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| wap |
$50 to $250Hey guys,I'm pretty new to HUSNG's and I have to learn a lot. To give myself some motivation to become better I'm starting this challenge. My bankroll is $50 now and I'd like to make $250 of it. I don't really have a deadline, I'm happy if I even make it. So till $125 I'm playing $2 reg speed HU's, then I'll move to $5. While doing this I'm trying to share some tough matches I've recorded and difficult hands I fell into. That's it, wish me luck. 
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| z1s6arn |
GL wap!
Great character building exercise! |
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| ChrisB |
And also a good idea to share HHs in the forums, you get some great feedback 
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| wap |
Thanks guys, I definitely will. | ||||
| Brokerstar |
Best of luck on the first stage of your journey! 
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| wap |
Update:
I've played some matches yesterday and today and I made profit so that's actually good for me. I feel like I have a LOT to learn still and I'm far from really beating even the $2 HU's, pretty bad I know.
Gonna watch video's, post hands and read tactics and then I hope I will improve. Bankroll: $65 |
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| wap |
Still struggling around $70, seem to play breakeven now. I don't know what it is but it might be that I'm not fully concentrated.
Really want to make progress now.. |
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| evprop |
Im in a similar situation to you wap but with only around $45 br.... im watching this space and want to encourage you to make progress GL!! to us both!! | ||||
| z1s6arn |
I was there in October. It can be done! | ||||
| wap |
I feel like giving up now, can't get it done...
Even at the $2 games I don't make any progress. I watched a lot of video's and hands etc, but it doesn't work. |
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| z1s6arn |
It took me literally 1000 $1 and $2 HUSNGS for my graph to start going up consistently. We are all different. Some learn poker quicker than others.
Its a test. |
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| BetMagicMoney |
fwiw, i've played 1.4K games and i still feel im very far from having it figured out! but i just keep playing, try to interact with better players and hopefully it will, work its self out! If you want to know how up and down this game can be the highs and lows etc just read my Bankroll thread from start to finish, its all in there!
GL <3 BMM |
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| Jakester1288 |
Yeah man, I'm also playing the $2's, and making no progress. The more games you put in, the more you'll start to get it.
I highly recommend getting some HH reviews by coaches, and Brokerstars HUSNG course if you haven't. |
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| wap |
Thanks for the replies guys, I try to make the best of it now. | ||||
| peteoaten |
Recommend the condensed course Wap - will put you on the right track instantly if you can afford it.
Takes alot of work and practice and more work and study of your games. But when you get it, you will see reward for your effort. Just stick at it. Record one of your games to video and post it in the forum - maybe a good place to start. |
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| wap |
Yeah I'll post a video if I can capture a difficult and exciting match. Thanks for helping. | ||||
| NinjaReads |
I'm not sure which site you play on but go into the folder it's installed to, for example: Program Files\Full Tilt Poker\HandHistory and upload some of the text file hand histories to a file hosting site and link them here. There's plenty of people here that will go through them in a hand replayer and offer advice, a lot easier than making a video |
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| wap |
Ah yea that's easier, but I feel like a video is better for reviewing though. Btw, my graph over the 200 games I've played now. Don't look at the huge downswing at the beginning, I played some $20's and didn't know what I was doing.
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| evprop |
be true to yourself when doing a video wap... if you cherry pick the ones you think we want to watch then you wont get anything out of it. More mistakes the better!! | ||||
| z1s6arn |
I just submitted a game that I'm gonna get crucified for by Broker.
I did not want to send it at first! No cherry picking Mr Wap! |
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| peteoaten |
Well if thats your graph for the 1 and 2 $ games, then after the episode at the 20's your not losing are you. So a good start, prob only need to fix 1 or 2 leaks to start on upward trend, then refine from there.
Not all bad from where im looking. |
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| wap |
Haha this is so true tbh, I'll really make a vid of my real style.
It could be worse indeed, but this week I went down from $65 to $30. You can't really notice that in the graph, but it's true. |
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| wap |
Down to 20. 
