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07-25-2015 , 03:02 PM
CFP DAYS 37-38

So, problems remain the same But I’m improoving. I’m getting used to some situations, like the weather, and I’m improoving some other ones, like my self! I’m trying to solve tilt and productivity issues. Everything is improoving, slowly but steady. But one my most important problems is the focus. I loose my focus quite often. Today, for some reason I didn’t have this kind of problem, but in generall this is something I should work on.



My play is way better. I’m very disciplined and patient. 2 things that were impossible for me before the CFP and at the same time 2 things that I always wished to have as a part of my character. This game tests our character so hard, that I will never make it without discipline and patience. A good result is that I rarely close a loosing session.



A bad thing is that the last couple of days, I didn’t study at all, which is really bad. The reason is that I feel tired all day long because of that ***** weather. I will fix this asap.

Good night to everyone. Work hard.
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07-28-2015 , 11:26 AM
CFP Days 39-40

Yesterday I took the day off. I really need a day off in order to clear my mind because I play/study 10hours/day since I finished the challenge. So for more than a month I work like a machine, while everyone else is on vacation, or swimming in beaches that are located near our city, drinking beers and having fun. Well, I don’t.



So I took this day of to relax, but still I couln’t take poker out of my mind, so I studied a little bit.



Today was the best day ever. I run hot. And by saying hot I mean nobody sucked out on me(I didn’t suckout on anyone either), I won a flip in which I was slightly ahead( JJ vs AQo all in pre) and I played my best poker for 90% of the time.



AT LAST I’m doing better with 2 tables now, without doing ******ED mistakes. I’m just doing small mistakes, here and there. But this is something good for me, because 2 weeks ago, If i was gonna play 2 tables, I was gonna loose for sure, since I couln’t maintain my focus.



Still feel tired, 1 day off, did not achieve anything special, but it’s better than nothing. And 40 degrees hot outside, it’s not the best for our productivity.



Today I broke a record:

Best winning session: +55eur.

So, as I’ve told, I will post only weekly graphs and “special” graphs. So today, that was my personall record since I started HU for BPC, and here is the graph:

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07-31-2015 , 01:28 PM
Inclusive update

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08-08-2015 , 02:38 PM
CFP DAY 54 and Weekly review.



Hello everyone,

It’s been a while since I did this kind of update. Things work great so far. I can’t complain about the results, since I win 90% of my sessions. I try hard to keep my loosing days to a minimum.



What I’ve done well

1) I table select strictly.

It ridiculus the fact that I’m hearing/reading about table selection since I first started to play/search online poker, and this is the first time in my poker life that I actually do it. And It ***** works! It’s ridiculus that I just didn’t do it until now. As it seems, I need someone to push me, and force me to do the right thing. Too bad that I did this to my self for the past 3 years. But I’m really happy with the results now. And the best thing is that It became a habit right now.



2) I’m getting closer to be “tilt – free”.

Ofcourse there is a lot of work to be done, but I’m happy that I’m taking steps to this direction every day. I’m trying to change my point of view, from emotional to logical, so, even if the fact that I’m winning constantly HELPS to be tilt free, I also have my bad days, and I believe that I handle them decently.



3) I follow std lines stricter and stricter.

Ofc I do mistakes, and ofc I get confused from time to time(or a little bit more often). But I’m better than I was yesterday, and this applies for every day. Some times I make some adjustments(this should be on “what I’ve not done well category”), and I know that this is not good for me(especially if a coach read this), but this is the truth, and I’m not gonna hide it. I don’t overdo it, but some adjustments are completely logical and I do them when I’m absolutely sure. Of course, it’s coaches job to judge if I’m doing a bunch of bs, and he has the last word as always.



4) I’m focused, disciplined, and patient.

