September is over yes?

I know you are playing way higher than me so it's hard to judge but I still think it's a very good idea to set yourself some strict goals to follow when things aren't totally going your way, I hope things turn around man,

Best of luck with everything dude. You're one of the players I respect most on here and I hope everything works out for the best and you start beating 2/4 like a red-headed step child the way you want to and know you can. Teaching is a great way to learn too...so you'll probably get a lot out of it for yourself as well. I thik k2o4 is a good smart player as well, so you guys should be able to bounce a lot off of each other. Anyway, GL!

the BOOM scared me

" 4-5table or even 6-table HU"

this is not a good idea... even against very weak players playing 3+ tables of different opponents is not wise

"maybe I was just a terrible poker player and I had been lucky all this time"

BS, c'mon man, I've been reading you for a couple of months and I know thats complete bullshit, just let's get to work, do your thing, keep movin, keep walking.
good luck with the running business, personally I love runnin and I run when I'm on tilt, helps a lot.

On September 30 2008 13:42 TalentedTom wrote: " 4-5table or even 6-table HU" this is not a good idea... even against very weak players playing 3+ tables of different opponents is not wise

I agree with this on the stars tables. The ipoker tables are pretty damn slow though, playing 6 is like playing 3 on stars imo

I hope you stop running bad cause I think as your student it is spilling over onto me!!! I swear, Cooler Central is new located wherever my laptop is ^^

I am trying to work out more too - maybe that can be part of the coaching, requiring workouts. Like we do a coaching session and then we both have to go work out for an hour, haha. Anything to keep each other motivated.

Don't worry man, you'll run good soon and pwn it up ^^

told ya sept was fkn rigged

GL Saki! I know you will get back on track! Also want to say that I love your HH-posts, it gives me motivation to improve my own game!

if u want fulltilt money then PM me

You always come through, Saki. Best of luck to you and K2o4 is lucky to have you as his coach. Gl to you both !!

Only 3-4 times a week and you plan to run a marathon next summer? Damn, I dunno where you're starting from but that sounds unrealistic. Great goal to have though, good luck.

"My goal is to make $20k/month atleast, if I cant do that then fuck this game"

Really really wrong mindset imo, this can be truly dangerous for you as a "new pro". Try to stop thinking like that, and yeah, stop with the fucking cashouts that will make you even more tilted by short term variance. Vicious circle.

On October 02 2008 09:24 ikc5 wrote: Only 3-4 times a week and you plan to run a marathon next summer? Damn, I dunno where you're starting from but that sounds unrealistic. Great goal to have though, good luck.

Its not unrealistic at all. I am in terrible shape right now so I obv have to start out slow adjusting my body to running etc and I will increase the length and frequency of my runs as i progress.

On October 02 2008 15:50 MilZo wrote: "My goal is to make $20k/month atleast, if I cant do that then fuck this game" Really really wrong mindset imo, this can be truly dangerous for you as a "new pro". Try to stop thinking like that, and yeah, stop with the fucking cashouts that will make you even more tilted by short term variance. Vicious circle.

I wouldnt really consider myself a new pro since I have had poker as my only income for about 2 years now but yeah, I see what you mean. Its not like I will go on monkey tilt if I dont spike a 20k month, its more that I think 20k/month is a pretty realistic goal given that I am a 5+ptbb/100 winner over 200k+ hands at 2/4 and 3/6. Playing well will always be my #1 priority though

On October 03 2008 06:56 SakiSaki wrote:Playing well will always be my #1 priority though

Cool man, that's what I wanted to make sure of. I know you've been a good player and a winner for a long time, your old 6 max vidz kinda "showed me the way" back in the days.

So thanks for that, and best of luck to you.

Pretty intersting read.

It makes me feel a lot better , that players far superior to myself can make the same mistakes , too..

this vicious circle has really kinda put me down a lot lately

- I really need to stop cashing out so much. The last few months I have just been cashing out compulsively, like, whenever I have a bad session I cash out 2-3k for no real reason that that I feel like it
- but for some reason I have get this retarded feeling that I somehow "deserve" to play higher and I spew a ton on 2/4 cause it feels like so little money or whatever.

In my case it is on a lower level moneywise but still this is a terrible thing to do no matter what limits u play.

Like i played Nl200 1 1/2 month ago ... had a bad session -> cashed out -> played Nl100 didnt went too good -> cashed out -> playedNl50 -> didnt care about money -> played NL100 HU again kinda underrolled -> run bad -> cash out even more and leave myself with just like 15 buy ins of Nl50 -> grind it up a bit -> play NL200 again cause Nl50 and Nl100 feels so little oney ...
Bankroll went to Hell

your first goal is also something i've been struggling with. good luck tho.

Taking any action on your goal to run the marathon? I'd gamble against that