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gifs88 - beatting hyper turbos from begining

Hi everyone! My name is Rafael and I play heads up hyper turbos under the nickname of "gifs88" at Poker Stars!
Well, I've never been very active in the forum because I usually follow maisev.com, which is a Brazilian forum of poker. 

Well, actually I'm part of husng.com stacking program and I'm playing the $15s, but I passed thought all the stakes, from $1,50 to $7 by my own! 
Here are my results since I started playing hypers.

$1.50 results:

$3.50 results:

$7 results:

$15 results:

Overall results:

As you all can see, I'm having a lot of difficult to adjust my game to the $15s level, but working hard on it!

And to finish my first post here, I would like to say that I improved a lot at husng.com stacking program and if anyone who are serious about the game are in doubt about joining or not the program I have only one thing to say: you are loosing your time and money thinking!

Later I will talk a bit more about my personal life and everything else regardless to poker! But for now is it! GL at the tables!

Tightfish's picture
Hi, can you tell me more

Hi, can you tell me more about differences between 7s and 15s? Nice results on 7s! In short time Im gonna also shot 15s ;)

Good luck!

gifs88's picture
Its really a different game!

Its really a different game! At 7s villains are a lot more passive than 15s villains! This is the biggest difference between these 2 stakes!

teddybloat's picture
Well done so far. How does

Well done so far.

How does the staking program work.

Do you get much coaching time? How does the profit split work?

gifs88's picture
I don't know if I can tell

I don't know if I can tell you this kind of information here! But what I can tell you is if you want to get to a new level of poker, just join it!
Its the most +EV thing I have ever done in my entire life at poker!

teddybloat's picture
No worries lol. Might look

No worries lol.

Might look into it. Am thinking about moving up stakes and would be nice to have some support doing it.

Gomzi's picture
My first post on the site and

My first post on the site and I completely agree with what gifs88 mentioned about the program, joined it a month back and my results speak for itself.

gifs88's picture
Hey guys! I will not play

Hey guys! I will not play today! So here is my results for the months!
Not very good, but certainly better than last month! So I'm pretty happy with my improvement so far, but not comfortable!
I will keep the hard work to try to beat the $15s next month!

For the next month my goals are:
[ ] Study a lot to beat the $15s
[ ] 1500 games
[ ] 3.5% EV ROI

I'm pretty confident that I will make July my best month at poker so far, and ready to put in a lot of hard work to make this real!

 

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No Limit Holdem Tournament •

No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players • PokerStars
$14.69+$0.31

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight.com

BB
hero
770
 

SB
Coquivisso
230
 

Effective Stacks: 8bb

Blinds 15/30

  • Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is BB

Coquivisso calls 15, hero goes all-in 770, Coquivisso goes all-in 200

  • Flop (460, 2 players, 2 all-in)
  • Turn (460, 2 players, 2 all-in)
  • River (460, 2 players, 2 all-in)

 

  • Final Pot: 460
  • hero shows a Royal Flush
  • Coquivisso shows a flush, Ace high
  • hero wins 1000 ( won +230 )
  • Coquivisso lost -230
RyPac13's picture
Nice royal flush, heh. How

Nice royal flush, heh.

How are July's results?

gifs88's picture
First of my life! I will post

First of my life! I will post the results tomorrow, when I get to 50% of volume goal! =P

gifs88's picture
Well, here are my results for

Well, here are my results for the month so far! Just reached the 50% volume goal mark!
As you can see I'm running extremely hot!

Actually I'm not looking at my EV while I'm grinding, just wen I reach 25% milestones. And this is really helping me to not tilt! I tilt much more by seeing my EV like this than with my actual results!

I really don't know what I am doing wrong to get a so fucking EV, but I will keep trying to figure it out! Maybe is just card distribution, but I cant let my self be comfortable about this!

RyPac13's picture
Good thoughts. Most people

Good thoughts.

Most people would rather take the results than the EV, but you seem to understand that the EV is a better indicator of success/edge.

Keep working, in the meantime, good to see you're having good luck and not bad luck.

Lawboyy's picture
I see you've taken the step

I see you've taken the step from beating 7$ to semi-slam on 15$. I just tried the move some days ago with a ROI on -13% from a 7% ROI on 7$. 
Obviously there are some different playstyles that atleast I noticed, but I'm on to low sample on 15's yet. Therefore I wonder what you think is the biggest difference regarding 7's and 15's. 

OT: Hook me up on skype if you wanna discuss tactics n hands @Veasel1337 

Kind Regards 
Lawboyy

Swedish

Student who eventually gonna crush. Just learning. PM if u need a analyze-buddy.

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At 15s people are a bit more

At 15s people are a bit more concerned about ranges, so you need to think  more about what your range represents to they in order to bluff and value bet.
And they are less inclined to fold vs. cbet too, calling much more with Ax and Kx.

At 7s, you can cbet almost 90% of the times that you will be fine.

