Hi Guys,

i will start a challenge on 1st january.. Playing NL25 6max and Full Ring and winning more than 200 Stacks == 5.000 $.

I will post hands, updates and a lot of meta-psycholigy-things, which, i think, are very important on those missions.

Lets have fun.

Here the goals and rules in detail:

1. Playing 250k Hands in January
2. Winrate 8bb+X
3. Maximum session lengths 1,5h
4. Maximum sessions per Day: 6
5. After 2 Sessions break of at least 1,5h, using Reloads like Yoga, Meditation or Sports
6. 30km running per week
7. 2x Gym per week
8. No Food over 600Kcal. Daily under 2.000 Kcal (+sports)
9. Writing Poker-Diary every Day

I will document all this Goals with Excel

I love how your making exercise a requirement! Also even better is you're making sure you take breaks between sessions.

Do you have a deadline for when you want to get your 200th 25nl BI, or are you just starting on the journey on the first?

GL

I will start on 1st january and finish on 31th january.

I set the goals to get motivation. But i think in this surroundings i can play the most volume with nearly A-Game.

I am curious.

We are all curious as to how fast this thread will die a slow death when you encounter your first downswing

GL nevertheless !

Good Start, so far :-)

I played 5,5hours today, and I am quite tired now. What you guys think is a good hourly daily volume?

so far, so good.. Still confident to make 200 Stacks --> 32Stacks EV after 3Days

this gave me a good laugh, gl to the op...quite a goal

I'm pulling for you on this one.

Why don't you play nl50 and above if you can make 200 stacks at nl25, I'm certain you could beat higher stakes too. And how many tables you play?

P.s.: I like how you split your work time into chunks of 90 min and that you meditate (I do the later myself, trying to incorporate 90 min work time chunks myself, I have read this works for maximum productivity).

What do you play ? NL25 zoom ?

GL op. I will be following this thread. Interested to see where you are mid way through the month.

Sooooooo...


It's the 5th and no updates? What about those daily poker-diary entries?

reeks of downswing

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49stacks after 5days, chances to fullfill the challenge are rising. Ok, yes, to be honest, im on a run :-) 17bb on 30k hands is really fun.

I think, 1,5hours per session is a nice concept, to handle your bad sessions and bad moods, clear them and fight again.

sports, food, etcc i am following my goals, not sure if it makes a difference.

no Zoom, Reg Tables, without Table Selection i never could achieve this goals.

I`d played nl50, 6max, fullring and nl100 fullring in oct-dec 2015, with 6,5bb.. I know its a nice winrate, and i am proud an that, but i have leaks, mentally. :-) and sure on poker-things.

mentally, i want to handle them in the next weeks. In March i will start a challenge on nl50..

thought you were some troll fish, dont understand why you dont just move up to 50 or 100n + /?????

I can good understand why you thinking like that. I promise, i am not on a pride-tour or something.

I have mental-leaks.

1. i quite days after good runs
2. i reduce volume in good months
3. i play to "polite" when im running good

I want to kill this leaks :-)

Interesting. I doubt that you make it but maybe you can prove me wrong. January is fairly good minth though for incrwasing your chances

..for the haters :-) --> Today: 3Stacks down on 7.5k hands.

gl

So 51 Stacks after 1 week means --> I am on pace.

Resume first week:

1. Hand volume 42k, average 6k a day goal achieved

--> Goal for 2nd weak 45k, but to be honest 42k feels like work already :-) I am not sure this high volume is the best for my mood and my A-game, last 2days i made several mistakes on the tables

2. Winrate --> 12bb is nice, startet the week with a huge run, then had a little bad run, all in all absolutely ok. Dont know what to do in bad runs to not make bad calls. Ideas?

3. Maximum session length 1,5h --> yes. But i dont know if it really makes playing better in bad runs, i think it helps a little bit.

4. Maximum session per day:6 --> One Day with 6 Session, my badest Day, with the badest decisions. Maybe 1 Session to much.

5. Relaxing after 2 sessions --> not really, i have to work on that.

6. 30k running per week --> yes, its the best way to get my mindset strong

7. 2xGym per week --> just once.

8. 2000kcal per day, 600kcal per food.. 2days over 2k, 2times over 600kcal - i am fine with that

9. writing poker diary --> 5 of 7 days.

After 1week i am a little bit tired, for sure. I dont know if its just a small down because of 2 not so nice days or its fundementally.. I will see.

I guess my chances to fullfill the challenge are 30-40% at the moment.

Good stuff op. GL making the challenge