A quick example. I used to have serious issues with my focus, when I was loosing early in a session, or when I was BE for x ammount of time, or if anything happened anyway, that I considered as the reason that makes my results bad. I could find a billion excuses when I was loosing. Only 1% was my fault. I now realize that this mindset was ridiculus. Now, I DON’T CARE about the results, I don’t care if someone hit&run, if someone sucked out on me blah blah blah. THe only thing I do care about is to play my best, and apply everything I’ve learned. This mindset, is made for results. And in order for this mindeset to work, needs time. In order to apply this mindset long enough I need discipline and patience, when I “mastered” them and “put them” to work, I was more focused, and my game became better.



What I’ve not done well

Volume.

It’s very low. Ok the excuse about the traffic is not a lie. But I believe that I could do it better. Maybe I couldn’t, but this is how I think now. I’m focused on things that I can control(as a friend adviced me a million times), so I always try to do my best. I’m satisfied with the fact that I’m trully trying, but I’m not satisfied with the ammount of effort I’m putting.

Studying.

I don’t study as I used to. I still do my hw, but I dont review my sessions every day, I don’t filter my sessions everyday, I don’t study std lines every day, or watch vids every day. I still do these things, but not everyday. This is something that needs fix asap. It’s a way to last over the time.



What I’ve learned

Discipline

This is a ***** weapon, a tool, a skill that we can develop, for every aspect in our life. Self discipline = freedom. And since poker is supposed to be related with freedom, discipline is a weapon of a winning poker player.



Weekly Graph:


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08-12-2015 , 12:47 PM
CFP DAYS 56-58

What I forgot to mention on my last update is that I got permittion to move up, so the last couple of days, I’m playing 20nl.



It started really bad/



A day before yesterday I almost hit stop loss. I reviewed my entire session. I saw some mistakes but the cost was small. In general I ran pretty bad. And I’m not playing well, but sure the results where worse than my game.



Yesterday I hit stoploss. I made one big mistake, and my game wasn’t good enough. AGAIN i’m pretty sure that the results are way worse than my game. I don’t know wtf happened since I moved up, but I’m very dissapointed by the results. My mental situation is really bad after these two sessions and I’m sure that I could play better, but deff there is something I’m doing wrong.

Today also a bad day. Almost hit stop losss.


I guess that THIS is the real test for my character, now that I’m loosing. Everyone is able to have a good mindset during the winning days. Now we’ll see what I’m made off.



Going to study until I fall asleep on my desk.

Graph since I moved up:




Another bad day and I will go back to 10nl.

Good luck to everyone.
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08-15-2015 , 12:37 PM
Hello everyone,

CFP DAYS 57-61

These are actually the worst days I’ve ever had since I joined CFP. It was my first shot @ 20nl and it coulnd’t get worse It only lasted 3 days and about 1200hands 😀 . I reviewed every hand that I played trying to find mistakes. I would say, that 90% of my losses are bad board runouts and 10% my mistakes. So I’m not mad at me. I’m pretty disappointed for my results though.



Funny fact: I made a small plan 1 month ago, and I tried to organize what stakes I should be able to play every month(considering my winrate, the ammount of hands that I play every day, days off etc etc). The plan went straight to hell from month no. 1. LOL.

I wanted to finish with 20nl at mid of September. As it seems, at about 10th-15th of September I will take the next shot at 20 nl. So I droped down to 10nl, today I had my first session there. I finished almost break even, and my mental state is bad. Nothing I can do except work more and more.



Good night to everyone, GL at the tables.
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08-19-2015 , 01:19 PM
CFP DAYS 61 – 65

Hello everyone,

As I mentioned in the last post, I dropped down to 10nl again, which is stressful and depressing for me. On the other hand, I put more pressure to myself for studying and imrooving my game. The good thing is that my coaches, don’t seem to find huge mistakes (or even big ones) by me. I make small mistakes, not really often, so I can believe that it was variance now. Not that this actually makes me feel better, but at least I’m not desperate about my game

So I grind 10nl again, here is the graph since I returned there:



Nothing impressive, I just grind my way up.



