My Life Challenge - Outworking EVERYONE on Ignition
12-13-2017
, 07:28 PM
First and foremost, thanks for taking the time on viewing my thread. It mean's a lot to me to have your interaction if you have any tidbit you think will be beneficial to me in any manner, please do not hesitate to leave a comment.
1) Success is only achieved through hard work.
2) Relationships are more important than money.
3) If you fail at something, don't give up... just work harder.
I talk this convincing game, but I never act on it. I go to work, dream of me waking up at 4 AM, getting back in shape and grinding the tough parts of poker to improve. 4 AM comes around, I snooze my alarm and wake up at 7 AM and head to work and repeat the process. It's sickening and I'm DONE with it. I'm accountable for my actions. I'm responsible for my failures.
Going forward, I will become one of the best regulars on Ignition. I will beat 100 NL and then proceed to mix in live MTT's and Live Cash to supplement my income. I don't give a **** about people saying poker is tough now, guess what? If it wasn't ****ing tough, everyone would do it. That is one of the most sickening things I hear all the time.. EVERYTHING IS TOUGH IN LIFE. People want all these ambitious goals but they don't do it because it's "hard". I WAS that person, but I am no longer.
This is my most up-to-date "graph" I guess (excluding $5k in profits on Ignition):
Bankroll Start: $33
Bankroll Finish (day 1): $52 (all 5NL 4 tables regular speed Ignition)
Let me show you how hard I can work. I'll update this thread DAILY.
About Me:
Not a section I'm proud of. I'm a 24 year old who graduated college recently and is working a state job. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, starting with getting charged with fraud as a student athlete in college (in a very small town). I eventually proved myself innocent after many hours of interrogation and spending $20k on a lawyer. My record was clean and a new start.. I made a thread here on 2+2 and proceeded to grind until I met my goals. I joined Imawhale (staking) and had the time of my life. I had immediate success and felt a part of a "family" with the owners/coaches. I screwed that up when I took $500 out of my account and tried to hide it. Eventually anxiety forced me to come clean and I immediately paid that $500 back + $1,200 in basically fines/makeup (in their contract to only pay makeup if contract is broken as MU is expiring). This really caused me to reevaluate my life. I didn't make excuses to myself, I simply ****ed up and I paid the consequence (not the money part) but the fact I lost something that was very important to me. I literally wish every day of my life that I hadn't slipped up because those relationships were everything to me. I've decided to start playing Poker again because the game calms me. I believe in 3 things in life:
1) Success is only achieved through hard work.
2) Relationships are more important than money.
3) If you fail at something, don't give up... just work harder.
I talk this convincing game, but I never act on it. I go to work, dream of me waking up at 4 AM, getting back in shape and grinding the tough parts of poker to improve. 4 AM comes around, I snooze my alarm and wake up at 7 AM and head to work and repeat the process. It's sickening and I'm DONE with it. I'm accountable for my actions. I'm responsible for my failures.
Going forward, I will become one of the best regulars on Ignition. I will beat 100 NL and then proceed to mix in live MTT's and Live Cash to supplement my income. I don't give a **** about people saying poker is tough now, guess what? If it wasn't ****ing tough, everyone would do it. That is one of the most sickening things I hear all the time.. EVERYTHING IS TOUGH IN LIFE. People want all these ambitious goals but they don't do it because it's "hard". I WAS that person, but I am no longer.
About Me (Poker):
I've only really taken my time serious for a short period. I got 6th in the $100k and ever since that day I had an ego about me and I stopped working. In my eyes, I've spent 2-3 months of my life seriously invested into poker and "working" hard at my craft/game. Overall, about a year though.This is my most up-to-date "graph" I guess (excluding $5k in profits on Ignition):
My Plan Going Forward:
- Start at 5 NL and Climb to 100 NL
- Wake up early EVERY morning workout/small session/study (2 of these options)
- Include MTT's if it's 1-3% of bankroll
- Include $5 DoN's SnG's and Turbo 6-max SnG's up to 3% of BR
- Start at 5 NL and Climb to 100 NL
- Wake up early EVERY morning workout/small session/study (2 of these options)
- Include MTT's if it's 1-3% of bankroll
- Include $5 DoN's SnG's and Turbo 6-max SnG's up to 3% of BR
Bankroll Start: $33
Bankroll Finish (day 1): $52 (all 5NL 4 tables regular speed Ignition)
Let me show you how hard I can work. I'll update this thread DAILY.
Last edited by Knittle; 12-13-2017 at 07:38 PM.
12-21-2017
, 01:06 PM
Welp, sorry about lack of updates.
Played 5NL for about a session then decided to mix in low level MTT's as that is what I'm most comfortable in. Ended up doing pretty well and got an early $220 score. Last night I played a satty into the $82 10k KO and made it. I also got 5th for $700 in that, BvB big stack jams A7 we snap off with AQ and 89T flop, turn 2, river 6. Lol. Sad we would of had 2nd place stack with 5 left and was $300+ pay jumps going forward. Sad day. Surprisingly enough we only got 1 KO for $25 as well.
Graph for 5NL:
Biggest tournament wins:
Bankroll: $936.52
Will be playing max buy-in $11 MTT's until we drop to $750.
I'll also play $5.50 and lower Sattelites into bigger MTT's.
Hopefully will update more often. Been working on fitness as well.
Played 5NL for about a session then decided to mix in low level MTT's as that is what I'm most comfortable in. Ended up doing pretty well and got an early $220 score. Last night I played a satty into the $82 10k KO and made it. I also got 5th for $700 in that, BvB big stack jams A7 we snap off with AQ and 89T flop, turn 2, river 6. Lol. Sad we would of had 2nd place stack with 5 left and was $300+ pay jumps going forward. Sad day. Surprisingly enough we only got 1 KO for $25 as well.
Graph for 5NL:
Biggest tournament wins:
Bankroll: $936.52
Will be playing max buy-in $11 MTT's until we drop to $750.
I'll also play $5.50 and lower Sattelites into bigger MTT's.
Hopefully will update more often. Been working on fitness as well.
12-23-2017
, 02:22 PM
Have had 4 FT's.
Pretty sick way to lose this one.. KT vs JT I raise he flats (might of been vice versa) T73r flop. I bet he jams, I call. KT vs JT.. river J.
making FT's but not running great late.Also another FT in a $500 GTD where I got 6th for like $43 as well as a small PLO tournament.
Bankroll up over $1500.
01-01-2018
, 02:28 PM
Welp.
Won a $2.20 1k on BOL.
Bankroll on there $100 to $400.
Deposited $100 on WPN to play some high value tournaments..
and that paid off..
3rd in the $11 10k for $1k.
So..
$50 -> $1300 on Ignition
$100 -> $400 on BOL
$100 -> $1,000 on WPN (Also played LS hypers which is below graph)
Buddy staked me 100% of the $215 Warm Up but I bricked it sadly and lost AQ vs QT aipf
Won a $2.20 1k on BOL.
Bankroll on there $100 to $400.
Deposited $100 on WPN to play some high value tournaments..
and that paid off..
3rd in the $11 10k for $1k.
So..
$50 -> $1300 on Ignition
$100 -> $400 on BOL
$100 -> $1,000 on WPN (Also played LS hypers which is below graph)
Buddy staked me 100% of the $215 Warm Up but I bricked it sadly and lost AQ vs QT aipf
Last edited by Knittle; 01-01-2018 at 02:35 PM.