KK89's picture
True if you only play regs,

True if you only play regs, but then again 15s regs aren't thinking about poker in a deep level and they usually decline you after a few games. 

 

I think in general having a high cbet % even against readless opponent is +ev however it's far from the most +ev strategy. It certainly won't get you 4%+ ev at 15s

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OK! Only 300 games left to

OK! Only 300 games left to reach the month volume goal!
In the last few days I worked very hard in my game in order to get better results in terms of EV and finally it went up!
Much more confident now! 

Go go go and keep the hard work!

cdon3822's picture
So that's where all my equity

So that's where all my equity went!

gifs88's picture
Ok ok! Back from my trip to

Ok ok! Back from my trip to Rio, now its time to finish this month challenge!
225 games left, and i will try to follow this plan in order to end up the month with 1500 games:
07/28 - 55 games
07/29 - 55 games
07/30 - 80 games
07/31 - 35 games

My classes at university are restarting today, so i will not be able to play as much as I was during vacations. But the daily goals that I just set up are possible to do. Gogogo!

gifs88's picture
YAY! End of the month! All

YAY! End of the month! All goals reached! 
[X] 1500 games and get GoldStar
[X] 3.5% EV ROI

Now its time to get ready for $30s! =D

gifs88's picture
Nothing like weekends field

Nothing like weekends field =P

gifs88's picture
Hi everyone! 415 games so far

Hi everyone! 415 games so far at the month and results and EV still pretty good! 
I will take some days off (will be back at sunday) and at the next week, depending on my results, I'll be able to move up to the $30's.

Won't post graphs today because I will wait for sunday to do it.

For the next week my plan is to make 535 games.

Day
# of games

10
50 games

11
40 games

12
35 games

13
75 games

14
35 games

15
100 games

16
100 games

17
100 games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gogogo never stop dreaming! Never stop the hard work!

gifs88's picture
As promissed, here is my

As promissed, here is my graph for thte month! Run Gifs Run!

 

KK89's picture
Gl for the rest of aug! 

Gl for the rest of aug! 

gifs88's picture
Thanks!!! 

Thanks!!! 

Vigoss's picture
Gl bro !! 

Gl bro !! 

gifs88's picture
Finally I'm ready to go to

Finally I'm ready to go to the $30s!
Here a re my results for the $15 SNGs. A lot of hard work in order to crush this limits but it worth!
Now is time to start another challenge at $30s and maybe finish the year trying to get into the $60s!

janmoh's picture
Congrats!

Congrats! and GL!

gifs88's picture
First day at the nem limit!

First day at the nem limit! Very happy about the results!
Gogogo! Never stop the hard work!

gifs88's picture
LOL! Waitting list at $30s is

LOL!
Waitting list at $30s is tilting me! Need to get used to it!
Played 45 games less than planned during the week because of this! But ok! I'm pretty happy with my move up results but still need to get better!

Didn't see many difference between $15s and $30s yet! 

295 games to finish months grind! I will try to finish it as soon as possible in order to have some days off to study the game! Specially reg play and some fundamentals!

So for the next week is:

Day
# of Games

18
30

19
30

20
70

21
30

22
40

Thats a total of 200 games! Letting 95 behind that I will play only at next weekend! Maybe I play a little during the other week, but not too much!
Need to rest a little too! =P

Reznov69's picture
Congrats! I really admire

Congrats!

I really admire your goals and your efforts to accomplish them! You really motivate me to push foward. :)

I can see you are a successful player. In contrast, I just started concentrating on HU SNG and I have little succes, even at this level.

Do you have any advice on beating Super Turbo micros?

gifs88's picture
Thanks! There is no magic to

Thanks!

There is no magic to beat the micros! Don't focus too much on your actual results, and respect your EV line! This what really matters! 
Money is good? Yes, but if your EV is going up, is just a matter of time to the money get in! 

If you don't have it, buy Chadders hypers pack, it really helped me beat the micros up to the $7s. =P

Dmaurice's picture
Well done!

Well done so far on your efforts - great to see your progress. I have been thinking about grinding the three handed Jackpot SNG Hypers on FullTilt - is that something you've ever considered? Obviously you can cram many games into only a few hrs and have the 'chance' of hitting the jackpot while you play. Interested to hear your thoughts on those....

gifs88's picture
Thanks! I really don't think

Thanks! I really don't think the jackpot SNG are worth playing. For me is just a lucky box!
But, this is the same view ppl had few years back when they started hu hypers. So maybe I just don't really understand it yet.

Best of luck to you!

CalvinLinus's picture
Wait List

Hey great results!

Just wondering, as a player trying to work up the stakes how ridiculous is the wait list at $30's in your opinion?

If someone put in a 6-8 hour day of regging how many games do you think you'd be able to play?

I know it timezone dependent so I guess assuming mostly primetime hours.