The most important thing right now, is to fix any “bad psychology” issues, and perform better.
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08-20-2015 , 03:07 PM
CFP Day 66 and Weekly review

Hello everyone,

Since I went back to 10nl things went better. Finally I realised (one of my coaches helped me actually) that my game wasn’t suffer that much from a technical/strategic point of view but from a psychological one. I don’t mean that technicaly I’m a genious or something, but the reason that I’m not going good enough is my bad mental state. So we talked a little bit with the coach, and he helped me to “keep my head up” and keep fighting. Also, a couple of fellow students, helped me aswell to wake up. One of them talked to me about my mindset(which was wrong) and the other one talked to me about my logic(which was also wrong!), and he used numbers to convince me.

Thank you so much guys.



Also, I’ve imrooved my poker math and my thoughtprocess a lot, by reviewing and studying almost every day.



Graph since moved back to 10 nl (not big sample)

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08-24-2015 , 12:38 PM
CFP Days 67-70

Hello everyone,

The fight @10nl continues. It’s tought since the rape me with the rake, but the good thing is that it’s really soft, and In generall I’m winning. I don’t like my winrate though, since I’m only winning with 5.9bb/100 hands, and most of people from CFP win for 8-11bb/100hands as an average. But as they keep telling me, my stakes is difficult to win with a better wr due to huge percentage of the pot that we pay in rake.



Studying: I study everyday, different stuff in general. For example, 1day math+vids, next day, hand review and equity calculations etc etc. It’s not a lot of matterial but it’s very important. The most important factor actually is that this “every day” thing works a lot. It’s cruicial to build good study habits.



Mental Game: In general I’m trying to feel good. It’s tough since I’m 2 months at the same stakes now. But on the other hand, I have already tried once to move up, and i have improved a lot in general.



The most important aspect I’m working on, is discipline. I made a daily schedule that I believe covers a lot of “needs” (related to life also, not only poker) and I kept it as simple as possible. Because it’s cruicial to actually DO whatever is scheduled there. So simplicity is required. Also, knowing what you can really do is required, because I need RESULTS.



So far, everything is working well. The progress is slow but steady. After I dropped down, I only had 1 stoploss day.



Graph since last update:

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08-25-2015 , 06:06 AM
Nice work, mate! I love the way you never stop studying
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08-28-2015 , 03:00 PM
CFP DAY 74+ WEEKLY REVIEW

Hello everyone,

This is the first week, that I actually kept a schedule. Unfortunatelly I had to take 2 days off this time. One for taking care of some really important/ 1 time issues, and the 2nd one just to let my brain rest.

I’m feeling good for my game, coach also checked my db and didn’t found almost any mistakes. The volume is actually better, even if the number of hands is pretty much the same. The previous weeks I played this ammount of hands in 7 days. This time, I play this ammount of hands in 5 days.



I’m getting closer to my 2nd shot @ 20nl. I feel excited and scared at the same time, since the last times results are not completely forgoten which more or less proves that I still don’t have the attitute of a pro.



In generall I study every day, and I’m trying my best to maintain a good mental situation and a disciplined schedule.



Weekly graph:

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09-05-2015 , 12:52 PM
CFP – Up to day 82.

Hello everyone,

this month started great, with not good volume though, but I’m going to fix it very soon. I feel great for my game, I study every day, and I’m very close to my next shot to 20nl. I can’t wait. I believe that I’m going to beat this stake this time.

Not much to add people. I stay disciplined, I study every day and I’m patient.



Good luck at the tables.
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09-07-2015 , 02:08 PM
Hello everyone,



CFP WEEK 11 (much easier to count weeks instead of days)



The first week of September is over. The traffic seems already imroved even if today was a little bit lower than I thought it will be. Yesterday I took my first shot on 20nl again, it was ok. Nothing speciall. Today I played 20nl again, and I did good. The volume wasn’t good, because I felt much pressure since yesterday. The reason I felt that pressure, is because I’ve failed already once to stay there, and I dropped down to 10 nl again. So this time, I was already scared, and I had a headache from the first 100hands(and I was already loosing!!). So I stopped, and tried to change my mindset. It seemed to work pretty fine, since I end up winner. But the headache didn’t go away so I had to stop after ~700 hands.



