Link? Couldn't find the mentioned thread.

I think its super close and can make arguments for both sides. Idk if I ship and he folds the risk is worth the small increaw vs if I ship and lose im out, vs if I ship and double up if my stack value increases much at this stag .

Doing all that and working 80 hour weeks is pretty impossible imo. I worked 80-90 hour weeks off and on for years and you don't have much time for anything much less grinding SNE status. That's hilarious.

Think about it. Get up at 6-630 depending on how far u are from work and how long it takes u to get ready. Get to work at 7. Get off at 7pm. Go home fix something to eat it's already at least 8. Take a shower and spend time getting ready for tomorrow. Look up and it's 9.... And all that and there's still time to play 18-24 tables for several hours every night? No way. And that's working 84 hours a week.

And we didn't even throw in anything like getting groceries, washing clothes, spending time with the gf, cleaning up the house, social life, ect ect. Oh and I forgot went to school. Haha no shot that happened.

Anyways cool thread--- subbed and good luck

Subscribing.... Good luck!

I def agree that it's in some areas not worth it and especially since I've been striving for better work/life/poker/gf balance and trying to succeed without letting one of them to dip too heavy in any direction. What ZepHendrix did was amazing and I think above all else, it's motivation to put in the extra hour or two a week when I don't feel like playing. In my case, I can only 4 table max as I play on Bovada and have no desire to play any other sites so I'll use this as motivation as much as possible to getting back to MSNL where the money is relevant again.

The blog is a tremendous read and I can't wait to hear his podcast this weak with ChicagoJoey, which I'll link to when the podcast is released. He also has a well on 2p2 which is a good read as well.

http://zephendrix.com/

Thanks man...always appreciate every view, follow, or comment! If there is anything you want me to post about or anything I can help with, just let me know!

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/87...exist-1475931/

Thanks! Crazy how similar that hand is to mine....from amount of players how cash to stack sizes. Great find!

Haven't updated this in a few days. Mainly because I haven't played too much as I was busy catching up with a bunch of work projects or life projects. It seems like I've been super busy with random life errands.

When I have played, I've been running well this past week. Today I played a few short sessions, all running into some negative variance and I played a few hands badly, made some bad calls, etc. I think this is due to not really 100% wanting to play, but playing rather because I had a quick instinct to play, knowing that it wasn't the ideal time. This is something that I'm still working on and will make a much better effort on this week. I credit this to winning during the week outside of my winrate and I think I sometimes get "winners tilt" or overconfident. Currently, the bankroll sits at $1,850 of which $300 came from the MTT cash last Sunday. Therefore, I'm up about 11 BI at 50nl since I've started. The goal is to continue to play 50nl until I reach 2.5k when I'll take a 3 BI shot at 100nl again. Being overrolled is key for confidence and makes it easier to withstand variance and losses.

If I plan to play tomorrow, I'm going to make sure I watch a training video first to assure my mindset is in the right mood and I'll assure I block out a 2 hour slot to play, otherwise I'll continue to work on other elements of my game. I've been running well this month , which I'm aware off and winning outside my winrate. My main focus the remainder of the month is to put in 7 more hours of play to reach 25 for the month and I'd be content with ending with where my current roll is, as I know variance can't keep up on the good side so I'm trying to be realistic and accept it.

A few also asked for the link to the 50nl video that I made. I've been having trouble uploading it since the video is about an hour length and the size is 580MB which is too large for Vimeo. I'll work on trying to find a new option. In the meantime, I'll share the Dropbox link to the video, however I think it only shows the first 15 mins and you have to download the file for the full video for some reason? Either way, let me know what you think. I'm always learning and open to constructive criticism and new ways to approach situations.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dbk91vuv2...t%202.mp4?dl=0

Watched a CR video to get in the mood today and then put in a solid 3 hour session. The session was very swingy and I hit the wrong side of variance with few coolers and getting rivered a few times, but that's how bad players stick around. Overall I broke about even. I tested out some Zone poker while watching football and I will NEVER play Zone again. The Zone games play so awkward and weird and it didn't help that I ran awful. It seems like players make tons of moves, call down light, and spaz bluff in weird spots and it's uncomfortable situations to be in, largely because each player is entirely starting from scratch with no reads. Thus, I can't capitalize on this by taking notes, etc. I know some enjoy Zone because of volume but for myself quality is more important than bad quality. Overall I lost a buyin and my bankroll is around $1.8k.

My plan is to continue to grind out few more hours this month and try to focus on quality volume and results will come. The 100nl shot will come at 2.5k. Tomorrow I also plan to spend some time working on my mental hand history and tilt profile to assure everything is locked in and I'm focused to play my A game.

My zone winrate is the same as my reg table winrate (50k hands zone/90k hands reg/100nl/10bb), so for each zone table at 2x the speed of a reg table I make 2x as much hourly. On Bovada that is huge, you really should give it another shot.

I gave Zone another shot... HUGE mistake. First, Zone plays 100% differen't and everything is a guessing game of polarization. I'm so pissed at myself and dropped -350..mostly in 20 minute session. Granted, I lost KK to AA, AA to 89s, AQ to 99, AK to AK and set to gutter. Regardless a few things happened:

1. I played a game I know I have no edge at short term bc I don't know how it plays.
2. I played when I knew I didn't have much time to play.
3. I ignored my stop loss entirely.

