Hello guys,

I am here to share my plan about improving my life. I am a student who plays poker and wants to become a professional poker player.

About me: I am a 20 year old guy. I am overweight and recently it has gotten worse. I have been exercising but I think it's time I start watching my calories. I will cut out candy from my food intake completely. I don't eat junk food. I think I take in a lot of carbs. Either way I have decided to start running again instead of just doing home exercises.

I just started playing Pot Limit Omaha and I am learning the basic strategy for the game. I am working with a coach in a coaching for profits deal. I cannot disclose the details of the deal. I am currently at 5PL.

What I will do in this thread: Write a schedule every day about how I will manage my time. I will also share what I want to change in my life to improve it.

Let's start with tomorrow's plan.

0700-0730 Make tea+toilet+brush teeth
0730-0800 Go for a run
0800-0815 Bath
0815-0830 Dress up
0830-0850 Have breakfast
0850-0940 Get to university + study PLO
0940-1250 University
1250-1330 Have lunch
1330-1820 University
1820-1900 Get back home + study PLO
1900-2030 Coaching call
2030-2200 Study for university
2200-0000 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.

WARNING: There will be some slacking, I am not a robot. The fun part is going to be doing the updates. I am not sure why I want to make this thread. Maybe get some good info from people who have done something like this.

WARNING 2: Don't expect huge volume. I am playing 2 regular tables at a time and as you can see most of my day I am at my university.

Starter info:

Scale: 108KG (seems to be broken but I will keep using it just in case it's not )
$ Won/Lost since start: -$4.5

Today I overslept. I tried a new alarm app that didn't run for some reason. Instead of going for a run I exercised at home and hurried through my pre-university schedule. For the most part what I did is what the post says except I didn't get to study for university between 2030-2200.

Tomorrow's plan.

0600-0720 Make tea+toilet+brush teeth+make breakfast+dress up
0720-0800 Get to university + study PLO

0800-1250 University
1250-1330 Get back home + study PLO
1330-1500 Study PLO
1500-1800 Study for university
1800-2000 Be with girlfriend
2000-2400 play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


Scale - definitely broken beyond use. Might try and get a new one but mostly will just work out to feel and look better.
$ Won/Lost since start: $4.45

I am trying to eat better. Today I ate:

Breakfast: 3 eggs+yogurt
Lunch: 2 soups
Dinner: Steak+rice

What I managed today was to take in less calories. I had numerous cravings for many different types of food however I resisted them as I had a clear plan for when and how much I want to eat for today. I intend to do the same for tomorrow. I think lowering appetite will be very crucial for my success in weight loss. I simply take in too many calories. I don't really eat much trashy food (except the ocassional ice cream/chocolate bar/potato chips) but I often times eat way too many servings. I think a big part of that is because of the lack in protein intake. Today I put a lot more protein on my plate than I usually do. Main reason for eating less protein and meat in particular is that I think of it as a more expensive choice. However, today I spent a lot less on my dinner than I would when taking a different choice about my meal. Will happily get myself into eating more meat as I had always loved the taste of it!

Pretty bad day for university. Didn't pay much attention in my lectures and didn't invest the time to study PLO. I ended up playing a video game so that sucked but I had some fun. After that I slacked a lot and didn't study for university again. I did play and study PLO.

Tomorrow's plan.

0700-0820 Make tea+toilet+brush teeth+make breakfast
0820-0900 Breakfast with girlfriend
0900-1000 Time with girlfriend (might change because she'll probably be busy)
1000-1300 Study for university
1300-1400 Lunch
1400-1600 Study for PLO
1600-1800 Play PLO
1800-1900 Study for university
1900-2200 Going out with girlfriend
2200-2400 play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.

I worked out a bit today, a few short series during different times of the day.
$ Won/Lost since start: +$31.89

Today I ate:

Breakfast: Cereal+2 bananas
Lunch: Steak+seeds
Dinner: mandarins+banana

A bit disappointed with my day. I couldn't keep the machine running and was slacking a lot. I will try and find a trigger that motivates me to push myself in those moments.

glgl

Thank you very much!!