I stayed 100% disciplined in my schedule, and the results are awesome. The good thing is that by staying disciplined, I feel much more safe for my game. I already feel 100% confident that I can win 10nl with a decent winrate. Which for many of you is not an achievement, but for those who don’t know I was a BE player at these stakes before. And now for the first time in my entire life a I achieve a 7.5bb/100 hands winrate(it would be higher if I wasn’t doing stupid stuff my first 2 weeks) over a decent sample. Ofcourse it’s not imressive winrate, but it’s decent, and I didn’t know sh*** about HU.



Studying goes well, and the volume will be increased drastically as soon as the temperature goes lower. It’s killing me to grind while outside has 42 degrees (celsius) / 107 degrees Fahrenheit.



Overall I’m happy with the quality of my game. What I need to do now, except from the volume, is to study a little bit more, and maintain my routine.

So, lets see some graphs.



Last weeks results: Terrible volume I know. It’s not going to be like very soon.









2nd shot on 20nl










10nl Overall since I joined CFP (There are some hands missing, and the winnings are actually more. About 30 – 40 eur more)





20nl overall – Still a looser on 20nl, and this is what I have to fix now







That’s all from me.

Work hard and good luck at the tables.
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09-07-2015 , 02:13 PM
Hey dude.im from greece also and im playing hu hyper profesionally.what kind of hu do u play;
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09-13-2015 , 03:22 PM
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Hey dude.im from greece also and im playing hu hyper profesionally.what kind of hu do u play;
Hey man, thanks for stopping by. I'm playing cash games.


CFP WEEK 12 – Weekly Review

Hello people!


This week I didn’t update as often as usual, since there was nothing new to share, and nothing new that I learned. But I realized some things which I’m going to describe below for those that are not interested only for graphs (I’ll post graphs aswell).



Poker/Productivity/Life



1) The less things we schedule to do, the more effective we are.


This is because we stay focused. And focus = results = effectiveness. I used to be a person that I couln’t hold a schedule 100%. Not even 80% actually, for more than 1 week. After that I was burned out. My new schedule is simple, and focuses on things that are really matter to me. So I hold it 100%. I achieved that, when poker taught me that longterm is what it counts. So I stopped rushing for results, and I set longterm goals. I established a simple(not easy) daily routine, that helps me to achieve my goals and I accept no excuses from my self. I see improvement every day.



2) Everyone, must find out, how “it works” for himself.


We are all different. I’ve talked with more than 50-60 poker players(a small percentage of them, are actuall winners). I always asked so many questions about how do they approach the game, how do they study, what they study etc. I couldn’t understand the uniqueness of each person, and the fact that human beings have personalities makes us completely different. And only the winners told me that: “I’m doing this and that, but you have to find your own way“. I don’t claim that I found out how it works for me, at least not completely. But, in generall this is my approach now. And every time that I fail, first of all I accept it, then I try to find the reasons, and the I change my approach.



3) The more honest I’m with my self, the more I will improve.

This applies to any aspect. Not only in poker. I believe that this is self explanatory. You accept your bs, and fix them. So simple.



POKER only.

That was my best week so far. I run good, and by good I mean that somehow, I have avoided almost every suckout that was possible to avoid. I play solid, with exception 2 days ago that I played really bad. I work on my game, and on my character every day.

Volume is my biggest issue at this moment, and It will be my main focus, as soon as the weather gets a little bit better. Because with this heat outside, I’m unable to play enough hours. The good thing is that traffic gets better and better each day.