Zone could be profitable for many, but not me. I need to know my strengths which are history, taking advantage of bad players, and pattern recognition. Zone is also a trigger of tilt due to it's fast play.

I take 100% accountability and promise that it won't happen again. If I play Zone again, I'll give $100 to the first person to post after I admit playing it (I'll admit it, it'll only help me long term!).

Bankroll back around $1.5k. I'll be out of town a few days this week so my game plan will be to watch 4 training videos during this time as well as make a good chunk of progress in TMGOP.

I apologize if I let anyone down and taking 100% accountability is crucial for my goal.

Here's to getting back on track and a great November of 40 hours of play!

Sorry man, admittedly I've played a lot of Zoom/Rush poker over the last few years, so once Bovada had 100nl/200nl zoom running I switched and it was a simple transition. I definitely remember how much more tilty the speed/style of game makes you when you're new to it, or transitioning back to it, especially when you start out running terribly. Gl with the reg tables.

You just listed a good portion of why I stopped playing zone. I need to have reads on players to really maximize my winnings. I'll take a look at the vid when I get home. I ran pretty bad yesterday dropped almost 5 BI's. My ev line is gonna look great lol.

It's def different with the speed and I'm sure if you got a default general style, you could profit long term. The variance seems like it'd be huge though simply due to the anon tables and players polarized ranges. Don't be sorry, 100% on me !

I think everyone's game caters to a specific group. Mine is based on reads and pattern recognition, which is largely why I've been so successful at anon tables, I'm able to recognize patterns quickly and capitalize much quicker than others.

Let me know what you think of the vid. Running bad isn't always bad...I think it's pokers way of telling us we're not as good as we think we are and should always been working on improving. Poker's easy when we're winning and can make the largest of leaks seem like you're playing perfect!

You'll get 'em back!

does he not sleep? 80 hour work week+8hours sleep a night= 30 hours left to do stuff, and you need to groom/eat/clean/cook even if guy has assistant taking care of everything he must not have slept much

sick graph tho

His recent interview is up (I'll try to link to it later). In short, he dedicated 2 years to this lifestyle to take advantage of an opportunity. I'm sure it's not healthy at all but he set goals and showed what's possible with sacrifice.

I should be clear that I have 0 intent of doing this! In fact I'm striving for balance and am lucky if I play 5 hours a week lol. I use this as inspiration though to increase that 5 hours to maybe 7-8 hours a week!

Regardless, his blog is an AWESOME read.

Good solid video. Wish the screen was more clear and please fix your mic. Interesting way of playing your AA on a monotone board, was the most interesting spot that I saw. Definitely would like your take on interesting spots in the near future.

Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the time you took to give your feedback. I also wish it was more clear but it was my first pass at it so I'll try to correct that for anu future ones along with the mic. I recorded this using the mic of my macbook air. The AA hand was very interesting and still not sure what I'd do if he shoved but probably a bet/fold is correct there. In general my style is probably boring but I like simple decisions and don't like to make the game harder than it needs to be!

I probably wouldn't fold after you bet turn, but I don't think I'm a very good player. I do what you do in your video, REALLY avoid OOP, make easy/solid decisions and wait till I hit a big hand.

I had mic sound quality issues on my vids. I was using my iPhone head phones which have a built in mic. Did a little bit of research and saw that USB mic's are the best for this. So I got one made by Logitech from best buy for 30$.

Haven't had a chance to check out your video yet but looking forward to it.

How's it going, bro?

Sorry for lack of updates the past few days. As I mentioned I was out of town traveling for work and didn't get much time to play in during that few day span. I did however focus on reading the Mental Game of Poker more and focused on some mental game work. Life itself hasn't been the most organized for me, getting away from diet but sticking to exercise at least. I plan on putting this all back on track this weekend.

On the poker front I've been swinging between 1.5-8k. My goal for November is to play 50 hours of quality poker, with a stretch goal of 60 assuming my play is top quality. I'll try to post some updated graphs and reports as soon as I'm able to pull some from my Desktop PC (Not always home to sit and pull from it). I also plan to start posting updates on my workout log with stats for those as well.

On a side note I have a question:

How is rake at the Zone tables compared to regular tables? The only reason that I ask is that I'm fortunate enough to have a grandfathered in rakeback account with Bovada and it may be worth it for me to consider learning Zone if it could increase my hourly by a drastic number due to the rakeback.

Hope eeryones running well at the tables and isn't too sluggish from all the Halloween candy! Let's dominate November!

Well...I continued to give Zone a try and I'm not sure why...

Sure, I ran ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS and had about 5 sets flopped vs me when I'd 3 bet MASSIVE. I also had a few players call 4 bets when I had monsters with hands like 24s and flop T44 etc. Granted, I ran AWFUL and I think ZONE players in general tend to be insanely wild and spaz play hands, which makes for insanely wild variance. I've ran insanely under EV at Zone and been coolered like crazy. I'm giving up on Zone, despite how good the games may be or how much it may benefit my rakeback. If you don't run well at Zone, you're simply screweed lol.

I'm at 1.4k with a ton of work to do in November. I'm down close to 14 buy ins at my peak this month which is hard to swallow. Regardless, I'll be only focusing on regular 6 max games here out at trying to hit 50 hours this month. Zone just wasn't cut out for me, regardless of how awful the player pool was.