As anyone who knows me knows, I have always had a real problem with putting in volume. I figure doing a daily log where people can make fun of me for sucking at volume (or, idk, encourage me or something) may help keep me motivated.

Don't really want to focus on $$ since I try not to think that way but I know viewers like that so I'll try to do some graphs every now and then.

I figure I should be playing at least 2k games each month, and 3k is probably the high-end of what is doable for me personally without negatively affecting my play (and my mood).

ATM I'm trying to stay structured and stick to a schedule where I play 5-7hrs a day for 5-6 days a week (I think it's a good idea to make sure I take one day a week off).

I guess games/day isn't as important as hours/day - so I'll be tallying up my hours/day and hours/month (so at least 100hrs/month and more like 120+ would be ideal). I should probably include time studying and coaching as poker hours.

Here was June: I slacked pretty hard, but it was my birthday month so w/e


Maybe another $1k from coaching. About 75 hours of poker/study I'd guess.

yesterday I didn't get to play any as I was at a teams pool tournament all day (took 2nd).

monday 7/2
hrs: 3.3 play +1hr review = 4.3
games: 59

notes: woke up late so didn't get to put in a full day and just played the 3.3hrs as one sesh. ran up and down but finished strong. at some point i was starting to get a little too irritated for no reason and spacing out on a few decisions but overall I think I played really good today.

month-to-day:
hrs: 4.3
games: 59

GL, this is SNG's right ?

What games / stakes are you playing ?

Gl this month bossssss, let's both figure out how to put hours in!

MrBump, ty. and yup. mostly STT, then HUsngs and some smaller field MTTs. whatever I can get going. avg buy-in is probably ~$60 right now.

jdawg, thanks man. gogogo!

Cool, sounds good.

I've got a volume problem myself, so I'll follow your progress for a bit of self motivation

GL

what site are you playing on?

What's your schedule of studying?
Do you study everyday you play or just study when you feel you need to?
Also, how do you usually study, just review some hands or anything else?

GL, will be following this.

haarlem, multi-sites

hangson, I try to review 1-2 games before my first session each day. I also mark hands that I feel give me the most problems (and try to avoid marking too many "interesting" hands that are usually just a close decision one way or the other) while playing and try to review them each night, but I skip that review a lot maybe only do it 3x a week.
aside from that I do a good amount of coaching which can also be beneficial to keeping me sharp.

........


Went to sleep late, just getting out of bed now - gonna eat something drink some coffee and get to the grind. I'll try to play 5-6hrs today.

Tuesday 7/3

hrs playing: 5.4hrs
hrs review: will review soon for 30min or so
games: 91

notes: let my emotions get the best of me a few times. i've been trying hard not to use, or think, words or phrases like "running good/bad" "luck" "fortunate", etc, I've been telling myself those aren't real words in poker ("everything happens just as many times as it is supposed to") - today I caught myself sighing a lot and using some of those wrong-view words... I think I did a decent job handling it at that point tho, I'd stop registering games and wait until I felt calm again and then tell myself my mantra and start loading up again.
In the end I hit a streak that was getting me tilted and the games were loading super slow so I just called it a night. Not proud of the volume but not hating myself either.


month-to-day:
hrs playing: 8.7
hrs review: 1.3
hrs total: 10
games: 150
profit: TBA


^^ I think I like that format most. will be keepin track like that from now on. I'll probably do profit update every week for those of you who like to sweat that stuff.


Wednesday is usually my "absolutely no poker day" but I think since I took Monday off I may just play tomorrow any way.

Wednesday 7/4

remembered that i had an event i made promises i'd go to today. tried to play a bit but wasn't feeling too well so I stopped sesh before i even finished loading a full set up.

hrs playing: 0.8
hrs review: 0
games: 6


month-to-day
hrs playing: 9.5
hrs review: 1.3
hrs total: 10.8
games: 156
profit: TBA

+1 on not saying stuff like "running bad" etc

Any interesting spots from your session review ?

GL

ill see if i can post some rtomrrowf for now i am reaalallly drunk and i will be surprisedd if i can play any mcuh poker at allll but weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

THURSDAY 7/5

hrs playing: 2.5
hrs review: 1.5 (coaching video)
games: 42

notes: lol i obviously got pretty wasted last night. didn't get out of bed until ~6:30pm. started playing late, games weren't really loading so I figured I'd get a coaching video I needed to do out of the way.


month-to-day:
hrs playing: 12
hrs review: 2.8
hrs total: 14.8
games: 198
profit: TBA

FRIDAY 7/6

hrs playing: 5.3
hrs review: 0
games: 108

notes: almost wasn't going to play today, had like 0 focus. took 10mg addy and then played a 4hr session which is pretty long for me lately. took a small break and then another 1.3hrs but the games dried up and the addy wore off so I quit.
I played really well the entire time (made one pretty silly bad play in the last row of games before quitting) so I'm really happy with that.
I need to get myself waking up earlier so I can grind more durring peak times.

month-to-date*:
hrs playing: 17.3
hrs review: 2.8
hrs total: 20.1
games: 306

I know I said I was going to wait until the end of the week to post results but I crushed so hard today I just had to.