Huge achievement

I’m a step closer to “tilt free” . 90% of the times that someone hits&runs, or sucks outs on me, or gives me a bad beat, or pwns me, I simply don’t care. But even if it happens to annoy/frustrate me, I quit for 5 mins, and I feel normal again. My self discipline I believe, made me that present I hope it continues to be this way.



Weekly graph – Mix of 10nl/20nl/25nl

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09-17-2015 , 02:10 PM
CFP WEEK 13: Day 3-4



Hello everyone,



Just a super quick update, yesterday I had a bad session, that ended up my good run. But that was actually good news from a specific point of view because:



– Since I’m an unexperienced fish (from a attitute point of view) I used to get depressed after every session that I loose more that I think that it’s ok to loose. This time, didn’t happen. I mean, my confidence dropped a little bit but I didn’t get depressed.

– I stayed 100% loyal to my daily schedule. A loosing session used to be my ego’s favourite excuse to postpone (for ever) the things that I have to do.

– I reviewed/filtered my session.

– Today I woke up like a normal person, and not like a someone that will commit a suicide if he loses again (a little sarcasm doesn’t hurt)

– I maintained a solid game, yesterday and today.

– Coach confirmed my bad run, and that made me believe in me a little bit more. It motivates me to try harder.



So, afterall, I’m really happy with myself and ironically it’s because of a loosing session!



Graph of that session

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09-20-2015 , 02:46 PM
CFP WEEK 13 – Weekly Review

Hello everyone,

Swingy week in generall, I’m not happy with my game, at least not as happy as I was the last week. I study the same ammount of hours, and I believe that I impove slow but steady.

Coach didn’t find any serious mistakes in our last coaching which is good. My main focus for the next week is volume.



Graph of the week(what a shame )



Good night and have a good week
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09-27-2015 , 03:30 PM
CFP WEEK 14 – Weekly Review

Hello everyone,



This week I didn’t update my blog as often as I used to. The reason is that I couldn’t find a point to do it, since there was not anything new to say. The days are the same actually, since I’m focused on what I’m trying everyday to achive. So I will write some realisations again.



So my day is pretty much a grind, and as boring as it may sounds, I like that I’m doing it. Because this made things clear. I have specific goals, that all of them define a bigger goal. To become a poker pro.



To become a professional poker player, and this is something that I realise day by day, is way more difficult, but way more valuable than I thought. Difficult, because, seriously I don’t know if there are many proffessions that test our character so hard. In both ways. Gordon says that poker is a great school of life(or smth like that) and this is why I thing that it’s valuable.





It teaches you so many things.



1) It sharpens our brain.


By thinking ranges, opponent styles, numbers, equities and most important STRATEGY. Different approaches, it makes us to “download” different ideas. It teaches you to analyze data, to think LOGIC. I mean, seriously how can you not be a smarter person if you think like that?



2) It makes us responsible (very important, because most of people are responsible when they work for others, but poker teaches you to be responsible for you), and this is a very big value. It teaches you to care more about your self, something that nobody tough us to do. And it actually gains more value if you think that when you care more for you, you are actually better person, and by being better, then you can help other people more effective.



3) It teaches to learn our selfs.

For me, this is by far the most important thing I learn from poker, and by being on BPC. When you approach this game, with a proffesional attitude, it automatically means, that you put your self out of your comfort zone(+1). You realize that your ego is going to destroy you if you let it(+1) and that you alway ask ” Why I felt like this?” “Why I did that”? “Why I still behave like that”? And you are searching for answers, because you are trying to find solutions for your tilt! There is not such a thing that “nobody 3bets me, i will 4bet any two and I will show this motherf*** who is the boss here” . That’s ridiculus! You learn how your brain/emotions work and then, your put your brain to do the work (you have to!!) . You don’t let it control you. That’s why I told “When you approach this game, with a proffesional attitude” . Only then you can have control over your mind/emotions. Otherwise you’re pretty much busted. Sooner or later you’re going to bust your bankroll, and welcome the failure once again. By being a member of BPC I surround my self with people that have the same approach, so I don’t have a choise. I cannot let my self tilt and do monkey moves when my fellow students don’t do that and that was my 1st step to a proffesional approach. I force my logic to work and I let my emotions to the side. Since emotions are not good for poker. And In generall it’s not really good to act BASED on our emotions, especially when a situation gets bad. When you take a step closer on learning your self, a “bad beat” doesn’t affect you. Fear becomes “smaller” , negative emotions appear less because you changed your approach, and you focus on things that you can actually control. Luck is not one of them, so what if opponent sucks out on the river? You know if you’re good or not. If one board runout makes you depressed for the rest of your session, the chances are that you’re propably suck. Don’t blame luck. But I believe that the most important thing that a person gains, by learning himself is ” Piece of Mind ” . And ofcouse, you become the best version of your self, so you become happy. What else do you need ?? 😀