My day was very messy! What ended up happening is I cleaned up my house studied the right amount of time for university and didn't study almost any PLO. Then I got home at 2300 and put in 4hr session so I played enough hours.
I took a shot at 10PL yesterday and I broke even! I am pretty happy with this result because I think I played very bad in some spots. Today poker gods are giving me a second chance!

Today's plan:
Since I went to sleep at 3AM I decided that I should sleep a bit and woke up at 9:30.

1000-1100 Breakfast with girlfriend
1100-1300 Go grocery shopping
1300-1800 Study for university
1800-2100 Study for PLO
2100-2400 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.

I didn't workout yesterday so this is a shame. All in all yesterday was a 4/10 day. Pretty sad. I will try to keep today tight!
$ Won/Lost since start: +$30.27


I ate:

Breakfast: macaroni and cheese
Lunch:Mandarins+bananas+meatballs+cheese+some trash ()
Dinner: Salad+Ribs+fried potatoes at a restaurant

Yesterday I sure went overboard. However, we had a special day and she told me what I should try at that specific restaurant and I was not going to say no! We split the ribs and potatoes FWIW.

Yesterday's shopping was 2 hours longer than expected. That's why I just stayed up for 2 more hours and finished my plan.

Today's plan. I just had breakfast and did all the stuff before going to university.

0900-0940 Get to university+study PLO
0940-1250 University
1330-1340 Get home+study PLO
1340-1440 Lunch+study PLO
1440-1700 Study for PLO
1700-2000 Study for university
2000-2100 Study for PLO/university
2100-2400 play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.

Week has ended and time to post a graph:



$ Won/Lost since start: +$82.02

Yesterday I ate:

Salad+eggs for breakfast
For lunch we had rusk(google translated?) with herring on top
i don't think we had dinner. Can't remember???

I also bought a new scale and I weigh 94.4KG. This is a new starting point as I know where I'm at. I am pretty sure it's accurate.Now I will track my weight every day!

I think your schedules are too tight, and 6 hours of sleep is not enough.
Try to put some buffer in the scheduled events, and also put some unscheduled hour or so to do whatever you feel like every day.
Otherwise, you will burn out.

Hey, thanks for posting!

You're right that 6 hours of sleep is lowish and I actually aim for 7hrs. However, if I want to meet my daily goals I sometimes prefer to stay up a bit more so I get the work done because I was slacking/was delayed at some point in my plan.

You're also right that a buffer would be nice as we as humans can't simply plug ourselves in and out of an activity. However, the way I see it, I have simply integrated these buffers into the activities. In theory it's a strict plan, but in practice I do have moments where I procrastinate. I like the plans the way they are because they give me my guideline that I need, something like an organizer. Before I write it I think about how I would feel doing this or that at the time I put it. That way I plan ahead for a more comfortable day instead of wondering what to do next.

Furthermore, when it comes to burnout I actually have a few gaps free time (mostly from university ending earlier) so I do get some time to relax and do whatever I feel like or work on my progress. I actually think that burning out is not much of an issue but I will certainly take action if risk arises because a burn out will cause more hours lost longterm than some resting period.

My end goal is to accumulate a lot of PLO knowledge and experience while moving up in stakes so that I can at one point become a professional poker player. I am young but there are other circumstances/life aspects that prevent me from "giving it a try" and going full force into poker.

I appreciate your concerns and understand they are coming from a good place, I want to assure you that I have thought this through.

Pretty solid day. Followed my plan almost exactly and I did everything on the list. #GetITDone

Tomorrow's plan.

