is that mike caro?

right on, I hear ya!

Probably couching will add to your upward progress?

Hey guys. It's been a while - and i'm broke again. I knew this moment might happen, as i am really terrible on my bankroll management - and right now i am down to 10$.
But it's allright, i calculated it might happen and i spend most of my BR on 1 couching session - now i got to find a way to pay the guy for second one, whith is upcomming.
I'm working heavly on my game and my mind, and i found that if i meditate, i barely tilt at all.I also look at money during session to much - second thing to upgrade.
I find leaks in my game, if i don't work overs - on daily basis.
From brags - i also got Gold Vip on pokerstars, **** yeah! This month i gonna ****ing beat 25 NL pritty hard, as soon as i get my bank account - so i can redeposit + pay for couching - or change my 10$ into 166.(gonna work on it, as soon as i end analyzing my game - i got 2 days off )
As for my life - i keep on saving for Thailand, missing opportunities to **** (like seriously i need to fix those leaks cuz ammount of 6/10 + woman around here is limited), and cleanig rooms.
As You might not know my job, that i got now, is to clean rooms after parties. So those rooms are pritty ****ed up - i literally have to scratch spaghetti from walls -yet there is a good side into that - i gonna post my findings, leftovers, and **** like that. They add up for a pritty nice bonus.
So , as (so far) break even 25 NL player, thats trying to break pro i got a goal list. For next month i am going to :
1.Meditate daily and work on my mental game.
2.Study hands atleast 1h a day.
3.Work atleast 10h with poker couch, and get max value out of it.
4.Stay goldstar VIP by grinding atleast 3k hands a day - with tottal of atleast 80k a month (few days might be off).
5.Work over hours to support my 2015 thailand trip.
6.Contact couching stabbles, preffered one in Thailand, and convince em i can put hard into the game (what's true) and that i am a good investition (that's true aswell) so i will just have to put it right. I'm going Thailand anyway, so that kind of hook-point would be just dreams come true for me.

Cheers guys, i leave to continue my fight and for You i got a picture of my findings from last weekend.

definitely need to work on your crisp/chip-alcohol balancing

Thats just variance

Ill ship you 10$ on stars if you **** in your hand a take a pic

This is King Niche for the online generation.

Doesn't that graph you posted on the previous page tell you something?

DUDE **** U . IVE WON MORE THAN U LIVE AT 1/2 IN A SESH THAT U HAVE IN THIS THREAD> **** U> I WIN< NOT REALLY THO?

U HAVE BALLS AND ARE IN THAILAND DOING WHAT U WANT THAT IS AMAZING U WIN SIR **** LOSING 10K + INAMERICA i wish i WAS dEGGNING IN THAILAND W U BRO ****ING THAI SLUTSN **** AND EATING DELIVIOUS PAD THAI STUDYING POKER LIKE A MONK. ****U IM JELLY U WIN U WIN UWIN

It's begining of new month, and as i said - in last few days i busted my roll (very small roll tho, so it's not that bad)
Why did it happen?
Well i was running good at start, and tilted during it a little.
Then i ran worse, but tilt sticked.
Then i just ran plain bad, and this all-the-time small tilt accumulated (every mistake decrease my WR, so.....)
But there are good sides of that. I discovered hows and whys of my tilt.
I also found the mistakes i make while i tilt.
So, as i said by 2015 i will be a small winner at 50 NL or a big one at 25 NL - without of gameselection, playing ZOOM tables.
I'm not willing to give up, thats setled aswell, and i can archieve it - cuz honestly its not such a big of a deal.
So what have i learned :
I did not get rid of accumulative tilt properly.
I still don't posses the correct mindset to play poker for long hours.
I suck at C-betting OOP.
I tend to bluff in ridiculous spots when i tilt.
How i gonna use those informations? By setting Goals List for 10.2014
So by the 11.2014 i
1.Betwen each session of playing poker i am exercising (run few kilometres, get tired overall)
2.I have re-read mental game of poker again, and i am doing every single suggested step as warm-up and cooldown with my sessions.
3.I am working with couch, aswell as reviewing my hand history.
4. I have decreased volume, so i can focus on learning more.
5. I have improven my diet - so i can stay focused more.
6. I meditate daily to ease my mind.
And so it comes, my tilt-losing hands of this month. What ind of tilt it was? Why it appeard? Well that's what i will be facing now .

