The Grind

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The Grind

Hey all.
No big intro, going to play this month 200h of poker. Starting NL25SH. Playing 7-9tables at once
Im doing it to grow my br, i have been tring to make comeback at poker several time last 2years, alw failed (well alw made nice money but didnt have time to really do it as profession) because so much other commitments. This time i canceled all other thing and go for poker.
I will keep here my day to day results/toughts/questions update.
NL25 9976hands +655.82$
Need 6h 40min avg per day.
Pace 13h 20min
Have 16h 58min

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FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

Today:
+10h 4min
+366.75$
Month:
Winnings: 1022.54$ (all NL25SH)
Hands: 15811
Goal Pace: 20h, have 27h 4min
Too tired to write longer, have some strategy issiues what i would like to discuss

FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

Hey ty,
Indeed bb/100 is pretty massive (26bb/100), havent played "as pro" really long time, so not sure what to really think about that.
Playing little euro site, dont want to reveal it atm, b/c if someone plays there, def notice me and im pretty new back @ poker atm, dont feel like super safe yet still with my play :) Def will say sometime future where i play.

Overall i play somekind of aggressive style - 34/27/8 atm, betting and raising a lot, but have really big leak what i really dont know how to fix - my check fold flop as PFR is 81%. Cant find good strategy to fix it, because all of my game is over agression. Going to start think about that today grind a lot, trying to find really good spot and bring this % down step by step. All other stats seems reasonable

FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

Didnt play much yesterday, bit over 2 hours only and ended breakeven. Wanted to take day off before hardcore weekend action.
Today gonna shoot NL50SH
Total atm:
+1019$
564$ Rake
17067 hands
28h 17min
200h Pace (incl today) 24h, so im bit ahead (today plan 10h)

FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

5.11
200h Pace: 34h, played 37h (Im bit tired, but it feels rly good to be ahead a bit allready)
+1095$ total
877$ rake
22613 hands

Did yesterday NL50 shot, what went overall well, plan was not to lose, what i did - result +75$
But im not happy with my one semipassive tilt what did cost me a lot of money, i was up one point 500 allready, and then shit hits fan.
I dont know, does someone else have been experienced somekind of "black out" when long sessions. Dont know how to describe it better. Everything starts going wrong, every hand and same time you have this blackout, every move what was before close but clear fold becomes clear call etc? (for example, call c/r flop with TPTK (AK) and calldown in ovb spot where you just cant do it or bet/call river with strong holding but not nuts and its clear that he have bit better etc and you just keep doing it for 10-30mins). I have been experienced it before and it seems to happen in long sessions. How to manage it, how to control it, how to notice it (well notice is pretty easy, you can understand when shit hits fan and you dont control your decisions as well as before, but problem is, you cant stop it after 10+mins)
Gl everyone and today playing nL50 again, if i can take control over these "blackouts" then it seems that i can manage this limit also well and waiting to get NL100SH soon, i have ok bankroll allready for shoots, but want to play 50 bit before def.

Its funny to look this craph, this fall is last session and i still ended it up :D

David Jimenez 9 years, 4 months ago

Read Jared Tendler's mental game book section 3 on Emotion "Malfunctioning Mind" it will really help

the brain is organized in a hierarchy. First level is where all of
the most important functions of the brain are stored, such as heart
rate, breathing, balance and sleep/wake cycles. Second level of the
brain is the emotional system. Third is the mental level containing
all of the higher brain functions, such as thinking, planning,
perception, awareness, organization, and emotional control. Here's the
rule:

When the emotional system becomes overactive, it shuts down higher
brain functions...

Translation: If your emotions are too high, you make poor poker
decisions because the brain prevents you from being able to think
straight.

FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

Ty David.
Just finished one book and was wondering what i will read next. Mental Game it is.
Are second part connected wiht first or standalone? Should i read both, or second is just better version of first?

About yesterday session:
Im pretty happy with my play, played NL50SH only. There are some strategy issiues still what i fix slowly, but overall i like my basic game atm. Redline starts dropping, going to think about that bit more, dont want to force fix smth, if i dont know what is exacly the case (i feel like i dont punish so much NL50regs than i did @ NL25, but it just may be feeling, today going to keep on eye on that). Prob going to shoot NL100SH today/tomorrow
GL all

200h challenge:
06.11 Pace: 40h 40min
06.11 Played: 44h 41min
Total 26890 Hands
Total +1767$ Profit
Total 1159$ Rake

David Jimenez 9 years, 4 months ago

I haven't read the second but afaik it is a continuation. Read first one first imo, also that's the "hyped" one for a reason. I see it more as a guide than a book, you don't have to read it all just the parts you need or/and when you need them

FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

7.11
Did really short session, NL100SH shot, went well +306$
200h Challenge:
Pace 47h 20min
Time played 46h 19min
Won 2073$
Rake 1232$
Hands 27653
Stats 34/27/9

Well im 1h and 1min behind now, today going to play longer since tomorrow i need free day.
Problem is i need 6h 40min/day avg, but since i cant play every day so much (def need some free days to avoid burnout) i need on playing days avg more like 9-10h, but NL100 dont run 9h 6+tables what i need, +6tables running like 5-6hours maybe. So quick solution is play NL50 and NL100 same time, longer solution is to start looking another sites, since i need to do it sooner or later, plan isnt to stay NL100, play is to go up to NL1k.

Next week im going to start reading Mindset book and going to watch more videos, start discussion about strategys/hands etc. That was my plan from beginning, when i reach NL100 i start to focus more learning

Gl all

FZTH 9 years, 4 months ago

8.11 Another solid day +272$
Played mix of NL50 and NL100.. overall solid day, at the end lost one ~200bb stack @ NL100, what did hurt a bit, but overall im happy with my play.... seems like soon i may be hit NL200 tables allready
200h Challenge
Pace 54h
Time played 54h 44min
Won 2345$
Rake 1594$
Hands 32583
Stats 34/27/8

Today is free day, good to do some real life stuff, tomorrow prob back at hardcore grind. Oberall im really happy how fast i managed NL25>NL100, i would be happy if i would play NL100 @ januar, but love it i did it so fast

Taunto_88 9 years, 4 months ago

Hey, if u have Skype feel free to add me. Looks like ur doing a great job on ur grind and very impressed. I dont really have anyone playing 25 or 50nl in cash games and like to have some one to chat with since ive been having some trouble the past few days. If ur interested add me and love to chat with ya.

Taunto_88

Taunto_88 9 years, 4 months ago

I'am kinda jealous. Just started at 25nl this month and not off to a good start. im down $300 over 6000 hands. Need to plug some leaks.

Keep up the good work tho. Motivational for me that's for sure.

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