0700-0740 Morning prep
0740-0820 Get to university+study PLO
0820-1250 University
1250-1330 Lunch
1330-1640 University
1640-1730 Get home+study PLO
1730-1900 Study for university
1900-1940 Have dinner+study PLO/watch something
1940-2100 Study for university
2100-2200 Study PLO
2200-0000/0100 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


$ Won/Lost since start: +$111.30

Today I ate:

Eggs and pomegranate for breakfast
Soup and pumpkin seeds for lunch
Soup for dinner

Today I worked out a few crunch series/jumping jacks etc etc. so I had some more spread of my exercising.

I had problems measuring my weight AGAIN. This time it seems that my scale isn't completely horizontal causing it to give different results. However, after about 10 tests results were:
-Mostly 93KG
-A few 94KG

I will take this as a win for today! Back at this life improvement grind tomorrow! Good luck guys!

gl man keep going

keep grinding! subbed

Thanks!

Not looking to stop anytime soon!



Hey guys! So after a win and after running so good I think it's normal that a time for a loss comes. Yesterday I lost 8BI at 10PL. I guess that's normal but I know that part of my reason for the loss being so big is that I was overplaying some weaker hands preflop. Today I am reviewing my session.

Yesterday didn't go as planned. I didn't study very much in either PLO or in my university studies. I started playing PLO not when it was planned.


This is one of my demons. I decide that I am smarter than my unbiased self. I make my plans partly to know how much hours/when I put them in and partly to control myself. See, most of my slacking comes from chaos in my life. Yesterday's loss caused me to not function properly. I HAVE TO WORK ON THIS.

1)I have to stick to my schedule or else I'm DEAD. Seriously, I will never be a professional player if I DO NOT DO THIS.

2)I have to learn to deal with the downswings! There are a lot of reasons why I felt like this when I lost yesterday. Mostly accumulated tilt. I have felt like a loser in poker many times in my life. The fact that I still am at microstakes proves it in a way but also doesn't improve my tilt. So I will try and deal with my mind, try to explain to it that I will not always win and all losses are my teachers in disguise.

Today's plan:

0800-1000 Review session+Study PLO
1000-1200 Study for university
1200-1300 Lunch+study PLO
1300-1700 Study for university
1700-1900 Study for PLO
1900-2000 Sweat with coach
2000-2400 Play PLO


I didn't stop the mess in my life there! It all carries on to all parts of my life. Yesterday I overate and exercised only once in the morning.

The result is: 94.8KG


$ Won/Lost since start: $32.12



To sum up, yesterday was bad. But hey, we all have good and bad days. The goal is to make your bad days less bad and your good days better. I want to become a professional player so I will do this. Not only to be a pro but also to have a decent life. I don't want to reach 40 and still not have my life figured out. If life is a game of basketball we have:

1st quarter - prelife/20's
2nd quarter 30's
halftime - 40's
3rd quarter 50's
4th quarter 60's

If you haven't won the game by the end of one of these quarters, well guess what. In today's life it's GAME OVER. Sure, I can figure my life out later in the game. But I have ambitions that go past poker. I need time for those. Poker is like elementary school of life. It will teach me many important lessons that will help me move forward. Thanks for reading and let us have the strength to become the better version of ourselves!

Yesterday was good. I controlled myself and resisted many urges. I also followed my plan somewhat well.

Today's plan.

0700-0740 Morning prep
0740-1000 Study PLO
1000-1250 Study for university
1250-1330 Get to university+PLO
1330-1820 University
1820-1920 Get home+study PLO
1920-2000 Have dinner+study PLO/watch something
2000-2200 Go out with friend
2200-0000 Play PLO

It is REALLY important that I put in the work in those 2.50hr for university as I have not been working super hard for university despite the hours. Or maybe I have and it just happens slow, who knows...I will have a penalty. If I don't work hard then I will reduce my time for playing tonight.