4) It makes you to thing in long terms.


So you are actually good for business. Thats a very basic skill that is required for business imo I believe that by not being in a rush, to achieve every goal, makes you more effecient aswell. Which is actually another step on being happy.



5) You learn how to handle really difficult and hard situations.

The fear of failure, the feeling that we get, when we realize that we’re outclassed, the bad mood after a bad session and all the work you need to do in order to overcome variance. The ego that HAS to be crushed, and it’s so difficult, because we grew up with this damn thing. The doupts that even some of the best pros have, when the variance and the bad game strike. You all know, what I’m talking about. This build us a much stronger and stable psychology.



6) We learn how to work hard

Hard work is required. And working hard (sometimes) in the face of adversity is really difficult. That combo teaches not to give up. When we play, we have a couple of bad sessions in a row, and we must keep playing, or keep studying, that something that only a winner can do.



There are so many thing to write but the text is already long.



So in generall, poker can make us or break us. It’s our choise how we’re going to approach that game. But what I’ve really realised , is that if you’re a longterm winner with a proffesional attitude at this game, (not by being a talented genious) you will sooner or later become a winner in life aswell. Because all these “gifts” from poker, come out with the right approach.



And a graph for this week – Better volume, pretty much break even results.


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10-01-2015 , 07:29 AM
September review

Hello everyone, I will post a list of what I’ve learned since I joined BPC and I will also post my graphs for the month.



What I’ve learned so far:

- Approach the game with a professional attitude but still, there is a LOT work to be done.
- Work hard. BUT STILL there is a lot work to be done.
- Fight variance with 3 moves.(seriously this is gold)
- Mental game is the most important quality we need to win in poker.


GRAPHS

20nl/25nl OVERALL


As I promissed myself, I turned it arround. The winrate ofcourse is low, but I will fix that aswell.




10nl – September – This is solid I believe



20nl-25nl – September – Not solid enough, but I will fix this



September Overall – It could be better I know, but I didn’t play good the last week.

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10-02-2015 , 04:49 PM
Looks like you're doing great! Keep at it, buddy!
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10-04-2015 , 01:25 PM
CFP WEEK 15 – Weekly Review

Hello everyone,



As I wrote in one of my previous posts, hard times are the ones that we have to show our strength, because everone is a “tilt free genius” when the days are good. This week, I run pretty bad, and for first time, it’s completely obvious to my eyes, and I don’t expect any confirmation to be sure(if i’m running bad or if it’s my fault). Which means that I’m not insecure anymore because I KNOW where I ****ed up. Menu has everything. Coolers, setups, bad board runouts and suckouts. About bad board runouts, I could play better, to be honest.



But the good thing is that I’m proud to loose less than 3 stacks in total and because of the rakeback I’m slightly winning. Don’t get me wrong, I know that it’s possible to run A LOT worse, but still I’m happy because some months earlier, I was able to butcher my bankroll if a downsing like this striked. I like my attitude this time, even if the result is not good.



