20K Bankroll Challenge

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20K Bankroll Challenge

Hello I am Barkın from Turkey 32 years old.

I just want a challenge to motivate me to play more this year. Because of lots of reasons i never achived 20k$ poker bankroll in my life and i dream about it always. So my goal with that challenge to hit that bankroll.

I play poker for living. Because of that all the money i make not add to my bankroll. My bankroll around 11.5K$ now and will play NL50-NL100 regular tables mostly but if the games dead i can maybe add some NL50 RnC. I really dont like to focus short term results but need to share some results to make post alive. So my goal is to make it weekly. I hope we can finish that challenge in 2023.

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GocceGocce 1 year, 10 months ago

I will use A-Game Masterclass Focus Theme for my weekly planning. As this challenge continues, I will watch the videos and try to improve myself more.

Monthly Focus Theme:Grind without excuse

Monthly Volume Target 100 hour

Your process for accomplishing

-5 hour session mid-week.
-If i cant hit daily volume for a reason make a small Saturday session.
-Check your bankroll weekly only.
-After last session end on Friday update the Blog and bankroll challenge.
-Not try to push yourself more than 100 hour goal and use warm-up and cool down routines.
-When you're not playing poker or working out, do activities that don't require you to focus.

Why is this important?

-My main mission is to spend a quality life with my family away from financial worries. For this, it is very important to reach the NL200. In order to reach the NL200, I need to save more money than I have spent playing enough games. I need to play enough poker in it.

Monthly Study Target 10 hour

Monthly Study Theme A-Game Mental

Your process for accomplishing

-I will watch A-Game Masterclass video mid-week everyday for 30 minutes.

Why is this important?

-Although I feel mentally strong, I am not at the level I want. I need to develop myself mentally to maintain a healthy balance of life and poker and to be happy as the best version of me.

Mindset Marker Target #1

Warm-Up, Cool-Down

Your process for accomplishing

-Warm up before each session even if you feel not motivate to do it.
For first session use Eliot Roe youtube cash game warm-up video.
For second session use Huberman NSDR.
-After last session of the day quickly review the 15bb+ pots and the hands that you mark.
-Take some notes about your mental and strategic game to the daily Schulde.

Why is this important?

-I feel less stressed and more focused.

Mindset Marker Target #2

Non-Focus Bankroll

Your process for accomplishing

-l will check my bankroll weekly on Friday and update my blog.

Why is this important?

-It helps me better educate myself to remind myself that short-term results don't matter.
-I do not experience unnecessary emotional ups and downs during the week.

Mindset Marker Target #3

Non-Focus Rest

Your process for accomplishing

-In non poker times play a game, chat with friends or watch some youtube videos rather than looking for strategy update.

Why is this important?

-It allows me to use my energy more efficiently and get less tired.

GocceGocce 1 year, 10 months ago

Week 1 Recap

Graph

Stakes

Bankroll 11.4k / 20k

Volume 23:15 / 25

Study 2:30 / 2:30

Mindset Marker #1 Warm-Up,Cool-Down 5/5

Mindset Marker #2 Non Focus Bankroll 6/7

Mindset Marker #3 Non Focus Rest 4/5

What went well this week?

-Although I ran very badly, I was more resilient than before and played more poker.
-Most of the time I followed my daily schedule, which created a lot of free time during the day.

What could you do better?

-Sleep better and less worry about the future.

Earlier this week, there was a very important election in my country. That's why I tracked the vote count at night and this caused my sleep pattern to go a little messy and I couldn't go to Crossfit the next day. There are some weeks, no matter what you do, you can't get results on the table. This week was one of those weeks. Especially in my last sessions, this started to increase. Therefore, I finished the session earlier than it should have been.

Employees in my country have 1 day off and we want to celebrate this by going to another city with our friends. Therefore, I will have 1 day less study time than I should and I will not be able to play tennis this weekend. I expect this little vacation to be good for me.

GocceGocce 1 year, 9 months ago

Week 2 Recap

Graph

Stakes

Bankroll 11.9k / 20k

Volume 23:30 / 25

Study 2:30 / 2:30

Mindset Marker #1 Warm-Up,Cool-Down 5/5

Mindset Marker #2 Non Focus Bankroll 6/7

On Monday this week, after returning from vacation, I woke up tired in the morning. Because I drove too long the day before. As a result, I started the week stressed and could not handle the stress of a bad session. I had money in my GGpoker account for about 10 buyins of NL100 and for a moment I felt the urge to check my safe. I am aware that this is a completely unnecessary and artificial concern. I think it's caused by overlapping things. I have been in a bad situation for 1-2 months both in terms of performance and luck. This made me worry about the future. In the following days, I became aware of this problem and asked myself questions and sought answers to get away from the anxiety of the future during the day. But most importantly, I meditated every day and tried to live more in the moment both in my sessions and in other works I did.

