Week over already...

Man that went by really fast it was a pretty nice week at the tables and off..

I ended up playing 16,000 hands, bb winrate looking good, but it could have been better (the volume I mean), well I guess I adjusted and adapted to the situation that made me slow down a bit in how much I played basically...

-I challenged someone relatively elite, I'm actually not sure if he will read this thread now as we are in touch, but whatever. He beat me pretty bad that day, not for many buy ins but enough to make me think what happened and why did I get outclassed so hard throughout the match. He ****ed me up really bad mentally that night, I couldn't go to sleep so I spent all night (or afternoon?), whatever basically I stayed up until 2pm because I couldn't sleep and felt so concerned as to why he was so much better) to focus on my game to try to take it to the next level, turns out I did a lot of stuff fundamentally wrong, and that's okay I took note of it and will be much more prepared next time.

Anyway, because of that it was super beneficial and I found out a couple of things that I was missing in my game and began implementing it immediately, there are still so many little things that I am not seeing with my own eyes that there are that are the clear most +EV line, probably countless hours that must be spent theorizing on, practicing on and implementing.

I have a few people on the list I'm looking to beat at the moment and they are currently some of the best players out atm and have asked them for a battle sometime this month, so I'm looking forward to that, with that being said... I am looking for matches against anyone, I will play 3-4 tables of 3/6 (won't do higher, don't want to lose too much money!).

Month is going pretty nicely.. probably up 28k or something after rakeback. Still not very happy with some of my plays, think I'm doing a lot of stuff wrong still with certainty, I wrote down a few notes to think about in order to improve for next time a lot of it is even against fishes, I think I'm leaking in a few spots against them in general as well I would like to perfect playing them to most maximum exploitation. Only going to show the better graph, I have multiple graphs b/c of different affiliates. Unfortunately I won't be able to play much more this month... last update until maybe the end of the month or something.

Hey ImaCHAMPION,

I'm Adrain from Australia. Came across your vid/post/story while going through the materials for BPC.

I saw that Gordon and the coaches @ BPC have taken you through a long journey in the poker world, from nothing to the status you are at now.

Just wanted to hear your thoughts, feedback and overall opinion of your coaching time with BPC. Are you still being coached by them or going by yourself?

Cheers,

Hi Adrian,

everything is different now, responded to your pm but really don't want to get into this topic at this moment.
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Got to chase that paper...

Sigh, I know its hard. Its hard to make it to the top today in 2016, how sick is it that most people believe the expected expectation as one of the best is to make 300k-500k for the year. When I hear that, I think about how many people are really making it far, I think... why did I **** up so much in my younger years, then I realize it was necessary, it was a growing process my head wasn't in the right place.

I read about it all the time, how can you really do it, how can you make it to the top? The landscape is all ****ed up, the rake is high, there aren't enough games, there aren't enough fishes. How the **** can I find my way, why is poker worth playing who would really take it seriously in 2016?

Despite these obstacles, despite the fact that I don't have much money yet.. One thing is for certain, greatness in poker is coming... I am optimistic, this will certainly be my last vacation I take for a long time, I didn't enjoy some of my moments as I was thinking about poker I knew there was greatness slipping my time is ticking... I have to structure myself better and work harder to be #1... **** it, I like a challenge anyway. See you at the top.

I enjoy your writeups. good luck.

thx.

A nice quick session, I played some 2k... mostly 1k 3tabling v one regular. 2K is a bit scary in that way where you can just run into the top 5 player in the world at a high likelihood. I normally play a bit to see how I feel up to them before I decide to quit or not. 1kNL i'll play against anyone at the moment, **** it. Swings were pretty wild today, I also don't think I played my best, don't like the way I played a few hundred hands.

http://imgur.com/7v76MeS

don't know why imgur isn't currently working but whatever its my last graph for an undetermined amount of time.

Yesterday..

another day gone. It wasn't wasted though, I went through a huge mental block, I'm unsure why. I played a decent amount maybe 3.8k hands a decent amount of which I ended up punting off a lot of stacks and donating.. I ended up still being up for the day because I was up +6 bi or so for the day... and ended up down in 2 BI/ EV, but ended up for the day because of winning on higher stakes losing on lower stakes, but that is just luck and I played awful. I had a losing mentality, felt like giving up for today etc decided I needed to shape myself and do what I had to do to improve... I sat down, studied my mental game and wrote down a couple of key points that could have been the cause. I will be more aware of this coming into the arena today. I know it's okay to make mistakes, but I should be making 2-3 mistakes maximum a day, the goal would be to be 0 obviously, but we are human, and the sessions I would be playing I don't expect to play them all perfectly. Yesterday was not even close to that, I probably made close to 50+ errors, just clicked call because "**** it". I was just button mashing at some point in the game as well. I guess what people call the "C-Game", I sat out when I was somewhat aware of it. It took some time to be conscious of it.

