haha skraper you are kinda similar to me
smoking and procastination 2 biggest issues for me as well :P I like your logic on it, making them look like mental leaks. Lately I have been smoking like 2 cigs a day only, but when I go out I tend to smoke more too. That damages me and other people, because I play soccer with friends in serious tournaments and I play in a possition in which the whole team kinda depends on me a lot, so when I go out and smoke or something, and I have a game in 2 days more or w/e I can never give my 100% and that sucks. But lately ive been changing that and I have been training a lot more too.

I also have been procastinating a lot less. I will try your idea too ^^


How many tables are you playing this days man? And are you just mixing a lot of limits simultaneously? Also is this Stars only?

Gl man, keep crushing

Nice thread, subbed gl

I live in the US so I literally have to play 3 sites and stakes from 100nl-1knl to get 12 tables going at once

Hey

I am sorry, I didn't understand thing about your hourly.
Does your hourly decreases when you play more than usual today or it is the same "186" for 5 hours today and for 14 hours today playing?
Do you lose focus when you play more than usual or you somehow manage to be on top all the time?

keep crushin at everything gl!

This is a really great point! I read somewhere online about a philosophy that if you begin to act like a millionaire, you will find that the money starts flowing in. In other words, the guy writing the article explained how he stopped worrying about small financial decisions, started enjoying life, and ultimately found that opportunities hit him like never before.

If a $186 hourly decreases a bit it's still a lot of money

Thanks!

Read Applications of No Limit Hold em by Matthew Janda. It will get you going in the right direction on things like that.

This comes down to personal preference. Right now the biggest games I have access to are 10/20 (15/30 runs very very occasionally on ACR too). I've decided to never play that game until I reach my goal of beating 1knl no matter how good the tables look. But I think it would also be reasonable to take small shots if a particularly good spot comes up.

Personally, I've never really taken a shot more than 1 level above my 'normal' stake. But that doesn't mean its wrong to do so. I just think its wrong for me.

I don't think there is a clearly correct answer to you question. Just do what makes sense to you. Over time you may decide that you were too aggressive or too passive with your shot taking/BRM and you adjust.

I think that my hourly will go down if I double my hours. I also think that my $186/hr is a bit inflated due to some recent run good.

But even a slightly smaller hourly over twice the hours is going to be a lot more money.

I wouldn't quite compare the two thing tbh. Correctly managing small financial decisions would be important in his situation. Maybe what he did was stop stressing out over them which freed his mind and body to do other things that helped increase his overall income. There is a clear difference between deciding not to over analyze and deciding not to care about them at all.

"What would an astronaut do?" is about doing the work and preparation necessary to become an astronaut. It's not about just pretending to yourself that you are an astronaut and then BOOM you're an astronaut.

This isn't anything like they talk about in The Secret or the The Law of Attraction. I think its very important to recognize the difference between a Positive Thinking model and a Positive Action model.

Thanks!

Just happened to notice that my lifetime 5/10 results are finally in the green. It's barely positive and would be very easy to slip a several buy ins to the red even playing well. But given that I've been a net loser at 5/10 basically since hand 1 it still feels good

what's the catch with bovada?(besides the equity you lose to the non zero % freq it gets seized, etc.) you can only 4 table or something right? surprised more people dont play there.


keep it up.

Congrats on getting back in the green!

No HEM. 0% rakeback. 4 table max. Soft games.

Ty sir

congrats skraper

that site seems nice, is it only for US tho??

I bought the audio book you recommended on my Kindle Fire, An Astronaut's Guide to Life. So far its very entertaining. I think I will listen to it while grinding, I dont know why but Ive always enjoyed someone speaking in a soft manner and talking about something interesting, either its poker or other stuff while Im playing, it helps me focus also

Any other recommendations?

Chris Hadfield's son, Kyle, that he mentions in the book is a 2p2 member.

Definitely check out Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman. It's one of my all time favorite books.

What do you think roughly your rakeback would be for 30k hands of $1000NL?

+1

Depends on my rakeback %. I raked $4800.

seriously i rake more than that at 200nl

I rake about 11c per hand at 200nl on a network that caps rake at $4 per hand. Surprising that you are raking over 15c per hand at 200nl.

Playing the HPT main event in Daytona today. If you're curious you can follow me @sirnitsalot on twitter. Starts in about 1.5hrs

Looks like you are achieving your goal of crushing 1000NL. (I know small sample)

GL next month.