Mindset Marker #3 Non Focus Rest 4/5

During the day at home, I sometimes have a hard time finding anything to focus on other than poker. I find it hard not to do research on poker, especially during the lunch break. Because, although this curiosity seems to be good at first, it takes the energy that I need to spend on the session in the following hours.

What went well this week?

Mentally, I was very stable and professional after Monday. My sleeping pattern is back to its usual state. Thanks to the routines I did during the week, I was able to distance myself enough from poker. After a week break, I started Crossfite and tennis again. I bought a tennis racket for myself and my wife.

What could you do better?

I can spend my rest time better. Most of the time I can't find anything to do in my spare time. At such moments, I think of the areas where I am bad in the game and I want to do research on these areas with H2N. For a long time I think my strategy against vs 1Raise is not good enough. I have so many questions about this. Too many questions bring with it too many points to improve. The reason why my BB and SB winrate was low was because my bluffcatch strategy was bad. I still have some uncertain thoughts for other positions. I think my 3D strategy against fis is the most obvious root of the problem. The other reason I think is my 3BP IP PFR strategy. While these problems continue, it is still very difficult to stop without doing anything and just rest.

GocceGocce 1 year, 9 months ago

Week 3 Recap

Graph

Stakes

Bankroll 12k / 20k

Volume 24 / 25

Study 2:30 / 2:30

Mindset Marker #1 Warm-Up,Cool-Down 5/5

Mindset Marker #2 Non Focus Bankroll 7/7

Mindset Marker #3 Non Focus Rest 3/5

What went well this week?

Being able to learn from other players' games is one of the cornerstones of my game. For a long time, I had some questions especially about my preflop game. Because I didn't have enough samples, I couldn't trust myself to change my game. I've spent most of my gaps this week reviewing other players' preflop games, and I think I've learned some things. My mental state is much better than before. I'm not as focused on cash and results as I used to.

With our new rackets, we started to play tennis with my wife, with crossfit and tennis lessons some days of the week. We are still not in very good shape. But I think we will close our deficit and make 10-15 rallies in a short time.

What could you do better?

I learned to do things to relax my mind in short breaks. But I'm still very bad at resting between my 2 main sessions. Because I have poker on my mind all the time and I'm trying to do more research and learn more. This causes energy loss in evening sessions. My first session in the morning is usually between 7-10. Between 10-11 is spent preparing breakfast and coffee. I usually set myself a goal of resting for 1 hour after washing the dishes. But on these rests, I find myself doing poker-related stuff all the time. I can take a short nap to spend this time more quality. It will be my priority to try this next week.

GocceGocce 1 year, 9 months ago

4 Week Check

Volume Target 94/100

I used to get up and play poker on Saturday mornings. Now I have tennis lesson at this hour and I started to think that it would be better for me to spend the next time with my wife. For this reason, I did not have the opportunity to make up for the weekends when I could not play during the week. Despite this, I am satisfied with my performance. 90 hours for the next month seems like an ideal target.

Study Target 10/10

I finished the A-Game master class. I try to apply 75% of what I learn every day. Can I do this well enough? Of course no. But at least my sessions have started to progress in a certain pattern and I'm sure I have less tilt.

Mindset Marker #1 Warm-Up,Cool-Down

I warmed up before all of my sessions and did not rush it. This has been one of the greatest habits I have gained. I did not cool down after 1-2 sessions, but I think even this is a big improvement.

Mindset Marker #2 Non Focus Bankroll

I still have the urge to look at my bankroll at a high level from time to time. I'm not sure if this is a problem. But at least I can postpone it and look at my checkout day. I'm sure the problem with this is deeper. The developments we experience during the day and the state of my games trigger this problem. For example, if I have a bad session on a day when the landlord asks for a rent increase, my urge to look at the cash register increases. I wish I could have delved deeper into this issue.

Mindset Marker #3 Non Focus Rest

For the first two weeks, I was more successful at spending time in front of the computer without focusing on poker. For the last 2 weeks, I have randomly found myself practicing poker during my rest periods. I think this is especially bad for my afternoon sessions. I need to find a solution for this. That's why I want to put this topic at the top of my goals for the next month.

