October 2022 Wrap up
Summary
I played a metric ****ton of poker this month. 90% or so of my sessions were high quality, focused sessions, basically A-game, or whatever my A-game is at this point in time. As always and forever, my A-game needs a lot of work, but I’m proud I was able to maintain it for so long. The last few sessions were a lot harder to maintain A-game and stay focused. I definitely had a few hands that were tilt inspired. I could have handled those sessions a little bit better, as I was already playing my B/C game in those sessions. The last few sessions I was definitely feeling the fatigue setting in, and it was much more difficult to stay mindful and focused.
I’m still about 40 buyins until I get completely out of the hole, but I’m more convinced than ever that I’m going to do it. Maybe even this year. The system I’m building is working. There is significant progress compared to where I began.
I’m going to try and spend the next few days studying and reviewing hands before I start grinding again. I also need to catch up on my irl job.
October Goals Recap
Quote:
Study: - Based on how i’m feeling, go through all of 1 section, either flop, turn, or river in APLOM. But at least one of these sections.
- Post at least 10 hands in this thread
- Stretch goal to post 20 hands in this thread
Play: - 20 hours minimum
- Journal after 100% of my sessions. I’ve been listening to a lot of the Mechanics of Poker podcast (really great, cannot recommend enough) and journaling comes up a lot. Maybe I’ll use this as a forum for my journal. Either way I think journaling will be a great way to hold myself accountable, especially with my emotions.
On the study side, I read through all of my notes for 3bet pots, and feel satisfied on achieving that goal. It definitely helped keep me focused and zero’d on a more effective strategy this month. Still a ton more I can take away from APLOM so I need to keep at it. It would probably be a good idea to get through the rest of it for a second time before the year is over.
I only posted 5 hands this month. Still have a few hours so maybe I’ll come back tonight and finish out strong.
On the play side, absolutely smashed the 20 hour minimum and hit around 57 hours.
Definitely didn’t come close to journaling after every session, but I did journal 3 times throughout the month, which is a lot more than most other months. It helped a ton. The main value I got out of it was releasing everything that was going on in my head. Once it was written down I was able to let go completely, and reflect on the words I put to paper. Definitely want to make journaling more of a habit.
Without further ado, numbers and giraffes:
Yay I finally beat the rake
Still getting smashed on the redline. Lots more to improve there. I’m kind of at a loss for what I’m missing here, I probably need to get more aggressive in spots where I don’t have the perfect/good enough blockers, but instead just have the absolute range advantage. Tightening up in general, and especially vs 3bets might help as well.