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 124.76 BB (VPIP: 14.00, PFR: 8.00, 3Bet Preflop: 15.00, Hands: 50)
SB: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 8.82, PFR: 8.82, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 35)
BB: 103.8 BB (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 26.67, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 15)
Hero (UTG): 187.6 BB
UTG+1: 120.92 BB (VPIP: 13.01, PFR: 8.13, 3Bet Preflop: 7.27, Hands: 129)
MP: 214.08 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
MP+1: 142.4 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
MP+2: 114.48 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 17.72, PFR: 13.92, 3Bet Preflop: 1.79, Hands: 161)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K K

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 142.4 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 139.4 BB

Flop: (286.2 BB, 2 players) 6 J 2

Turn: (286.2 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (286.2 BB, 2 players) K

Hero shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)
MP+1 shows A A (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 98%)
MP+1 wins 278.2 BB

I think it might not be that bad call after all. But then again - will i ever see anything else than aces here?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 186.56 BB (VPIP: 12.00, PFR: 6.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 50)
SB: 111.4 BB (VPIP: 12.53, PFR: 9.19, 3Bet Preflop: 5.53, Hands: 483)
BB: 212.68 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
Hero (UTG): 134.16 BB
UTG+1: 100 BB (VPIP: 10.70, PFR: 8.02, 3Bet Preflop: 3.97, Hands: 376)
MP: 107.84 BB (VPIP: 22.81, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 2.00, Hands: 118)
MP+1: 109.6 BB (VPIP: 11.35, PFR: 9.68, 3Bet Preflop: 3.69, Hands: 666)
MP+2: 56.6 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
CO: 99.88 BB (VPIP: 19.25, PFR: 4.35, 3Bet Preflop: 6.58, Hands: 163)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q A

Hero raises to 3 BB, UTG+1 calls 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (12.4 BB, 4 players) T 3 K
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 7.8 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 21 BB, UTG+1 calls 13.2 BB

Turn: (54.4 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 32 BB, UTG+1 calls 32 BB

River: (118.4 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 78.16 BB and is all-in, UTG+1 calls 44 BB and is all-in

Hero shows Q A (High Card, Ace) (Pre 28%, Flop 14%, Turn 9%)
UTG+1 shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 72%, Flop 86%, Turn 91%)
UTG+1 wins 198.4 BB

Not sure about this one. I was hoping to see him laydown AK, didn't put him on premiums.
River shove was terrible due to odds i gave him, i should give up after turn.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
SB: 132.04 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 13.49, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 128)
Hero (BB): 106.04 BB
UTG: 118.08 BB (VPIP: 2.78, PFR: 2.78, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
UTG+1: 88.92 BB (VPIP: 13.51, PFR: 13.51, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 38)
MP: 154.6 BB (VPIP: 26.85, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 2.13, Hands: 109)
MP+1: 397.2 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 60.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
MP+2: 95.72 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
CO: 127.4 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, SB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 8 BB, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (27 BB, 3 players) 8 4 4
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (27 BB, 3 players) 3
SB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB, BTN calls 10 BB

River: (57 BB, 3 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets 32 BB, BTN raises to 80 BB, fold, Hero raises to 87.04 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 1 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 9%)
BTN shows 3 3 (Full House, Threes full of Fours) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 91%)
BTN wins 211 BB

Thats gonna be one of my worst hands.
1. I should've raised prefloop.
2. I should've bet that flop - yet i wanted them to improve.
3. River bet - was targetting some kind of AQ,KQ,Qx? but then - would any of those hands get to riveR?
4.River call - what i expected him to have, that i have beaten? Like nothing.
So ye, that hand was bad.

And , for finish one last - with classic TILT.
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 117.8 BB (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
BB: 106.92 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 15.71, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 70)
UTG: 129.24 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG+1: 134.84 BB (VPIP: 15.85, PFR: 12.80, 3Bet Preflop: 3.28, Hands: 164)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 7.97, PFR: 5.80, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 139)
MP+1: 130.44 BB (VPIP: 19.83, PFR: 14.46, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 244)
MP+2: 306.24 BB (VPIP: 13.81, PFR: 8.84, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 183)
CO: 86.08 BB (VPIP: 11.11, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q T

fold, fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, MP+2 calls 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, BB raises to 28 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 16 BB

Flop: (62.4 BB, 2 players) 8 9 A
BB bets 20 BB, Hero raises to 72 BB and is all-in, BB calls 52 BB

Turn: (206.4 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (206.4 BB, 2 players) 9

BB shows A A (Full House, Aces full of Nines) (Pre 81%, Flop 85%, Turn 82%)
Hero shows Q T (One Pair, Nines) (Pre 19%, Flop 15%, Turn 18%)
BB wins 198.4 BB

Ye - let's shove my gutshot vs his strange small flopbet - and for sure he fold given odds.

Well, those are few of the times i got stacked cuz tilting. (mby one of it was not that bad)
Next month i plan to get rid of that kind of mistakes, and become winning player in long run.
Cheers

wtf are u doing in those hands ffs

50 NL with 600$ BR.

Decides to go pro.