Another thing that helped me a lot, is that I improved my volume, and there is a lot of improvement coming. Also, I will focus to take a couple of secs before I click a button. I want to train my brain, to take some time before I make a decision. This will also improve my b game and c game, which is actually how I’m playing the last week. Because ofcourse, I don’t run good, but I can’t say that my game cannot get better. But being able to focus a lot, I can make also some minor adjustments against each opponent when I play more than 2 tables, something that atm is difficult for me.



Graph of the week.




Good night to everyone, work hard !
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10-08-2015 , 04:11 PM
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Looks like you're doing great! Keep at it, buddy!
Thanks a lot man

Quick update!

This week so far is swingy. I believe that my play is not so good in generall. I also start running really bad during the first 4-5 days of the month aswell. But I’m not happy with my game, because even if I’m not running awefull anymore, the situation didn’t change. This is the first break even stretch i have(I’m winning actually but it’s very slow rythm).

I already work on my focus and my volume.


See you at the end of the week


Good night to everyone.
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10-12-2015 , 06:16 AM
CFP Week 16 – Weekly review

Hello,



Last week was swingy.



Lot’s of ups and downs with big coolers and pretty much not good play. I was on tilt one week in a row, but not while playing. I’m not used to these break even stretches and again I start question myself. After I recovered my downswing on 20nl / 25nl I’m break even for 15k hands. Well I’m actually winning with the outstanding winrate of 2.2bb/100



I also realised that I start to loose my focus again and missing some std lines, and also that I play particularly bad in small pots, or when I have 2 tables with 2 completelly different opponents.



How I will solve focus issues: With motivation. I will watch vids everyday and I will think a couple of things more that will keep me motivated every day. I will also set some goals.



How I will solve “playing bad with different opponents” issues: With focus



So main goal is to motivate myself and study a little bit more.



Also, coach told me that I’m allowed to play nl 50 which is something that I wait/struggle for a long time to happen. Again I act like a coward and I have a lot of 2nd thoughts. But tommorow I will do it anyway because by December I want to start making some money.



Last weeks graph (10nl, 20nl, 25nl) – This is NOT what a solid graph looks like.







Have a good week, good luck at the tables.
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10-15-2015 , 02:35 PM
Hello everyone,



Today I hit stoploss so I decided to update my blog to whine a little bit but mostly to get my sh**t together



As I wrote to my previous post, I got permittion to play 50nl. That was huge for me, because unlikelly BPC guys or most of regs outher, I had only managed to take a couple of shots in the past. So 50nl was my next step actually, a step that I never managed to take.



So first day was pretty good, with low traffic though, but luckily I found a couple of guys that were willing to donate some money 2nd day was not that good because I got coollered once, and after a lot of frustration, I managed to book some profit. Today, I got coolered 3 times, and I hit stoploss before I even have the time to FEEL frustrated. But I will use this opportunity, to re – organize, publicly set some goals and commit to them.



First and foremost, I have to wake up earlier again. This is something that I used to do, until a week ago. For some reason I sleep a huge ammount of hours. When I sleep a little less than 7-8 hours, I feel good all day long, and exactly the opposite happens when I sleep more. I will start to target at 7 hours, with the intention to reach 6 hours and see how it goes.



I will study more. What can I say about this, studying = improvement. I’ve received some very good comments from my favourite coach, about the way I think which it’s motivationg by itself, but it’s also a commitement to study more and become better. I’m already happy tbh that I’ve imrooved so much, just by staying loyal to my weekly schedule.



More hours – less tables to achive focus and higher quality results. This will also give me some confidence. I know that today’s loss isn’t my fault. I mean, 3 coolers in 350 hands (2 of them 100bbs and the 3rd one about 75bbs) are a lot to handle, especially since I’m not a crusher yet. But putting more quality to my game is absolutelly necessary. And since I don’t want to sacrifice volume, I will stop f**ing arroung and wasting my time with not usefull things.



Today



This week so far:



This month so far: (thanks to rakeback, I’m winning)



That’s all guys, keep grinding.
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