Graph

Stakes

GocceGocce 1 year, 9 months ago

Monthly Focus Theme:Grind without excuse

Monthly Volume Target 90 hour

Your process for accomplishing

-Plan for 5 hour session mid-week. If you feel great do it. If you dont you dont feel great you can give up from some hours.
-Not push yourself with bad pre and post session routines.

Why is this important?

-My main mission is to spend a quality life with my family away from financial worries. For this, it is very important to reach the NL200. In order to reach the NL200, I need to save more money than I have spent playing enough games. I need to play enough poker in it.

Mindset Marker Target #1

Non-Focus Bankroll

Your process for accomplishing

-l will check my bankroll weekly on Friday and update my blog.

Why is this important?

-It helps me better educate myself to remind myself that short-term results don't matter.
-I do not experience unnecessary emotional ups and downs during the week.

Mindset Marker Target #2

Non-Focus Poker Rest

Your process for accomplishing

-I wasn't good enough in my first week. That's why I want to set a more specific target on this topic. After my morning session, before starting the second session, take at least 1 hour of poker rest that does not require much thinking and focusing.

Why is this important?

-It allows me to use my energy more efficiently and get less tired.

Bankroll 12.2k / 20k

GocceGocce 1 year, 8 months ago

5-6 Week Check

Volume Target 40/45

The last week has been a little tough for me. My grandmother was hospitalized. Because of this, I couldn't focus much on poker and spent some time in the hospital. However, I am happy with my playing time. I did my best. Besides, I got a warning for choosing a table from GGPoker during the week. This got me a little upset. I talked to other friends who have encountered this problem and they mentioned that they are starting to pay attention to the table selection. But I have no idea what rule I should apply and I haven't received any definite response from GGpoker about it.

GGpoker is a poker room with high rake. Table selection is more important here than in other rooms. Frankly, I don't think I can be a winner in these games without a good selection of tables. That's why I decided to play RnC for a while. Because when I cannot choose a table, the game is no different from RnC. I can't predict what kind of winrate I will have in RnC. I have a 100k handset from when I played NL200 RnC 2 years ago. Winrate was around 1bb/100 without rakeback. But I don't know the current status of the games. I think as the number of hands increases, I will have a better idea about it.

Mindset Marker #1 Non-Focus Bankroll

I always get better with the period when I don't feel financially pressured, and this period is one of those periods. I need to see when the games went bad before I could make a more critical assessment of this issue.

Mindset Marker Target #2 Non-Focus Poker Rest

When I was at home, I started to set aside 2 types of rest for myself. The first is when I don't play poker but can think about poker, watch videos and check out the strategic stuff that pops into my head. The second is the time I relax by doing other things completely away from poker. I make sure that this second period is at least 1 hour before my second session. In the first period, I usually talk to my friends and sometimes play chess.

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STAKES

Bankroll 12.7k / 20k

GocceGocce 1 year, 8 months ago

2nd Month Check

Volume Target 83/90

This month actually ended with a performance above my normal standards. I could not reach the time I targeted, but I am happy considering some of the serious problems I have experienced.

Problem 1 This month my grandmother had serious health problems and stayed in the hospital for a long time. We were with them at the hospital most of the time to help my mother. This has seriously reduced both my sleep pattern and the number of hours I can work.

Problem 2 I got a message about Bumhunting from GG poker. I knew this had happened to most players before but it had not happened to me despite playing GG poker for years. As a result of this, I thought about what to do for 1-2 days and did not play games. I tried to get back to the games later, but I spent my sessions stressed as GG didn't really set a standard for table selection. For these reasons, I decided to play RnC. RnC is a game with an incredibly high variance and has a different strategy than normal tables. I spent a lot of time adjusting to this strategy. Finally, after a week, I returned to playing regular table more carefully as a result of the conversations I had with my friends.

Problem 3 I have been active in sports for many years. In general, daily muscle soreness has now become a standard. However, due to the collapse of our bed this month, some days my back was stiff and I could not get out of bed. We were constantly delaying buying a bed because we were not in a very good financial situation. However, after this problem experienced this month, we went yesterday and bought a new mattress. I hope we get our new bed soon.

Mindset Marker #1 Non-Focus Bankroll

Due to the problem I had with GG and the money I took out of my bankroll, I got stressed some days and cared a lot about my bankroll. That doesn't mean I'm playing a purely money game. But I was far from the standard I set for myself. That's why I need to focus more on this subject in the new moon. The root of the problem is actually deeper. But I can make it better.