Long rant, but a couple of key things I think that could have caused it:
1) I didn't sleep well, its hard to sleep in this house and I'm very much looking forward to escaping this routine as I believe its hindering my progress to be elite.
2) I ate potato chips, its a bit to salty and probably bad for my brain. I need to eat healthier.
3) I had a bad mental block, I tried meditating felt ok and played then crashed midway again to play terrible. I had thoughts of random stuff such as sex, childhood memories, people etc. I guess when that happens I should have immediately quit, but I kept trying to "come back to my place". I think in the future I will quit all regulars and play whatever fish I have to try to get back into it.

Anyway, I'm always happy to pay for my lessons, I hope for it to be cheaper in the future though for my mistakes. Jack Ma states that every mistake is beneficial for your future revenue, and I am 100% in that belief... this will have a huge return in my future EV as I am much more prepped for it. I wrote down a few strategies in order to be prepared for this and am a frequent writer and believer that I must have words written all over my wall, I am 100% in the belief that words have power/ thoughts have power and are everything... having them everywhere will remind you what your mission is and why your doing this in the first place.

Let's try again today... win or lose its not so important in the short term, I want to go to sleep remembering that I played excellent, and crushed the game of poker. I'm Feelin' soo money right now!

I think that eating ****ty definitely hurts, I've been noticing that when I eat ****ty / a lot of sugar before a session I usually have bad results.

ops screen name?

Agreed, going to stay away from sugar and focus more on healthy things like berries/yogurt and lots of water before I eat a bigger meal

don't think it makes much sense to put it out, although if you want to battle you can pm me and we can set something up and I will give you my screen name.

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Had to cut my session early because internet disconnecting a lot today. Cost me a bit in equity few hundreds+ potential $$ in the future whatever happens... when I move I will definitely buy a back-up internet, why I don't have one here is beyond me to be honest, its super unprofessional on my side. I got lucky I haven't disconnected almost at all this whole year. Outside of that I think I played exceptionally well today.

Today is another day and another opportunity. I will re-read my mental game notes, will make sure to be prepped with snacks water etc... it will be a nice battle today. I don't have much on my mind to write about today, but I noticed writing helps me ease myself before I end up playing to get out whatever is in my mind.I was originally taking Sundays off, but I'm not sure if I will do that anymore, I think I may cut days off and do half day offs and if I'm really out of it I will take the day off... I don't think I'm suppose to take much days off to be #1...

oh.. and watched wedding crashers again recently, has to be one of my favorite movies of all time.

Good session, while I was playing I learned a few more things to add into my game, I was aware of a couple of things while I was playing.

There is some undiscovered territory that I haven't completely fixed just yet and am unaware of how to play it I realized that after I started getting into different spots with a player who wasn't playing to what an ordinary game tree would expect. So interesting at how many spots I'm probably missing. I was thinking about this a bit more and you know, when two people play each other they both normally think they have an edge on each other right...?

So player a must think player b does "x, y and z" wrong
player b must think player a does "x, y and z" wrong

That or people are thinking on a different level and just playing because they aren't losing or winning (until variance shows and they start losing then they decide to stop loss) that or there playing in order to get better and figure out why the other player is better (valid reason) or the alternative they are playing for fun and enjoyment (highly unlikely versus other professionals) /shrug.

I also don't think I'm winning at a rate I'd like, I can probably bump it up more by a huge margin in BB winrates. I decided that I'm not taking Sundays off anymore, probably half days depending on mood. I reviewed my most recent 60,000 hands and I saw a lot of errors where I don't agree with how I'd play with it anymore and would take a different approach. During this sample I was testing a few things, and although I like the idea behind it in theory I don't think it works so I will be removing it in my game, I am also implementing something new in theory to see if it proves to be more powerful. I think my next sample I should be winning better unless variance hits or whatever.

