LoneWolf19

Review of the week.

7x Meditation → 4x
2x Gym ✓
5x Blinks → 3x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play → 6.5 hours (4 hours Party Poker, 2.5 hours Pokerstars)
Party Poker -$71.41 + RB $24
Pokerstars -$396 + RB $10

Total -$433.41

10-12 hours of study → 6 hours of study

My study was mainly about hand histories that I reviewed in the solver, and instructional videos that I watched about how to use solvers effectively. I didn't do enough drills last week due to sickness and festival from Friday to Sunday.

Last week sort of unsuccessful in general. I don't mean the money lost, but the goals that are not met.I also set optimistic goals where I had 3 days vacation out of the city :D

Pokerstars weekly graph

Party Poker weeky graph

Party Poker total graph

Finaly I feel better this week. Czech courses are done. Now, I can focus better on the grind and learning. This week goals will follow as below;

Weekly goals

7x Meditation
4x Gym
5x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play
10-12 hours of study

This week's aim to play a good strategy poker, whenever I sit at the tables.

Have a good rest of your week everyone!

Review of the week.

7x Meditation → 6x
4x Gym ✓
5x Blinks → 4x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play → 15 hours (13 hours Party Poker, 1 hour GG Poker, 2 hours Pokerstars)
Party Poker +$666.81 + RB $160
GG Poker -$25 + RB 0
Pokerstars -$135 + RB $4

Total +$670.81

10 hours of study → My study was mostly about reviewing hand histories with a friend (Shoutout to Michal) and some solver work, we done together, and seperately. Also, some drills BTNvBB srp, SBvBTN, BBvBTN 3bet spots.It was sort of repetation of the previous week, but I had huge fatigue moments.I skipped playing 3 days pretty much. Luckily, it'll be over after this week and I'll have more free time in my schedule.I enjoyed watching hasipoker's videos in his youtube channel. He has some liveplay videos, and I find them inspirational when he explains his thought process in his videos. I'll leave the link below, in case you want to watch them.

https://www.youtube.com/@hasipoker

I was running well this week again, but my play was also decent I believe in general. I had a tough session after my hangover on Sunday. I wasn't really focused, and I didn't prepare well for that session. My decision were quite poor and lazy. I felt like I was returning to my old habits, and thought processes which didn't really help me to understand the game better. Mistakes were repetitive, however I was able to focus better on the second half of the session and reduced the damage a bit. I know that it's hard to see the whole picture even after 15-20 sessions, let alone a single one, but I was quite happy about how patient I was, and not making emotional decisions.

I feel like I'm still hungry for the knowledge and I can study forever. It's just about the time I should figure out "To know, what I don't know"

Weekly, and total graphs.

Weekly Graph

Total Graph

Weekly goals

7x Meditation
2x Gym
5x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play
10-12 hours of study

I reduced the gym time, because I'm having a flu currently. I need to rest a bit. Also, taking day off from poker for today, although I had a study session :)

This week my focus will be mainly playing a good, solid strategy poker, and exploit imbalances whenever I see an opportunitiy.

Have a good rest of your week everyone!

Review of the week.

7x Meditation ✓
4x Gym → 3x Gym
5x Blinks → 3x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play → 18 hours (13.5 hours Party Poker, 2 hours GG Poker, 2.5 hours Pokerstars)
Party Poker +$160.92 + RB $160
GG Poker +$53 + RB 0
Pokerstars +$20 + RB $10 -$22 MTT

Total +$378

10-12 hours of study → 10 hours study (Same as last week. Finished the Sunni_92 Podcast, rest of the work was Pio work, running drills, analyzing the plays vs. solver)

It was a relatively tough week in general. Busy routine felt like I'm not having enough time for myself. I skipped playing 2 days. I really felt tired after the Czech courses, gym, cooking etc.
I'm looking for a root cause of the fatigue but so far it seems like inordinary lifestyle currently I'm having. I should be done with the Czech courses after 2 weeks then slowly I'll get back to my previous schedule. Having 3 hours a day Czech is quite tiresome :)

Weekly, and total graphs

Weekly Graph

Total Graph

Weekly goals

7x Meditation
4x Gym
5x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play
10-12 hours of study

Other than that, I'll be considering a joining a CFP in the future. I've seen that BitB is quite well structured. Their coaches are actively playing and their CFP is relatively smaller than the others. I want to reach NL500+ tables at the end of 2024, and I'm willing to put the necessary work towards those goals. It would be great to work with a likeminded people on a daily basis in that sense. They only accept NL200+ players for the moment unfortunately. I'll consider that option once more when I get to those stakes and collect 100k hands minimum, and hopefully I'll be a winning player when the time comes.

Have a good rest of your week everyone!

