPAR130 $5.16
UTG+1 Reezy01 $5.46
CO jalby66 $5
D andychoncoa $3.67
SB Mr.Paramon $38.04
BBHero $5.47
Preflop
6$0.07Hero is BBJ8
GASPAR130 calls $0.05, 3 folds, Mr.Paramon calls $0.03, Hero raises to $0.20, GASPAR130 calls $0.15, Mr.Paramon calls $0.15
Flop
3$0.6082J
Mr.Paramon bets $0.30, Hero raises to $0.97, GASPAR130 goes all-in $4.96, Mr.Paramon folds, Hero calls$3.99
Turn
2$10.82, 1 all-in Q
River
2$10.82, 1 all-in 5
Final Pot$10.82
Hero shows J8
GASPAR130 shows QQ

GASPAR130 wins $10.19 (net +$5.03)
Mr.Paramon lost $0.50
Hero lost$5.16
Posted 8 years ago
Limp premium hands strat strikes again. What bankroll are you referring to in your goal, when you're comfortable at taking shots at 10nl?

I set myself 350 for a 5 stack shot , so 30 BI + 5 BI, but I don't know if it's too loose. My 5nl shot swung down 6.5 BI before going up.
Posted 8 years ago
colly191091: New month woop woop! Happy February!

February Goals
- 20k hands
- Move to 10NL if bankroll allows me to
- Study more
- Play some sit n go's

LET'S DO THIS


Dam right lets do this!

Super solid goals bro and you should smash them all.
Posted 8 years ago
Hahaha I don't usually get tilted but I'm not gonna lie, that one hurt!

I'm the exact same as you! 350 with a 5 shot buy in! I'm at around 340 right now on 888 and 120 on Stars so technically I have more than enough over the 2 sites. 470 total bankroll

I think I should try stick to each site on their own though... 888 is soft so will take shots at 10NL there

I had a really bad downswing at 4NL reg tables a while back. It really opened my eyes to the brutalness of variance. The hard thing about the reg tables is the lack of volume I can get in, when I lose a few stacks, I feel like it's gonna take foreverrrr to get back! I need to work on my patience! Cheeky
Posted 8 years ago
Jon-PokerVIP:

Dam right lets do this!

Super solid goals bro and you should smash them all.


Laugh cheers for the support!

Nice start to the year so super motivated! 😊

Quite nervous about moving up the stakes though haha
Posted 8 years ago
I plan on playing a regular table session tonight! It's been a while since the last time! I love Snap / Zoom as they are so easy to boot up and get going. Gotta fight the urge! I know the real money is at the regular tables haha
Posted 8 years ago
Forgot to post this hand last night haha

Thanks for the gift Cheeky

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem 888
6 Players

Blinds$0.02/$0.056
UTG stevekg123 $4.62
UTG+1Hero $7.77
CO hooly2419 $8.15
D Dawcio1524 $2.14
SB KrossNross $5.49
BB sakkz $5.17
Preflop
6$0.07Hero is UTG+1QQ
stevekg123 raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.40, 4 folds, stevekg123 calls $0.30
Flop
2$0.8723Q
stevekg123 checks, Hero checks
Turn
2$0.872
stevekg123 bets $0.87, Hero calls$0.87
River
2$2.617
stevekg123 goes all-in $3.35, Hero calls$3.35
Final Pot$9.31
stevekg123 shows K9
Hero shows QQ

Hero wins$8.77 (net +$4.15)
stevekg123 lost $4.62