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


$ Won/Lost since start: +$48.79

Today I ate:

Macaroni and cheese pretty much the whole day ( I know, it's not very good )



Scale: 93.4KG

Let's get the momentum going again :P

How about crushaments? Waited patiently for 3 hours so the fish can stop getting lucky and then I just stacked him in good old pot limit fashion! Double up leading to a bigger double up. I really liked how today went. I followed all my plans and I performed well in all aspects of life!

Today's graph:




Tomorrow's plan.

0700-0830 Morning prep+get to university+study PLO in the bus
0830-1250 University
1250-1330 Get home+study PLO
1330-1430 Get ready to go to GF's place
1430-1530 Get to GF's place+study PLO in the bus
1530-1630 Be with GF
1630-1900 Study for university
1900-2000 Dinner
2000-2100 Study PLO
2100-0000/0100 Play PLO


I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


$ Won/Lost since start: +$95.81

Today I ate:

Cottage cheese+fruit for breakfast

Cucumber+avocado salad with 2 eggs on the side for lunch

Bananas+Oranges+Yogurt for dinner



Scale: 93.7KG

subbed gl!

Thank you!


I couldn't fulfill my plan because my girlfriend suggested we went shopping because of Black Friday. I didn't even know it was then. I bought some much needed clothes so in a way I've cut down time and money losses in a way. Yesterday was a standard swingy day. I was down -8BI at one point but I felt pretty good about how I was playing and thinking so I just continued until 0130. Got to -4BI after a few more



Today's plan.

0830-0900 Study PLO
0900-1000 Breakfast
1000-1030 Vacuum cleaner
1030-1300 Study PLO
1300-1400 Lunch
1400-1800 Study for university
1800-1900 Study PLO
1900-2000 Dinner
2000-0100 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


$ Won/Lost since start: +$54.95

Today I ate:

Yogurt+bananas

Hot dog+salad

beet+salad+rice rolls



Scale: 92.8KG

Little hype build-up for tomorrow's update


Tonight's graph:

Yesterday I was up against a gambler who was betting pot almost every action he got. Half my winnings are from him but the other half I got through playing good poker :P Today has started slow as it took me a long time to do stuff around the house.


Today's plan.

1200-1700 Study for university
1700-1900 Study PLO
1900-2000 Dinner
2000-0100 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


$ Won/Lost since start: +$274.13


No scale here so I don't know how much I weigh.

I didn't update yesterday and today I've been very busy. I guess I'll write up an update and another one later on today to share how my session went.


About yesterday. I fell asleep in the afternoon so I missed quite a few things I had to do. There was a lot of slacking. My session also wasn't the greatest.

$Won/Lost since start: $240.22


Graph since start:




I did some calculations about moving up as that's a primary goal of this thread. My assumptions:

1. I win at 10BB/100 on 10PL
2. I win at that rate within a timeframe of two months without getting huge up/downswings.
3. I play every day at 1K hands per day.

The results:

I would need 2 months or 58.3 days (to be precise) to move up to the next level. Keep in mind I am following a bankroll management strategy of 50BI for the current level+10BI for the next. I am not sure how optimal this is but it have read about it as a rule and since I am new to PLO I thought it's best to keep to whatever the seasoned veterans suggest. It also seems average when it comes to tightness as I have heard people go on like 40BI downswings and as I can see 4BI loss here and there isn't something unusual in this game.

What I might do is increase the volume a bit. If I double my volume per day I would get to the next level within a month if I run properly. However, that's tricky. To increase the volume I either play more tables or I play more hours. I can see myself playing 1-1.5hr more per day without me burning out long term with proper schedule re-adjustment but anything more than that is not acceptable in my current situation.

Increasing the number of tables is stretching the limits quite a bit. The whole idea of being at the micros is to learn cheaply and try to improve while your mistakes might not cost you or atleast you can plug your leaks for cheaper. The more tables I play the less I would improve. I am far from a good player and putting in the table count is not going to help me.

I will have to find a balance and my solution will certainly be a mixture of playing more tables+more hours. But it simply won't take things to extremes , I will simply pushing something like 20%-30% faster level completion time. I think that's realistic. So, we are looking at 41-47 days.