It's more about how often you win small pots, and you don't invest much in the pots that you'll likely gonna fold on pretty much any street. A nit, and a maniac who doesn't fold much post-flop can have a positive red line in this case, but good balance is necessary.

WWSF stat is important in that case. It basically tell you how much you win after seeing a flop. It also requires to be stationy in some spots, but not mindlessly. I expect for someone to have a break-even or a positive redline if they have WWSF above 48.

Review of the week.

7x Meditation ✓
4x Gym ✓
5x Blinks → 4x

Blinks that I listed was about motivation and inspiration. Those blinks don't motivate you necessarily but they can teach you some methods for you to figure out what you truly want out of life. Blinks that I listened are below.

Maximum Achievement - Brian Tracy
Outwitting the Devil - Napoleon Hill
Stick with It - Sean D. Young
The Art of Manifesting - Carolyn Boyes

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play→ 20 hours (16 hours Party Poker, 2 hours Pokerstars, 2 hours GG Poker)

Party Poker → +$336 + $240 RB (Took a shot at NL200 after reaching 4k BR at Party. That didn't go too well. I returned back to NL100)
Pokerstars → -$50 + 0 RB
GG Poker → -$120 + 0 RB

10-12 hours of study → 11 hours (I watched various videos on youtube channels. Saulo Costa's content, half of PokerAmbition Sunni_92 podcast, also some other videos that I see on variance. Rest was solver work, running drills etc.)

Weekly, and total graphs

Weekly Graph

Total Graph

This week's goals;

The goals will be the same as last week. It's a sweet profit spot for now. I'll accelerate once I get used to longer grinding hours.

7x Meditation
4x Gym
5x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play
10-12 hours of study

I'm considering to play a live tournament this weekend in Bratislava. I'll have less time to grind online if I decide to do that. However, I should still be able to play decent volume.

Yeah you're reading right. Sorry for the image quality. RIO crops them. I'll try to find a solution for better images.

Party Poker software is a bit weird. I don't know why I have 5k sessions there. It's probably counting every orbit as a session.

Review of the week.

7x Meditation ✓
4x Gym ✓
5x Blinks (Mobile app which I listen audiobooks, it's called Blinkist) --> 3x

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play --> 12 hours
10-12 hours of study --> 8 hours.

Some unexpected events happened during the last week. Friend had a birthday, which we celebrated wit almost 40 people, and one day I was helping a friend with his garage. Of course those are just lessons to be learned. I should manage my time better, and fill out the missing hours whenever I have the opportunity. I was lacking with prioritizing my goals a bit. This week, I'll pay better attention to it. I'm planning to take only Mondays off from poker since Friday, Saturday, and Sunday pools are very good and very profitable, but a day away from poker also sounds very reasonable for me. Body, and brain needs some rest :)

I was close to my study hours but still couldn't reach it for the reasons above. I was able to do some BTNvBB, SBvBTN, BBvBTN 3bet pot drills. They're quite nice to get used to the global strategy. I can't say it's easy to play against the solver but definitely it's good for noticing what my opponents and I are doing wrong, where are we deviating. I'll continue to the study this week as well.

I was mainly the playing reg tables at Party Poker last week. I can say that I did well with table selecting. I had a very good week with also being on the right side of the equilibrium. I was also more disciplined with my folds too. This also, help me to understand variance better. Of course it's still early to talk about long-term results but I believe with the right mindset, dedication, and hard work I'll be able to achieve my goals.

Weekly graph

Total graph

This weeks goals;

I'll set the same goals as last week, as I couldn't achieve them completely. This week I expected to be better at it.

7x Meditation
4x Gym
5x Blinks

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play
10-12 hours of study

Part of my study will be also Saulo Costa's youtube videos. I think it's one of the most valuable poker content out there, and it's for free. It's always good to see how high stakes pros approach lower limits, and what kind of adjustments they make.

Thanks for reading, and good luck at the tables!

I have them in the morning usually. It's a guided meditation via Headspace app. I pick whatever is shown on the main page. It's somewhat personalized. It takes approximately 20 minutes every morning.

Alright. So, here are the goals for the week.

7x Meditation
4x Gym
5x Blinks (Mobile app which I listen audiobooks, it's called Blinkist)

Poker Goals

20-24 hours of play
10-12 hours of study

My volume might seem a bit low for the moment but I believe it's a muscle that I can train. I value quality>quantity.

Graph from Pokerstars since mid 2021;

By stakes

I've also recently started to grind some NL100 at Party Poker. Sample is small but losing currently at NL100, Clearing first dep bonus for $600 helped me to stay at those stakes quite a bit for the moment.

Party Poker by stakes;

It looks like this so far. I'll be sharing the this week's goal today around CET evening.