Hello guys, I've been a lurker on the platform for several years and learned a lot here.

Last year (sept 2022) I decided to give online poker a "semi-pro go". My goal was to see if I can consistently make money in the format I love - the MTTs. So in the past 15 months I've played 4 hours of poker per day; a total of 5929 MTTs with 31% ITM and 230 of them won (3.87%). The high ITM and WIN percentages are due to a simple reason - I played only in small rooms. The fields are very manageable (30-150 players) and the variance is a little bit less harsh. The stakes played 5$-50$. This gave me a decent revenue, but combined with my 9-17 job, I've had zero personal life. Stopped doing sports. Ate like a pig. Smoked like a chimney. I don't think overall it's an EV+ life-wise.

So, in 2023 I want to change a couple of things:
- stop playing 5$ and even 10$ (not sure about that one);
- in March/April build a BR for 100$ and higher MTTs (play more qualifiers too);
- go to bigger rooms (with huge payouts and... huge fields and... huge variance and... probably better competition);
- make +50K$ but play less than 4 hours per day on average (yes, there will be long sessions - but, please, not every single day);
- get a life (or at least a bit of it) - restart regular trainings, eat less junk, stop smoking (not sure about that one). The motivation that I see is that I will have more energy and probably will get better results.

I will most likely be posting weekly here just to keep truck and update anyone who's interested.

Good luck at the tables, guys! And happy end-of-year holidays.

Hi it seems like your on a similar path to me. If you want to talk hands or study or have a poker freind shoot me a dm.

Gl

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