There was a time you used to post pictures of your lady friends, I miss those days.

Keep it up man, you make me wanna get up early.

Hey guys! I just realised you can give star ratings to a thread!

Surely I get one for effort eh!!??

Ah, well, I decided to try not to offend anyone in this one - that was the previous thread.

My BPC one has all my ladies in though

Gave you 5 for excellence

5 stars. Good luck!

Rated 5 stars, and subbed! Great thread!

November Goals Update 8.11.2013

Goal 1 - Play 75 Hours Total In November
Played 17.0 hours (22.7%). Month is 25% old. Played a lot while sick! Caught up quite a lot now but still need to try and catch it up. Happy to catch up a lot but still a

Goal 2 - Do 8 Reviews/Sweats In October
Done 1/8. Fantastic sweat last night AA-man!! Good solid play and gave me some good advice about how to exploit different types of fish. He gave me a lot of his time so I am very thankful for this. Hopefully some more from him too soon!?!?!? Still one behind on sweats - need Typoking to spare me 30 mins soon???

Goal 3 - Read The Mental Game - Tendler
Done 44/106 (41.5%). No further progress.

Goal 4 - Purchase and study "No Bulls**t 6max Poker" from BPC
Think I am fourth time of reading this now. I have a couple of questions for the author. I think it is helping me play a more solid game. I need to semi bluff more it seems.

Goal 5 - Post 2 Hands To Forum Each Playing Day
Hand #99 - TPTK in squeezed pot, keep betting?
Hand #100 - TP2K min raised on flop OOP after iso...
Wow, 100 hands posted. It might not look it to you guys but this is really improving my thought process!! Bring on 200!!!


Goal 6 - Comment On 2 Hands On Forum Each Playing Day
#60 - OP calls J9s in CO v SB 3b (8.8%) which I think is too loose, hits two pair and stacks off....
#61 - OP has AQ BTN v CO isolator (of UTG) and flops TPTP on QQ3, CO bets flop and turn...


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= 2

Still not good enough! But closer! And illness did not stop me catching some back up. Comin' at ya!!!

Hit me on skype this weekend

Thanks useless...

Weekly Progress Update 11.11.2013

Bankroll: $738.94 (+$36.54)


Graph for week



Comments: Good week - 21 hours, nearly 10k hands and decent winrate. Very close to moving up.

Goals
Goals all going well although not getting the sweats in I would like. Had to catch up on hours played too but that is going ok now.

Make that video man.

November Goals Update 11.11.2013

Goal 1 - Play 75 Hours Total In November
Played 25 hours (33.3%). Month is 35% old. Damn!! thought I had caught this up, played loads this weekend it seemed and was at tables 04.30 this morning. Still, gotta keep going.....

Goal 2 - Do 8 Reviews/Sweats In October
Done 1/8. No further progress, although my amigo "Gonnaloseashesagain" has offered a video review for me so will make that tonight or tomorrow morning. Probably been too focused on just playing to get Goal 1 back on track.

Goal 3 - Read The Mental Game - Tendler
Done 44/106 (41.5%). No further progress.

Goal 4 - Purchase and study "No Bulls**t 6max Poker" from BPC
Difficult to put a measure on this I guess. I would say I have read it 5 times now and some parts more than that. This week I will try to make a summary of the whole thing and also give Gordon some feedback.

Goal 5 - Post 2 Hands To Forum Each Playing Day
Hand 101 - AKs BvB versus aggro, bluff catching
Hand 102 - Value betting set but bad rivercard oop...


Goal 6 - Comment On 2 Hands On Forum Each Playing Day
#62 - OP 3bets SB v BTN isolator with AQo
#63 - ATo MP v CO hits TPTK on damp, bets too small F + T imo and raised ott...

Goal 6 - Get More Involved With Study Group

Seriously though we got a few people trying to set up sweats now so might be useful. Doing a lot of work on blind play as well that may be interesting.

Anyway all the best.

Will do mate for sure - much appreciate the offer (and the push!)...

I will speak to you about this, it is constantly on my mind... thx for popping in!

November Goals Update 12.11.2013

Goal 1 - Play 75 Hours Total In November
Played 27.9 hours (37.2%). Month is 38.3% old. So nearly caught back up to target...

Goal 2 - Do 8 Reviews/Sweats In October
Done 1/8. Have made a 30 minute video of me 4 tabling for review.

Goal 3 - Read The Mental Game - Tendler
Done 44/106 (41.5%). No further progress.

Goal 4 - Purchase and study "No Bulls**t 6max Poker" from BPC
Just reread a couple of things for flop play. Need to do a write up.

Goal 5 - Post 2 Hands To Forum Each Playing Day
Hand #103 - QQ overpair versus short aggressive player
Hand #104 - KK UTG versus OOP squeeze


Goal 6 - Comment On 2 Hands On Forum Each Playing Day
#64 - OP does not BET AA on wet turn but XC and is stuck otr...
#65 - OP calls ATs OTB 3rd in v UTG + CO and flops NFD, CO overbet donks flop and barrels 0.5x ott... Implied odds???

Time to move up!!!!

