Hi everyone,
I´m 30 years old and from Germany, currently living in Austria.
I want to start this journal because I want to "shift up a gear" in my poker career ;)
So far I was a silent member and reader of RIO for quite a long time and have always been studying alone.
I think to open myself up and sharing thoughts, problems and ideas with like minded people, will be
highly beneficial to me and hopefully to others as well.

status quo

I`m in a very happy relationship and working at a part time job. So life is good
and the part time job will allow me to have enough free time, while having financial securety.
I play 100z on stars at the moment. These are my graph and results of the last few months.
last 300K hands
last 130k hands after strategy change
results

Goals for 2021

-being an activ member of the poker community and make this journal worth reading
-becoming a very solid winner at 100z (+5bb/100 over +150k hands)
-moving up to nl200
-my biggest goal: joning a CFP (BrPC or Detox) in the end of the year. Why in the end of the year?
At my job, I work a lot more during the summer and I balance my overtime in the winter months, what leads
to a ton of free time starting from october. If I would be signed by one of them, I want to fully committ to the programm
and get the most out of it.
-quitting job and becoming professional next year, if savings and results will put me in the right situation to do so.

what to expect from this journal

At this point, the only fixed rule to myself is to do a weekly recap about my studying and playing.
I`m going to post them every sunday or monday.
I will post interesting hands, poker related thoughts, ideas, questions and so on, whenever they occur.
Maby also some personal life OTT topics. I enjoy the holisitic approach of some journals very much.

Good luck to everyone and feel free to ask questions :)