Mindset Marker Target #2 Non-Focus Poker Rest

Until the last week, I was incredibly successful at this. Before my afternoon session, I created a 1-hour break where I never thought of poker. For the last 1 week, I spent some of my time off on EV calculations because of the poker-related calculations that stuck in my mind all the time. Some days I even had trouble sleeping and got out of bed and did calculations.

For my third month, I want to raise the bar a little higher. I will increase my target time to 100 hours again. I don't set goals for studying poker because unlike most people, he's very good at spending time on it. I will not include the RnC graph as a graph in the results. Since it is a game based entirely on rakeback and rakerace, I think the graphics will affect me badly.

GRAPH

STAKES

Bankroll 11.5k / 20k

GocceGocce 1 year, 7 months ago

9-10 Week Check

Volume Target 45/45
My grandmother's illness still continues. That's why I spend some of my time in the hospital. I slowly got used to this situation, even though I didn't want to. But this week a new one has been added to our problems. Doctors gave my husband's father a diagnosis they were unsure of. That's why my wife cries all the time. For the first time in my life I am trying to play poker while dealing with such problems.

But the problems did not end there. This week, my GGPoker agent said that their contract with Turkey is over and that's why I had to withdraw my poker case. Already 3 weeks ago I received a meaningless bumhunting warning from GGPoker and it turned my whole poker rhythm upside down.

The only thing I could do in this situation was to play on Pokerbros, which I still have a connection to, and I've been playing here for a week. Since my Pokerbros and GGpoker databases are different, I will try to share only my Pokerbros chart from now on.

For most of my life, I was afraid to play high limits and applied strict bankroll management. One of the biggest reasons for this was the high variance and low winrate in GGPoker. In the room I'm playing now, my winrate is about twice my GGPoker winrate in the past years. This pushes me to apply a more aggressive bankroll management. For this reason, I will try to play on the NL200 as soon as I find good tables.

Mindset Marker #1 Non-Focus Bankroll

Now my bankroll is 117 buyin for NL100 and 59 buyin for NL200. If i only count my average winrate on variance calculator i need 50 buyin to grind. Because i played in high rake games i also have something like 3,2bb/100 rakeback. 50 buyin looks really safe but i still have some mindset problems and because of that i checked my bankroll alot to make sure not being over agro.

At the same time, I checked my cashier more than necessary as I transferred too much money due to GGpoker closing. But since the main goal is to focus on money and living in the moment, I don't think these are too big of a problem. But after my first sessions on my new site, checking my chart seems like a bigger problem.

I don't have a very luxurious life. I spend the money I earn on sports and food in general. My biggest goal when leaving Pokerdetox was to manage my bank more accurately. But in the past years, I think that I still have not improved myself regarding this situation. I had friends who tried to help me on this issue, but I could not create a plan that was in my head. I would love to know how I can better manage my poker finances by taking risks, at least in these years.

Mindset Marker Target #2 Non-Focus Poker Rest

The fact that I can still stick to my routines among all these problems shows me how much I have improved myself mentally in the past years. I still warm up before the session and cool down after the session. At least 1 hour break between my morning sessions and evening hours when I don't think about poker is very good for me.

GRAPH

STAKES

Bankroll 11.7k / 20k

GocceGocce 1 year, 6 months ago

At this time in my life, I am faced with more negativity than I have ever experienced before. As I got older, I realized that this was now a part of my life. My grandmother passed away 15 days ago. She was in the hospital for 3 months and maybe it was for the best. It's a really strange feeling when a member of your family is no longer alive. Since I speak more motivationally to people, I sometimes feel the pain of this when I am alone.

It was really difficult to play poker or stay mentally healthy during this period. I think I did my best. I went on a short vacation with my wife and friends for the last 5 days. I think this holiday will be better for me.

My goal for the future still continues. Even though it doesn't motivate me enough, I will stand behind my goal and not lose my discipline to reach the $20K bankroll. I will use this as motivation for myself. Because it is very important to finish what I started.

After the problems I experienced in GGpoker, I decided to continue playing app games. I will continue this. But I don't have the chance to use a tracker in the games I plan to play right now. For this reason, you will not see any graphics in the posts I make here.

Bankroll 15.6k / 20k

GocceGocce 1 year, 6 months ago

I know I'm going through a very strange time. After the problems I had at GGpoker, I was beginning to think that I was not improving as a poker player. With the air I caught in app games and my potential to take risks that were more self-confident than normal, I reached my goal. For the first time in my life, I achieved a money goal I set. I have no idea what will happen next. But I'm sure that I can't motivate myself enough with money. I will continue to let myself go with the flow of the game and do my best.

Bankroll 20k / 20k

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