So about why I think I have an edge... I've been applying a lot of random theoretical concepts I thought about about a week before starting NL200, and I've also been scavenging the PTR database for hand histories on the winning regs.
From what I saw, I'm basically under the impression that the best players suck and are winners because of good table selection, lol . I could be wrong but that's what it seems like. The difference between the hardcore grinders that are 2ptbb and .5 ptbb are who they play against.
Some other things that struck me was watching durrrr vs isildur HU and some random PAD and HSP episodes. There were a lot of moments where I kinda realized many spots postflop are actually just bluffcatchers or are too weak to be raised. I also had to honestly look back at my old game and plug a LOT of leaks.
Anyway, I scored a solid 1322 vpp today. I only need 28,893 for SuperNova! Hopefully I make a ton on the way
I've noticed I've always written kinda, smallish goals, and I don't feel excited, and like "wow, can I really make this". And I go bored and just don't care "goals wern't great anyway" I'm kinda telling myself without really telling myself.
So for december I'm gonna turn it up a notch, even though I didn't make my November goals!!
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- 80 hours or more of playtime at the tables.
- 12 poker vods
- 2 poker books
- train atleast 12 sessions at the gym
- Try keep propper day rythem, always wake up between 06:00 - 12:00 and go to bed before stupid o clock. liiike, try to go bed 22:30, sleep 23:00 / 23:30, wake up 08:00
- Reach C+ with all 3 races in Starcraft (This one isn't that important, training and poker is important).
Weird, I notice I dodge things when I don't do well at them, or don't meet an expectation I set for myself. Annoying, keep thinking "wish I never stopped the blog" and I don't go at it again, because "it's no fun when I have a long stretch I stopped".
I'll try harder not to stop this time around, roarr.
I remember setting some goals in a thread for November, tried finding the thread again now, but I can't seem to find it. But I vaguely remember the goals (that can't be good, means I lost focus of my goals weeks ago)
Think they were pretty "passive" and not that insane, slow start to poker again? Or something like that. Think they were something like this:
- 40 hours of poker at the table
- 6 poker training vods
- read 3-4 books
- train 4 times a week
Hrmpfh, checked my tracker now, I played 37 hours, close but not good enough. Hate playing these microstakes (I know bad excuse). But if I was better I'd be higher, so nothing to blame but myself <3
Ended up 24$ total in 6max and 54$ up in Heads up. Nothing to brag about, but at least I'm in the plus, I think I'll get 260$ or so back in rakeback, so that's around 330$ for the month. Averaging of 8$ an hour, hrmpfh.
On the bright side, I watched maybe 11 poker vods, so that's good atleast, now on part 7 of some HU series on deuces with prinnyraiding in it. Hope I remember all the stuff I see there.
On the book parts, I read atleast one full, and several small thingys, not sure if the small ones count. So not a total success there, and I'm in the middle of another book, so that's semi okay xD
I trained 4 times a week first 2,5 weeks, got huge stomach problems again, due to my sugar thingy, and not trained in 8 days, I'm gonna go train today again though.
So overall, on a scale from 1-10 in completing goals, I'd have to give myself a 5 or something!!
Today was supposed to be a day of re-confidence building and BR rebuilding.
but 13k Hands later, and I'm only up 30 bucks on nl25. I definitely think there are some leaks in my game that I've forgotten about in my 1 month break. I also need to shore up some EV problems... <_<
overall, I need to rethink my game, as it's clear to me that I've def. forgot a lot about how to play poker.
Oh well, hope to put in some awesome volume tomorrow.
Well I'm not quite updating yet, it hasn't been going really well since last blogpost, I've failed to live up to my goal, been really stressed out due to renovation and problem with girl who I then decided to dump. So "Sennpu" from LP is renting a room in my house, this way I'm not alone xD
Everything is done except the bathroom, which shud be done by next week, then I shud be able to take a bunch of pictures, It's really pretty freaking cool here actually :D
As far as poker goes I pretty much tilted a shitload, way more than usual, and played less hands than I was supposed to, which resulted in July-> +80k August -> +10k September -> +10k October -> +30k and finally November is decent with -> +93k
Still 250k to go till 1m so I'm most likely going to fail, needless to say this is kind of disappointing but I'll make up for it next year hopefully.
Meeting girls is also going to be part of the plan lolol ~_~
So well gl guys, I'll update before christmas with pics and shit, promise
The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a bill that will impose a tax on the Australian people for their carbon emissions will be blocked in the coming days.
The leader of the opposition was toppled today for his support of the ETS by Tony Abbott, the man to lead the climate sceptics in a revolt against this great green tax.
The opposition will now block the bill in the senate, which will cause a deadlock of the houses. This gives the government the unusual and rare constitutional opportunity to trigger a double dissolution election. It is yet to be determined if they will call for a double dissolution.
Fin. Finito. Nada mas. It's over baby and it's good, yeah, real good, good like the top side of set over set deep.
Actually got things done pretty smoothly and quickly, but when moving there's no such thing as too quick. Still have some unpacking to do and I want to sort things out a bit. Got lazy and did a lot of "just throw it in a box and we'll figure it out later" moves.
Been a busy last 5 days or so. Started moving on Wednesday, then flew to San Fran on Thursday and went straight from the airport to the thanksgiving festivities, had a relaxing day on Friday, and then flew home on Saturday. Sunday morning began the big move and today we grabbed the last things laying around the house, cleaned it and turned in the keys. I'm so glad it's over. I'm fucking tired.