Had a very good (read lucky) session tonight resulting in bankroll big enough for shot number 2.
Starting 04.30 tomorrow morning.
Bring on more learning!!!

Overall graph for the NL10 recovery...

good stuff, keep it up mate !

Nice graph and win rate, glad to hear the hard work is paying off and I hope you get some run good when you move up.

Thanks very much guys! Just got to try and keep doing the same I guess!

November Goals Update 13.11.2013

Goal 1 - Play 75 Hours Total In November
Played 30.7 hours (40.9%). Month is 41.7% old. Crikey! Seems I am playing tonnes but cannot keep up with it!!!!!!!!!!!

Goal 2 - Do 8 Reviews/Sweats In October
Done 1/8. Not going well this one! Think I relied to heavily on one or two amigos! i have made two videos now and two people offered to review. Forgot to host the damn things though - idiot!!

Goal 3 - Read The Mental Game - Tendler
Done 44/106 (41.5%). Fell behind (just). Will read more today...

Goal 4 - Purchase and study "No Bulls**t 6max Poker" from BPC
This is almost always going to be a this month as I read it loads!

Goal 5 - Post 2 Hands To Forum Each Playing Day
Hand #105 - AQs in SB MW preflop and TP+NFD on flop with action!
Hand #106 - AK TPTK on K66tt MW, villain XC then donks T + R...


Goal 6 - Comment On 2 Hands On Forum Each Playing Day
#66 - OP opens 86s in MP, wut!?
#67 - OP squeezes AJs OTB v UTG (reg) and MP (fish)...


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3 x

Pretty gutted about this! Tonight is a "no play" night too (training) so Goal 1 will struggle! I moved up to NL25 this morning but tbh this is less important than keeping these habits going. Hopefully can get a few reviews on my videos and a sweat on Thursday evening to catch up.

November Goals Update 14.11.2013

Goal 1 - Play 75 Hours Total In November
Played 33.3 hours (44.4%). Month is 45% old. Did try my best to catch up here! I had TKD last night but then played loads too. This target is really pushing me to keep up with it - which is good eh!?

Goal 2 - Do 8 Reviews/Sweats In October
Done 1/8. What an idiot - totally forgot to host recording again. I know I was busy and catching up but this is just amateur. Priority number 1 for tonight when I get home from work (kids can wait )

Goal 3 - Read The Mental Game - Tendler
Done 58/106 (54.7%). Read some more of this yesterday. I am enjoying reading this but my tilt issues are small compared to other things I need to work on. I was hoping to find more stuff on attitude work ethic etc but this book, so far, has been all about tilt control. What I do realise though is that when I get to much higher stakes there is stuff in here that will help me get a bigger edge. So it is not a waste of time and I will finish reading it.

Goal 4 - Purchase and study "No Bulls**t 6max Poker" from BPC
Read a few things again just to confirm I am opening SB enough and playing flop and turn ok as PFR with gutshot.

Goal 5 - Post 2 Hands To Forum Each Playing Day
Hand #107 - TT MP v UTG turn and river action...
Hand #108 - Hit TP on riv but donked into...


Goal 6 - Comment On 2 Hands On Forum Each Playing Day
#68 - OP 3bets QQ BTN v MP and BB flats pre (MP folds), B otf dry, XB turn when J pairs and B river small...
#69 - OP check raised on the river - surely it cannot be value this time!!??


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Well it was nearly 5 's!! Slight improvement. Will get the hours done for tomorrow's update and maybe one sweat tonight. Will get the damn videos hosted (they are made) and could then possibly catch up on Goal 2 as well.

Rocking it at NL25 btw (inB4 doomswitch obv!).

Try reading Tendler's second book after the first one, it is more orientated towards work ethic and improvement

Brilliant - thanks for the heads up mate!

November Goals Update 15.11.2013

Goal 1 - Play 75 Hours Total In November
Played 35.6 hours (47.5%). Month is 48.3% old. Can't believe I am not getting ahead of this. I am either at work, training, playing poker or sleeping (and I only sleep for 5.5 hours max). Hopefully get some hours in at weekend....

Goal 2 - Do 8 Reviews/Sweats In October
Done 1/8. Have hosted a video of me 4 tabling NL10 for 30 minutes. ANYONE who is willing to help me out please PM me and I will give you the link. I promise to repay the favour when I get to high stakes.

Goal 3 - Read The Mental Game - Tendler
Done 58/106 (54.7%). No further progress but still ahead thankfully!

Goal 4 - Purchase and study "No Bulls**t 6max Poker" from BPC
Read the flop play section again last night - done loads on this!!

Goal 5 - Post 2 Hands To Forum Each Playing Day
Hand #109 - 88 BTN v CO flop set on mono, sizings?
Hand #110 - JQs SB v BB, B B FD and get raised small ott with FD + GS (oop)...


Goal 6 - Comment On 2 Hands On Forum Each Playing Day
Hand #70 - JJ MP v BB, XB on flop A65tt and call T and R, OP says he is viewed as loose though so villain ever bluffing???
Hand #71 - AK utg v 79bb SB fish TPTK bet bet donked into on dry...


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2 x

Rubbish!! No further comment