Good attitude to have man... consider where you WERE, and where you ARE now... no doubt two different worlds

Do you mind me asking, where do you currently play?

was thinking about giving a detailed answer on this RV-, but I decided against it, its probably not good to get into this just yet. Like... truth is I know I am not #1 on 1k yet, and if I get one regular that is better then me to hop onto a site that I'm playing on it that he/she currently isn't playing on, it will hurt my winnings. When I am #1 there will be an exact site explanation on where I play.

Lots of work to do so little time.

I set a goal for 2017 so big that I'm not sure how I will possibly make it happen I will not put any of this out in public and hopefully will one day show an end of the year graph in hopes that I reached my destination. After discussing it with a great player I started to realize how unlikely it is, still despite this he was supportive and made me realize to not stress, work hard $$ will definitely come and I have to take it one step at a time and hopefully with the amount of tenacity and hard work my goal will manifest into reality.

I am sure the journey will be a wild ride 2017 sounds interesting as I feel I have a good opportunity to try to turn it into a new milestone in my poker career. This year has been awesome in its own ways as well, I really got the living hell beat out of me a lot I learned a whole lot of lessons and finally made my own mission statement, once I had that, something changed and for the last few months something clicked, I would say for the first time ever on my own I truly started treating this game like a professional I still mess up, quite frequently, but I always write down a game plan in order to improve the experience for myself.

I think I'm almost ready for what I have in store.. by 2017 I'm sure I will be well prepped for it, I have been working very hard off the tables in preparation to claim my share of whats left in this small pond of money available.

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Oh lets talk about some poker stuff for this month..
I put in maybe 13k hands when I got back for 6 days. It isn't that much I guess but it's because I put in maybe 20-30 hours on off table work preparing for what is to come (I'm going to start battling all regulars in HUPLO). In the future I think I should be striving for 70-120k hands day in and day out for the month... Right now it seems like its not possible for just HUNL so I need to learn every possible game. So I probably put a decent amount of hours this week, not as much as I'd like because I took a half day on Sunday as I decided to let some backpacker strangers stay in my place.

Losing a lot of money.

Sometimes its not so fun, but it is a necessary process. In some ways I like it because it exposes more leaks that I can hone in on and fix in order to become a better poker player. I did not play perfect yesterday, so every time I mess up I note it, when did I mess up, did it happen before the session, did I not prepare well enough? Did it happen mid session? What broke me in order to play not so prefect? I'm grateful for every single process in this game, with the information I have what I currently know in my life I will utilize these tools to reach the top. I'm a MSNL player, and that's for a reason, because I am messing up more then others, including mentally I may not be as strong as others which is one of the many reasons why I can't become elite yet. It's ok, my time will come. I'm going to work even harder because I ****ing love this **** and I'm a man on a mission.

Took yesterday off to work on a couple of other things related to poker.
I was not so happy with my mental game, and started digging into why. I was scavenging around and looking at what people think about it, and I think just what Mason says in his book makes a lot of sense. That once you just refine and fix all your strategy this idea of tilting at all 7 levels or whatever is complete nonsense. His point of view is something like... if you messed up in a spot where you consciously know the effort its more like you aren't totally sure of the spot and need to put in more time into working on that area.

Anyway, thought that was fairly interesting, I've also started finally dabbling in some huplo at the same time. I'm getting use to the transition and the different skill sets it takes, should be ready for it completely by a few more weeks. Will excitedly be looking to battle anyone there very soon too...

Hello, you are doing a great job at this... because you know how to make money here in this spot!!


---------------->>> Maybe you should just find a job instead of participating in online poker?!

It is a job. Try doing it as your only source of income for 5 or 10 years and tell me it isn't work.

Sounds like imachampion stacked him

Hey man, just wanted to chime in and say the progress you've made is awesome! You have a great mindset and you will reach your goals, just stay patient. Out of curiosity, how's the fitness going?

I'm down to battle some NL if you want.

@dikface/xfloprriver thanks for your support

@countchip I was really skinny when I first started this thread, I did fitness for quite some time maybe 6 months 5x /week, I'm still pretty small 62 KG or so I quit maybe 4-5 months ago to solely put all my energy into becoming one of the best in the world.

@scurra

speaking of the best in the world...

big fan of your thread, sure message me lets play, I don't play on stars though we can set up a battle on ipoker or something though..

nice to see your progress as a longtime lurker also whats up with the weight gain you a beast yet?