My current EvBB/100 as you can see in the graph is 15.68EvBB/100. So this might lead to a faster finish time by 33%. So we are looking at about 1 month with increased winrate, hours and table count. This is also quite optimistic.

As a result, I expect to reach the next level around mid January. If I have the time to play enough then, that is. I have exams then but I should be closing in on the target $$$ to take shots so it's not going to be that much of a factor.

In the end, I will give it my most to try and get myself up there as soon as possible. But if I stick around at 10PL it'd still be okay because that'd mean that I'm not going to do great at the next level and the risk/reward would probably be worse because of how swingy PLO can be.

Well, this took a turn. Lost 14BI today and kind of didn't follow a plan for today. I don't really feel like making a systematic update right now.

So, only way to go up is to keep climbing. Time to get better at this game!



Today's plan.
0730-0840 Prepare for university
0840-0940 Get to university+Study PLO
0940-1250 University
1250-1400 Get home+Study PLO
1400-1700 Study for university
1700-1900 Study PLO
1900-2000 Dinner
2000-0100 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


$ Won/Lost since start: +$106.08

Today I ate:

No breakfast

Salad+meatballs

Some cottage cheese

Yesterday I got back into the practice of playing only 2 tables of PLO. It worked out great. I am not sure how much it helped my game but I think I probably saved half a BI here and probably some more smaller pots in other spots.


Today's plan.
0800-0900 Video about PLO
0900-1200 Study for university
1200-1230 Get ready for university
1230-1330 Get to university+look for article study material
1330-1820 University
1820-1900 Get home+article
1900-2000 Dinner
2000-0100 Play PLO

I will sneak in a 15 minute thread update and a 15 minute workout in this schedule inbetween the studies at night I guess.


As the end of this month the conclusion is that I ended with
$ Won/Lost since start: +$147.33
profit after rakeback. Not bad for starting mid-month in a new game.



Graph says more profit but some hands didn't get imported for some reason.
I played 49hrs from what I see on PT4.

Let's set some goals for the 12th month of this year.:

1) Atleast 1 PLO video each day
2) Review every session (It shouldn't be hard as I am only going to play 2-3 tables for a while now, I want to become better at this and I have been struggling when mass-tabling. Coach said that I have good potential and I "get" the philosophy of the game.I think when I don't have time to think I just start up the robo-machine. And I have a very weak robo-machine )
3) Play atleast 4hrs a day on average! Some days I can't but some days I can invest more so it should work out nicely. There will be days where I won't put in even 1 hour so I should try to compensate in other days. I am a bit skeptical about this goals because of university but HEY! that's why it's a goal

Let's crush this month, guys! Gl to all that are reading this!

Eat, Sleep, PLO!

Hey guys! I think it's about time I updated the thread. I haven't done a ton of playing, only 13hr this month. Been busy with real life stuff and studying...mostly real life stuff, sadly...I'll try to pick up where I stopped.

Today's plan:
0720-0920 Study for university
0920-1000 Get to Group meet-up
1000-1820(possibly earlier)- University
1900-2000 Dinner
2000-2200 Study for university
2200-01(2)00 Play PLO

Weight info: I have dropped some weight for sure but still don't know how much.

Here's a poker update of my month so far:


Can't complain really. Wish it was both more volume and more $$ but it's okay.
13/124hr play
Review every session [x]
Watch a PLO video everyday [ ] Skipped one yesterday as I tried to focus on university, also skipped playing.

Let's make a quick update:

Been out partying for 2 days and played only 1 session so far losing 10BI lol. I've wasted a lot of time in my life with video games so it's time to end it. Deleting every single one including all save files. I can't tell myself I'm serious and then not treat this as my top priorities. Wasting time isn't bad when you have time but taking your busy time to dedicate to games is bad. I will get back in some more frequent updating. Gl at the tables, fellas!