Haven't been able to grind much cause of traveling and moving. Before this went down I was getting like 10k hands a week. Gonna try and keep that up for the next 2 weeks and then aim for at least 5k a week while traveling.
I havent played any hands online this november. I focused entirely on the various live games in my city ranging from NL50-NL1000, but NL200 was my cutoff. Sadly I failed, playing a hyper aggressive game vs a bunch of live tards trying to push every edge I had. Honestly I feel I just got sucked out on 100% but I'd need HEM to be the judge for sure. So I am absolutely 100% officially done with live play. My style just does not fit it.
Sadly, my style doesnt fit online either. In all reality my style probably sucks, but I think I know what I'm doing, it just only works at higher limits, you know the ones where people fold T8o in the small blind to a 6x BB raise. But then again I probably dont have to make it 6xBB to get into a favorable spot. I've always done well at higher limits. My HEM graphs is all positive from NL200-NL400. It's the micros that kill me. I probably know how to beat them, but I dont have the time to nut peddle all night across 20 tables and win 1 buyin per day before I can move up, and thats not even counting when variance sets you back 10 BI's. Micros are like this horrible slow grind, up and up and up, and then BOOM, you go way down when some fish gets his money in bad. Then you repeat the process, and if you have enough patience, eventually you come out the victor.
So where can I play to maximize fish's mistakes and remove them from the equation at micro limits. I have deemed this to be possible in SNG's. You see, in an SNG, some retard mother fucker can only fuck up so many times before his ass is gone. The way I see it, if I play a 1 table SNG, im not playing vs 9 fish, im only playing vs 3 or 4. The rest will knock themselves out, all the while giving me equity for nothing. Now theres still variance in SNG's. But as long as I can capitalize on my superior poker playing skill vs these 3 or 4 fish I encounter, it should be a cake walk. The other fish self-destruct, and I get to play for payouts vs hardly anyone at the table.
So where does this leave me? Well b/c I cant afford to play NL200 online right now, which I would do with about $1000 bankroll or more, I need to work that shit up. Hopefully I can grind my way through the SNG circuit to about a $200 bankroll or so and then take shots at NL50, the first limit that isnt completely filled with total idiots. It'll still be a struggle b/c theres still plenty of fish also taking shots, but the bulk of NL50 players and up consist of new grinders, people who have read a few articles, seen a few forum posts, and maybe even read a book. As a result, they are trying to curtail their game to a more profitable style, and that includes folding dumb fucking garbage that stacks players like me when we hit TPGK.
My goal is to quickly get into NL100 and above, where I can play my 40/30 style and actually do some range finding postflop.
See it's funny, everyone says the higher the limits, the bigger the bankroll you need, because the players are better. But I see it as the opposite. The higher the limits, the less likely you are to be busting your ass because you know and respect these players, so you arent getting it all in every 2 fucking seconds, because that would be stupid because they arent either without a really good hand. At micro limits, you have to just run with your hands so often because there is zero range finding vs idiots, and then you find yourself getting rivered so often that you need a huge 50 BI bankroll to recover from the suckouts.
[] get coached
[x] get flaked on by coach
[] use new found knowledge to win
[] run good
[x] lose a bunch of money
[x] run like dog shit
[x] cut roll in half over past 4 days
OK month, again, didn't play enough, but its okay. Made about 1.5k on stars, but it tilts me how HEM shows the Euro hands in US dollars so won't post a graph. Ran a little bad but that just makes last month fair.
Will start to really push myself on moving up, that or at least learning PLO.
This is a friggin amazing game played recently, one of the best doubles matches I have ever seen, so if you have any interest in badminton, watch it - you'll be impressed.
Goals for next month:
o lose 4kg
o ~40k+ hands
o pass Operations Research (anybody the nuts at this class?)
Hey lp. I've been lurking here for a few months already. Just to clarify, I am no way related to the Rhaegar that you all know, and am not attempting in anyway to impersonate him ;P. It's only a coincidence that we both use a similar name. Infact, Rhaegar99 is usually my second choice name when Rhaegar has already been taken.
Like some of yous, I was (and still kinda am) a starcraft fan from teamliquid. I had a friend that started poker around 1-2 years ago, but I didn't really get around to it until the midyear break in July. From then, I grinded casually with the $2 Pokerstars to $100 on FL4 to FL20. I only started NL in October but didnt get many hands in due to uni and exams.
Right now I'm playing mostly NL5 and some FL50, and a solid winner at these limits. I've had 3 shots at NL10 and they've been pretty terrible, losing 6 BIs. Looking for a few more shots in the coming month. Hoping to be a winner at NL10 by the end of December ;D
I've been playing poker for a while now and I've decided the path I want to take is one of a massgrinder. I want to become the next joey/chiren80. Here is my 24 table graph of nl5 so far. Unfortunately I had to cashout and im left with $125, I'm going to grind some more and build up and hopefully take a shot at nl10, which will be a lot harder to beat massgrinding I believe. GL in your 50k hand prop joey, Im pretty sure its an easy lock for you.
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. I could be wrong but that's what it seems like. The difference between the hardcore grinders that are 2ptbb and .5 ptbb are who they play against.
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