Found the inspiration to follow up with an update just now.

Last few weeks I had some pretty bad sessions and I went up and down with my MU. I'm pretty close to clear it now. I was in fact in slight profit 2 days ago but had 2 losing sessions since. The perfect scenario would be to get in some profit chops pre scoop just for motivation and relaxed mindset. Game wise the plan for upcoming weeks stays the same. I will catch up with all the coaching videos I have missed and also put in some self studying. I want to review HH where I busted before itm and also multiple final tables I feel I misplayed pretty badly. More often than not I find myself performing poorly when 3-5 handed on a final table. I feel like my focus drops and I get to creative in some crucial spots. This said, I am aware of 90% of the mistakes I made and I will fix those mistakes 100% over the next 2 weeks.

Non poker wise some really interesting plans developed. I am very interested in learning to code and that is why I started studying computer science. However, couldn't really adapt to the Uni system. Now I decided to enroll in a Coding Academy here in Vienna. Courses are really expensive but I have found a way so that I get a scholarship that would cover around 70% of the costs maybe. I also getting involved in the startup community and will attend some brainstorm meetings in the near future.

I feel pretty excited about these new developments and obviously can't wait for all the tournament series action in May.

The next session I will put in is on Friday. Saturday off and as always, Sunday beast mode on.

GL everyone!

Win something for ffs no

had the same thought today, so I decided I am going to win the mini-kickoff today. That said, fu you bad flopping madafakaaaaaaa

Everyone! I think it's time to revive this thread. Often I feel like I need something as an output for my thoughts, emotions, accomplishments or occasional frustrations. Even though I have abruplty stopped posting here, I wouldn't like this to be something I started and just let it go because of lack of inspiration or whatever.

To recap my last 4-5months, it has been a very tough time. I started the month of May with a small amount on MU and with SCOOP coming it was clear to me that it could go downhill or uphill rather drastically. The former happened.
I won't go into total numbers, as I don't think that matters in any way. The point is that I bricked absolutely everything and was left feeling very bitter after that month.

June and July went on the same downhill path and frustration, doubt and all those nasty feelings set in by the end of July. Every time I had a deep run, on the last 2-3 tables I would already feel like I was going to get unlucky or make some mistake that would cost me the tournament. This was not only very counter productive but also something that was influencing my decisions, state of mind and it was always disrupting my momentum. I would say June and July have been the worst months for me since I've been part of bitB Staking.

First week of August the stable signed a new mental coach and we had our first session with him. After that session everything changed in my mind. I followed the coach's guidelines and started to take my monthly goals as gospel and live each day by them. It isn't something that comes naturall, I must say. Developing new, productive, healthy habbits is a very difficult to accomplish and it requires heart and dedication. I am not there yet, but I have definitely improved immensely over the past 5-6 weeks. Working out, eating healthy and staying positive are only a few of the things I've improved. It put things in perspective.

Good things continued in September as well. Nothing results wise yet but I am getting there. Unfortunately I still have moments when I get very frustrated, especially when there is much on the line. This is not something I think I should eliminate. It is, however, something I want to have totally under control. On this topic I made a post in our stable group chat after a mentor asked for feedback on how it was going during WCOOP season:

"For me the first week has been going well. I started every day with full confidence, prepared for every session. Had meals ready for every part of the day, worked out, went swimming. Morale is really high. I did let some things get to me along the way though, but I think it's something you can't and maybe also shouldn't avoid. Instead, let yourself react naturally but then take a moment and think about your next steps and don't let mistakes influence you in a negative way.
I have played fewer tables and shorter sessions myself and I feel great about that. No fatigue at all, time for preparation during the day etc. I am ready to continue with this mindset and very happy about it.
We are part of the best stable, with the best coaches out there. This should always be an argument that helps you out when you feel down or motivation is lost. Vamos!"

I guess I made a longer post than I intended, but I hope it makes up for all the missed time since I have posted last.

I will leave my MTD graph in here, so I can come back at the end of the month and top it with a much better one!



I will continue with the grind with a session on either Wednesday or Thursday. Today and tomorrow I am working on a side project and I will also study and redesign my HUD.

Don't shy away from giving feedback on what I post or simply just say hi.
Glad to be back! LFG

Nice comeback post, gl bud!

Nice post Man!..For sure the results will come soon! Hang in there!

^^ ty fellas
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Yesterday a friend of mine invited me to a poker club that he and couple of his friends run. They compete in national and local leagues here in Austria and also have a leaderboard with a tournament taking place every Tuesday that changes in format weekly. This time it was a PLO freezout. Never having played a live PLO mtt I was really excited to go.

Everyone I met there was really cool and we had a great time. Oh, I also ended up winning that bird I think I'll be back there to try out some more poker formats (maybe take down that TLB ) and socialize a bit with people with same interests.

Behold, the live PLO fish


Shout out to Pokerclub Showdown and my good buddy Sebastian!

Today I was expecting to get back on the grind fresh and focused, after taking 2 days off, but it doesn't feel like I took time off at all. Maybe I should take a longer break (?)

