500 Days To Beat NL100 Zoom Or Quit Poker - Week Summary
Summary for Days 353 --> 340
Graph For Week
Sites Played = All Stars Zoom
Net Profit =
+$18.34
Rakeback & Bonuses =
+$10.00
Total Profit This Week = +$28.34
500 Day Challenge Total Profit = +$28.75
Current Bankroll = $1045.55
339 Days To Go
This is just 5 sessions over the last two weeks as I have had a
family holiday and also a funeral for a close friend since I got back.
While I was on holiday I had chance to
reflect on my poker journey and overall these last few months are
disappointing if I look at
results in money/bb's won only.
I have had quite a lot of coaching since November and my overall win rate has not improved.
HOWEVER... My coach has
improved my SB win rate a lot - exactly what he set out to do. I cannot complain about it at all.
I think what has happened is that before I was just a super nit and I exploited fish/calling stations. I was hardly ever bluffing (one stab cbet and 3b bluff known folders etc) but value betting hard with the goods (though looking back now I could have bet bigger!).
Now I play wider ranges preflop (not by too much) and am in a lot more postflop situations that
I am totally terrible at!
In most coaching sessions we have if we look at hands I played then my coach is basically
swearing and totally exasperated at my play.
I really
struggle to format thoughts about how to play my hands (never mind my range) and it seems
I have some terrible thought processes (particularly postflop).
I know some of the reasons for my poor skills. Lack of intelligence, lack of common sense, not knowing what to work on, bad coaching in the past.
What I do have, however, is
good self-discipline and perseverance. And a good coach.
Now it looks like we are going to
spend a lot of time on my post flop thought process. Hopefully this will make a big difference over the next 2 or 3 months!
We need more volume. We need more hands to work with. We want to have a more accurate picture of win rates.
I am going to try and play
50,000 hands in May. I have no idea how the hell I am going to do that other than by sleeping less and taking less breaks etc. I will NOT play more than 2 tables.
I will post again ASAP with details of how I will get 50k hands and also some updates on my holiday and my fitness training...
Thanks for following amigos!