Just wondering whether or not I should even stick to hypers if the lobbies are really becoming this big of an issue.

Thanks for the help and GL at the tables!

gifs88's picture
Thanks! The wait list at $30s

Thanks!

The wait list at $30s are really a problem, but in order to fix this I'm mixing $15s and $30s. This way I get the same games/hours as before.

For higher stakes I guess this won't be a problem since there is basically reg war. So I don't worry too much about the wait list. At first it was chocking, but I get used to it.

GL for you too.

Samzilla's picture
Keep it up!  Also, share some

Keep it up!  Also, share some of ur run good with me pretty please. :-p (looking at your early graphs, u actually ran far worse at the $3.50's  than I currently am, so gross)

gifs88's picture
LOL! I guess you just got

LOL! I guess you just got what you wanted. I'm having some really hard time at $30s. Will update at night because now I'm at work.

gifs88's picture
As I promissed, here is the

As I promissed, here is the graph for the month so far!
This week I'm playing low volume and focusing on study in order to beat the $30s.

BBurlamaqu1's picture
HUSNGs (HT)

Hi my name is Bernardo, im just starting to play HUSNGs at the 3.5$ level hyper turbos, im trying to improve my game and beat the levels, im watching videos and reading some books but it seems that something is missing, can somebody help me? maybe by skype, im able to grind a lot of time, thank you guys

Bernardo Burlamaqui Del Carpio

gifs88's picture
Watch some HUSNG.com free

Watch some HUSNG.com free videos and if you have the money buy Chadders pack.
If you fully understand all the concepts involved in it, and try to apply it properly, this should be enough for you to beat $3.50s.

BBurlamaqu1's picture
There is a lot of packs , i

There is a lot of packs , i think there is 2 of Chadders, which one? and what more do i need to start the grind, i have HM2 but i dont understand very well the HUD, just the basic but i dont know what more i need to have everything right to grind correctly

Bernardo Burlamaqui Del Carpio

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http://www.husng.com/content/
gifs88's picture
Another month ending, another

Another month ending, another one beginning! I'm not so happy with my results, but not concerned with it too...I'm just in: "oh! thats ok! at least I'm up!"
The move up to the $30s was not so hard as it was the $15s, the biggest difference from the stakes is that at $30s there is more regulars, and they keep sitting you! But, I'm dealing ok with it!

Here is my months graph

$30s graph

The volume was very good! I thought will not be able to keep it up due to the classes, but I managed it really well.
For next month I'm just planning to studying a lot and make at least 1200 games, but I'm looking forward to start a small challenge to motivate myself. When i decide what you do I update here with new infos.

 

gifs88's picture
Well, I already reached all

Well, I already reached all the goals I've set to my self related to poker this year. But I still have 4 months so it's time to start to set new goals for the rest of 2014.

I really don't plan to finish the year playing $60's regularly, but I can see my self taking my first shots at this level by the end of the year, or 2015 beginning at max. But first I need to prove my self at $30s. So I will set my goals for the rest of the year aiming the move up.

[ ] 2K Games at $30s with 2.5% EV ROI playing one table
[ ] 2K Games at $30s with 2% EV ROI playing two tables

So, I will just start to play 2 table when I reach the first goal. 

Now, gogogogo! Play hard and study hard! 

BBurlamaqu1's picture
Hi man, nice graph for the

Hi man, nice graph for the month! i wonder if you can help me a bit , cause im trying to grind de 3.5 HT and i really dont understand why i only have beat over beat over beat everytime, i know that there is a lot of varianza but how is that possible that every time i have like 90% its flip over to me, do you have skype? maybe we can discuss some strategy together and if you want you can help me a bit hehe 

Bernardo Burlamaqui Del Carpio

gifs88's picture
Dont worrie about variance

Dont worrie about variance dude!
Shit happens all the time in this game!
Just keep grinding and you will find your way to the golden pot under the rainbow! 

gifs88's picture
Nobody need EV! 

Nobody needs EV! 

JEFLUNA's picture
Very good attide/mindset.

  Very nice graphs! Thanks for sharing. It motivates me to go on and stay optimistic.

  In the past I blew up my (little) bankroll very very often. The cause of it was tilt/ impatience , thinking the site was rigged etc.

 What I learned from you is the positive mindset, the (large) samples and being dedicated/passionated to go forward and move up.

 Respect !

 One note/question? , when you move up to the 60's ...you gone join or fight the cartels?

 I think there will be regwars there, but also regs are beatable!

 Good luck and keep on sharing your graphs !

gifs88's picture
Nice to read this mate! Good

Nice to read this mate! Good to know I'm inspiring people to try to be better!
Due to your question, I will need to play against cartel members in order to get in! So regwar waits for me!
 

Good luck at the tables!

gifs88's picture
Finally 1 day with EV up! But

Finally 1 day with EV up! But I still want graphs like this during the week, not at weekends =P
Gogogogo! Never stop the hard work!

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