I had some decent runs but didn't feel very good at the start of my session. Felt very tired, weak.When I started busting tournaments faster than Usain Bolt, some frustration set in too. I kept going with registering my usual schedule but couldn't find any motivation. Deepest run was last 4-5 tables in the bb33 where I isolated off my 35bb stack vs 8bb ss for a bounty and a big stack aggro russian fish rejammed. I had 99 vs AK and AQ, didn't hold. Again, a spot that crushed my soul and optimism.

Tomorrow I'll start regging at noon for about 8 hrs. I'll get up at 10, have breakfast, do some work in HRC and get the show going again.

I hope to wake up fresh tomorrow with my mindset reset. gn&gl all

So we got some 'Lobby Porn' coming up, finally Took down the early BB44 for about 4,2k

I was a top stack ever since itm and then had 60% of the chips going in to the ft, so it was a smooth ride.

In other news, the stable owners and higher stake horses are just destroying WCOOP. We have HR titles, Super Tuesday, Thrill and Pads just shipped the 700 Ultra Deep couple of hours ago. Shout out to all those beasts! Very happy to be part of the team, railing them is very entertaining and at the same time productive because we get to know their thinking process and learn a lot by just watching and getting involved in discussions with them.

I'd also like to talk about something I have lately been thinking about. Whitnessing all the success that can be reached by just putting in the work and giving it your all, it got me wondering whether or not I am doing everything I possibly can to advance in the stable and reach my goals. The answer is a simple no.
I think I am distracted by other things, I think I have my priorities in the wrong order and I think that I should give 50% more than I actually am. This being said, I came to the conclusion that I want to move for 6-12 months to a completely new country all by myself and give poker my all. Now this is something I am not ready to do just yet for different reasons, but I want to start preparing for it and go for it by spring next year the latest.
It will be my very own adventure where I can discover what I am capable of, discover completely new experiences and learn more than I ever could by staying put.

There is so much more to think of regarding this, so I will leave at just my initial thought and come back with more facts. If anyone has any recommendations I would appreciate it, as I don't have a clear destination yet.

Tomorrow is a day off and I will go do some outdoor activities with my girl and just enjoy life. Back on the grind on Sunday!

booom

Poof, nice win buddy!

Good read on the ambitious plan for next year, any idea what country you would go to?

I was mostly thinking about South America. Doesn't have to be the same place for the whole period. The time zones there are very gto for the tournament schedules. I will have to do some research and see what countries I would like.

Glgl today bud!

Gl with that Giraffe bud!

Solid bump

lmfao

That needle by my Chilean friend there.

The giraffe died bros. Not sure whether I want to revive this thread or not... It might be fun, so I'm going to think about it

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Make new thread titled: 'The Vienna tindergind' imo

for every ship in a 45m+ you can like one girl on tinder.

Dat challenge

We want the giraffe back!

This is creepy man 😐

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let's gooooooo doddy

Update your thread OP. Expecting updates on those random satellites you seem to reg.

GL on the giraffe!

Revival

After much contemplating, I decided to pick up this PGC thread again and start posting updates. I'll focus on updating it more consistently and make it interesting this time.

What happened so far...

The first 1.5 years since I've started playing full time have been a very frustrating back and forth. I've changed stables a bunch of times, either because of being dropped or the backer going out of business. Those weren't the most pleasant experiences but I have learned from them and I grew wiser, I could say.

Through all the failures in poker I also had to deal with my relationship ending. I lived together with my ex and that meant I had to look for a new place to stay, since I couldn't have afforded the apartment on my own. So a quite broke poker player looking for an apartment in Vienna, fml. This, among a few other times, is where I think I've gotten pretty lucky. It just happened that One_time184, whom I've been talking on Skype for a while, was looking to move from his hometown. I convinced him Vienna would be a better option than Malta, where he initially intended to move. The two of us together with a former class mate of mine, Tom, were now looking for an apartment. It wasn't easy, but again we got pretty lucky and found a great place in a great part of town. Shout out these guys, solid flatmates and very good friends!

While looking for an apartment I was also looking for a new backer/stable. Coming off a pretty huge downswing (around 25k at abi just below 20 iirc) I was going in to this search as a pretty big underdog. Luck, for lack of a better word, was on my side once again. Through a friend I got to a stable that had set up shop not too long ago. I started from close to scratch and over the past 4 months they taught and improved a lot of very crucial aspects of my game. I joined them end of March and finally I feel like I belong and am in the right place.

I reset my graph, so I don't have to see the whole downer every time. It was easier to start again this way. So here it is, March 29th-to date:



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tl;dr Cliffs:
-fked up
-fked up again
-moved in with another poker player and a non poker player
-started with great new stable
-hope to not fk up again

P.S I also hope this will turn out to be a September Series rungood thread.

GL everyone!

seems that giraffe is eating better now. Gl man! gogogo

Vamooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oouuuééé

The neck of the giraffe is coming along, keep it going

glgl