MGOP CLIENT QUESTIONNAIRE

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MGOP CLIENT QUESTIONNAIRE

Gonna answer the questions from Mental game of poker by Jared.. since i need to work on my mental game a lot... at least i would have my problems written down there ...

Briefly describe your poker history. How would you characterize your progress? What game(s)/limit(s) do you play?
most of my life i played i guess 10nl even tho i wasnt somehow crushing it i guess.. did also some tilt a week ago and lost whole BR at 50nl.. (around 450$ so having BR only for 10nl.. not 50nl.. ). And now i need to play 5nl or 4nl so that even if i do my mega stupid aggrro air bluffs, it isnt so expensive as at 50nl...
What are your goals in poker? Short- and long-term.
short: move out far away from family
long: well obv wanna live from poker, travel
What personal goals does poker support?
money independence, no boss, can work at any time, can work bonus time to make more, or work less to make less... flexible... also i think that bosses in my country mostly just uses/sponges others..
List and describe the problems in your mental game. List them in order of importance to you or by severity. Give as much information as you
i m just so aggresive and do bluff3bets and i 3barel bluff with cmplete air, not even backdoors... its somehow in my unconcious competence (as MGOP says) i need to unlearn it finally... i never do x/fold when i miss or horible board comes ... , at least i always cbet since i already feel potcomitted even if i miss completely.. am just so much aggro spewy.... simply board gets ugly and i call down... for info.. or for fear of getting bluffed... but in reality i just risk and lose even more by not-giving-up and its just what makes me staying at micros for-ever, since tight explo folds are often way to go to move out from micros... and also thin vbets...
other signs: not 100% focus on game, multitabling, when there is action on more then 1 table at once i get nervous and think too long and timeout or do fastly decisions w/o proper thinking so that i dont timeout

What have you tried to do to fix any of these issues? What level of success have you had?
well i tried to switch to reg tables, but then again in the last weeks i just ended up playing 6 speed ipoker tables etc... am just digging my own grave... so i m just helping the issues to remain, not to fix..
also playing when tired or sick , when brain might not be 100% active .. tho dont think it is that big of issue like i dont think i need 100% for poker..

Do factors outside of poker ever affect your play? If yes, how? Does poker ever negatively impact your life? If yes, how?
Yes, i just keep on thinking how much BBs or BIs is everything i buy in RL and thinking like im spewing my money.. :D
It negatively impacts me when im losing, since i get sooo angry , so y. mental game fish... im especially getting angry when my bluff get called by super random Ahigh or pair and i lose... since there was flaw in my mentality that i was so 100% sure that he gonna fold all underpairs and Ahigh when i bluffshove my 9high, etc...

Why do you play poker? What motivates you to play, why do you love it, what do you get out of it?
Since i dont want to work under anybody and want a freedom, and i like that in poker there isnt limit in how much u can earn... if u work harder u can get more and more.. no limit! holdem! :u or work'em?
List your three to five biggest distractions while playing. Describe why these are a problem.
My mom! still bla bla shit at me and orders me around all the day, i dont have my own room to close myself in and have privacy and peace to play poker..
PT4 graph !!!! still checking that EV line!!!!!

How do you decide when to play? Do you have set times or is it flexible or random?
pretty random and flexible , no set, not even twopair
Describe what you do before you play. How do you warm up, if you do?
dats pretty random sometime i look at a bit of old session biggest hands or read RIO hanhhistory posts or comment them... but sometimes i dont do any of this...
but should make some list of stuffs to not do during session and read it before each session...something like dis:

look at board and then stats, think twice, take notes, look for exploit spots
dont spew, focus on quality of my decisions, not how i run
bluff only with equity or with good read , blockers ,watch WTSD take time before decisions
fold vs raises a lot w/o reads, although his plays seems bad
DONT HEROCALL FOR INCORECT PRIZE,
DONT PLAY SO AGGRO VS SMALL STACKZ
USE SMALL SIZINGZ DONT PLAY EACH SPOT FOR ALLIN SIZINGS
dont bluff multiple streets, max one street vs reg, and vs fish 0 streets
dont cbet air, x/fold it do not multitask dont watch graph, takes ur
focus away, cant adjust and do notes and it just gives useless
emotions to me, either happy for winning tilt or angry for losing tilt..

What is your average session length?
pretty random i can do even 5hours in row.. but average i would say hour or 50min.. or maybe 100mins..
How many sessions do you play per day?
random again, definitely i would say a couple ..
How many hours do you play per month on average?
dont know... only started playing a lot only this month since i had to finish bachelor thesis and exams... so this month 82hours
What are the reasons that you would quit a session prematurely? Are the problems listed in question 5 ever the cause?
i guess my problem is that i dont quit a session even when i see i tilt like monkey... i just keep on spewing more and more... cuz i want my money back... yeah .. stupid i know... just loses even more since my brain is overweighted with emotions and cant think straight..
Describe your work ethic. Is procrastination or burnout ever a problem?
i think i invested a lot of time this month for poker, but could deffo invest more... i might be procrastinating a bit , but its not even FB but more likely youtube related videos... just keeps clickin em...endless loop.. but deffo not procrastinating that much... or maybe yes.. who knows..? its always connected with cooling my head off from poker but maybe i overdo it..
Describe what you do away from the table to improve technically as a player.
i think i work a lot on my game, spamming NLHE LOW a lot ... and tries to comment others hand too... and involve in playing hands better.. so i guess the thing is that i often know the best line i just dont see/use it because of fogged brain from emotions and tilt...
i also always mark hands during session and then try to analyze them in PT4 or with flopzilla a bit..
Do you ever act without thinking in a way that’s negative? If yes, why? What is the typical situation when it happens?
yeah i make ego wars at tables, especially preflop even on smallish sample when i see some stats a bit high, or i see he 3betbluffed or 4betbluffed once, i go crazy and just widen my range to almost ATC.. pretty dumb... tight is right and im not doing very tight...
also postflop when someone checks to me or bets smallish or anything.. i just bluff my stack off to him... with complete air... no backdoors.. simply ego wars and wanting to win every pot..

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