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Tennative Rush Poker Strategy

After losing my first $250 buy in I decided to throw another $200 in and try some different things.

Basically I will be playing SSS Early Position for every hand. I fold EVERYTHING PreFlop except:

JJ QQ KK AA

I will call AK if it is late position and no one has raised but I consider this a drawing hand.  I have looked at a number of top grinders online and these are the hands they mainly play.

The great thing about RUSH poker is that I can simply quickfold until I get one of them.

Because you can’t really get a read on your opponents in Rush playing the TOP EV hands seems to be the only way to go.

Anyway I will try this out and let you guys know whats what.

-Ethan

Grinding Update – Up $161

I have officially switched to RUSH Poker on Full Tilt for my grinding.  I have moved up to 25cent/50cent tables.

I am comfortable with these stakes.  After I get about $1000 bankroll I may brave the 50cent/$1 or just add more 25/50 tables.

As of now I play 2 tables at once which averages to about 800 hands an hour and a SHIT load of FTP points.  I have am also working on my first deposit $250 bonus.

Here is a snapshot of my account screen:

Deposited $250

Donkey Call Cost Me $4

The Grinding continues.  So far I have done 90mins of “official” grinding.  Just wanted to post one of my dumber donkey call mistakes.  I over valued a premium PREFLOP hand on the river when I had NOTHING.

Anyway this stupid decision cost me $4.

Donkey Donkey

Anyway the goal is $10 an hour and so far the 90 mins I’ve played I’m at $35.

-Ethan

Its My 6 Month Aniversary!

Thats right!  On Aug 11 2009 I started to seriously study and become a student of poker.  I am glad to report that I have consistently stuck with studying and playing poker.  In fact this is the first thing I have really stuck with in my life.

Most other things have been kind of half assed.  I mean I’ve had a number of short term projects that I have done well but this is the first long term thing that I can really say I have stuck with.

Just a quick summary of what I have accomplished over the last 6 months:

250 Hours Spent READING and STUDYING Poker Books
400 Hours Spent on the tables applying what I have been learning
Just started formally grinding cash tables

I believe my income should accelerate upwards very quickly because of all the studying and experience I have accumulated over the past 6 months.

The next 6 months should be exciting so check back and follow my progress!

-Ethan

First Day Of Grinding

I read a book called Treat Your Poker Like A Business by Dustin Schmidt which I will do a full review of later.  The book is basically about the worlds best grinder who played 7 million hands and has won over 3million dollars in the last 5 years.

Made $30 in 1 hour for the Grinding TEST RUN

I have decided to setup my poker playing exactly like him and start grinding.  I played for 1 hour during Full Tilt Poker’s Happy Hour and it went well.  I made $30 overall across 4 tables.

5cent/10cent NL Hold’em Cash Games

My strategy is simply Blind Stealing when I can and then playing good hands aggressively.  I am just playing 4 tables for now because I can focus on strategy AND playing hands properly.

Honesty this is fast enough for me at the moment.

I am mostly concerned with getting a good rhythm down so I can consistently make money on my tables.  The key is to start out focused and STAY focused  because this is a long term conservative consistent money maker.

Lets hope so at least.

-Ethan

Grinding or Playing Higher Stakes?

This month I have been grinding 4 tables at the 5cent/10cent NL at once using Short Stack Strategy which essentially means playing only TOP hands.

I got kind of bored and decided to move up a limit and just play ONE 25cent/50cent table really well.  The result was good.  While I make money consistently with grinding I found it a nice change to play properly with strategy and bluffing on ONE table.

I’m not sure which is going to be the most profitable but I do like the change once in awhile.  I think I will keep experimenting and get back to you guys.

-Ethan