Running into this crap a lot: Full Tilt Poker $2 + $0.15 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players - View hand 1299633 DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter BTN/SB: t1440 72 BBs Hero (BB): t1560 78 BBs Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with T  Q
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero calls t40 Flop: (t120) 2 T 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t120, Hero raises to t360, BTN/SB calls t240 Turn: (t840) 6  (2 players)
Hero bets t440, BTN/SB calls t440 River: (t1720) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t220, BTN/SB raises to t580 all in, Hero calls t360 Final Pot: t2880 BTN/SB shows 3 6 (a straight, Six high)
Hero mucks T Q
BTN/SB wins t2880 |
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| peteoaten |
Err - maybe im wrong and its difficult to say without knowing how villain had been playing - lag tag or whatever etc.
preflop - the call is ok flop - why check here, i would bet out top pair with 2 low cards on the board, however you check raised villain and get called - alarm bells should start making a noise here....... turn another low card you bet and get flat called again - and then again on the river the str8 completes you make another bet and get raised and then you call. Im sorry but i dont think you took any notice of what your opponant was telling you during that hand - sure he got lucky, but when the str8 hit, what else do you think he had - calling your check raises, flatting your bets - flatting bets should make you aware of draws and then the draw hits and you get raised on the river - fold fold fold.......... Not sure how i would of played out the hand difficult to say without knowing villain tendencies, prob would of shut down after my check raise was called on flop though and maybe tried to get to river real cheap............ If your in a marginal situation you want a small pot not build a big one, a better spot will come along and you get villians chips, big pots big hands, small pots small hands. Just my thoughts..... GL |
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| doodiewiz |
Found this video really helpful when i was playing the $2 to plug my leaks:
http://www.tagpoker.co.uk/outer_p...g_videos/husng_leakfinder_22.html Took me about 500 games to start winning a little bit. Unlucky on that last hand! As played you could have shoved the turn - thats what i might do, but prob wouldnt have built the pot so big. Like to play lots of smaller pots so there's less variance... |
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| wap |
Thanks for reviewing man, really appreciated.
Yeah forgot to tell about villains tendencies. He cbetted 90% of all flops, that's why I chose to check-raise. He also called 3bets with almost everything (84o included). Didn't have a lot of good cards before this hand and when I finally hit toppair I was too greedy and ended up overplaying it. And yeah, at the river I knew I was beat, but I was a bit tilted and just called it.
Thanks for the vid! That's gonna help. And yeah I shouldn't have built this pot so big, but I was fed up with my opponent and ended up overplaying this hand. Thanks for helping, really appreciated. |
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| wap |
Hey guys, I was away for a week, but now I'm back. Today was the first day I played poker after my trip and it went pretty well.
Finally put in some volume and I actually made profit. Back to $50 now. Total: 20 Won: 14 Lost: 6 I really hope to keep at this. At least I experienced it isn't that hard, just don't tilt and keep concentrated. |
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| wap |
Hey guys I moved from Full Tilt to Pokerstars. Got $60 of a friend to start with, playing the $1,50's with it now. Expect to move to the $3,50's very soon.
Already played some hu's at stars and I have to say it's a lot easier than FT from what I've seen. I try to update this regularly, should be much easier since I have holiday now.
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| doodiewiz |
GL wap! I've just made the move to Pokerstars from FT and at first glance there are definitely more morons!! | ||||
| NinjaReads |
Good luck. I've been playing $3.50 and $7 on there and it's chocked full of Russians and Ukraines who don't fold. They must use mods that remove that silly button. Their motto is 'You can't win if you fold'.
The games all go the same way. You raise for value only because you're getting called with 32o or whatever. You hit the flop you bet, you miss the flop and check/fold. There is no other game. You try the odd bluff, they turn up with Jack high, win the pot, you regret it and rinse and repeat. They are surreal. |
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| wap |
Haha yeah I experienced that today. They just won't fold to any stabs, so I have to adjust to that.
Main thing to do is keep your patience. If you're carddead for a while don't make fancy plays, but just wait for the right moment because they just won't fold. |
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| wap |
Hey guys, I started off playing well in the beginning, but after that it all went downhill again. Don't really know what happened, I think a combination of running bad and a bit of tilt. Of course had some bad beats, but I only have to blame myself. Just have to start playing better.
Here a picture to clarify: 
So my plan is to stop playing for a while and watch all Brokerstars vids again. Also maybe take notes of things that I think are important. Really want to become better now. |
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| z1s6arn |
Its a very important part of your learning curve that you have been able to recognize this and want to do something about it. Very promising. z1 |
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| wap |
Hey guys, I'm making profit again, feels good. I feel like I'm more and more adjusting to the fish and their playstyle. You just have to keep it pretty simple, don't bluff too much or make strange plays. Also go away from poker if you feel tilt coming.
So I hope to keep at this and then move to the $3,50's soon. Hope you guys run well. 
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