Well i was tilting. And my br was 250, not 600, and that is even more bad br management - i know..
But as for now my idea seems to work. I playd 2 NL for 2 hours straight, kept full concentration and good decision making. I made one bad call, after analyzing it - and i feel a lil steamy ( : /) now i gonna work on getting away my accumulated tilt, so i gonna prolly go to gym, run, do pushups or smth.

Bartek,

Ja pierdolę that is awful. Truly horrific. I am getting tempted to deposit on PS for the first time in years and bumhunt someone who is even worse than myself at poker. I just picture guys sitting in front of screens at PS headquarters watching you play and laughing their asses off.

Listen, Bartosz - I'm not one to tell people to quit following their dreams but save your money and invest in some good cheap English lessons (hello Callan Method!), come back to Poland and try to find a job that doesn't involve eating bags and bags of kutas, because I suspect that's soon going to be your only affordable source of protein.

Or the next time you grind it up to, say, $50, put it all on red, if you win then you can afford Ryanair and PKS back to Pcim Dolny or wherever it is you come from.

But buy an ass ton of potatoes first, just in case you hit black. Gonna need carbs to go with the biała kiełbasa you'll be choking down.

Those hands lol, come on man

Most people making fun of OP here are broke themselves. Kosiarrrra you have firm determination and I am sure you would achieve what you want to very soon.
Just don't lose your determination. Success always comes to those for whom failure is not an option.

Just because OP is Polish does not mean he is going to win money like Dominik Panka. FTR, as long as OP continues his pursuit of his dreams then I sincerely wish him well, all the success he wants, a ballet flat in central London, etc. but equally sincerely think he is deluding himself and needs to wake up fast. Otherwise he will be just another Polish emigrant handing out copies of The Big Issue. Even most of them could point out OP's leaks.

Anyone seriously encouraging OP to continue gambooling it up in hopes of becoming the next big whatever need to take a long look at themselves in the mirror and decide if they have a conscience or not. The dude needs a serious reality check.

Anyone jokingly encouraging OP to keep going... fits in well with BBV and should be spared from the cull

so is this a troll or not? i assume so, but if not, man..... this is even better than the guy who moved to thailand to play $3 hypers

There's a distinct chance he is a troll, but Polish trolls usually attack people personally rather than just spin yarns for attention.

Also, bonus points for trolling in a foreign language. It's even within the realm of possibility that I know this guy, if he is trolling from Poland and is active on the live poker scene in my city.

Extra bonus points for putting me in particular on megatilt with so many typical mistakes Polish people make in English, been dealing with that shyte for over a decade and it puts me on monkeytilt when I see it outside work (I'm a translator and proofreader)...

OP you're a boss. Don't give up!

As far the hands on the last page, the first KK hand where the dude just shoves pre is fine. Idiots at 25NL will show up with worse than AA there, your call is fine. In the other hands, just stop trying to bluff 25NL fish who don't know how to fold.

Oh yeah, and stick to 10NL. JFC, your BRM is bad enough already.

Jesus christ those hands are kurewsko badly played.

I play 25NL ZOOM as well and I'm 99% sure your sn is marked as green/fish on my client.

From one pole to another: 2014 is not the time to embark on a Poker dream. Rake is terrible, player pools are terrible, legislation is terrible, bots are terrible, and most people are better off working minimum wage and eventually climbing their way up to manager at Starbucks than playing this ****. You'll save yourself a lot of stress and grief if you just completely forget about making a living off this game.

TL;DR: WYPIERDALAJ Z POKERSTARS!

Lol at the people ITT debating on whether OP is a troll or not. I mean he put Archievement in the thread title...

Keep trying bro,i doubt that anybody made money from poker without busting a couple of times.
Hand w KK is awful,its suspicious enough to go broke w KK pre in a full ring game w a full stack(unless you have specific read that villain is shoving AK/QQ) but w 150BBs effective i think its unacceptable.

Hand w AQ is massive spew,since youre multiway i dont think that villain would be betting light/stealing,and when he calls flop you should give up turn cause its one of the safest cards ever and youre representing so few combos of hands,plus i dont think people are folding TPTK in those stakes..

Dont slowplay AA multiway,raise smaller if u want to ensure action from at least 1 opponent

QT hand is a mega-spew as well,he opened from relatively EP and even 4bet you,give it up,he either has the Ace or has KK/QQ with which he'll still prolly call since the only hands your representing are AK/AA(i dont think youd 3bet AQ/88/99).If you gonna play QT from SB dont shovel money into the pot,youll be OOP in a big pot w a speculative hand,just flat and try to crack him..