Going pro after 2k HUSNGs...
10-30-2013
, 11:07 PM
10-30-2013
, 11:16 PM
10-31-2013
, 12:46 AM
Day 41:
So today I think I am going to make a quick theory post. It's about a concept that a lot of the less experienced pros or recreational players probably don't know, it is called the "Moan and Own". If you look back through this thread you will see I have utilised it a couple of times previously and look up a few posts and you will see it in action today. The concept is pretty self explanitory, complain about how bad things are going and then wait for the $$$$ to roll in. Complaining more fervently often yields greater results. Think about it like this: Have you moaned so much that if you were now to run good you would actually be embarassed? If the answer to this is yes then you have likely pulled a decent Moan and Own, congratulations and don't spend all that money at once.
Now I don't usually post strategy so please don't share this around, it is only for the readers of this thread and please, please, please use sparingly. Only when you're really struggling and you really need it, used too much in quick succession and life will know you're taking the piss and it will not work and may never work for you again. Use it wisely.
Gl!
So today I think I am going to make a quick theory post. It's about a concept that a lot of the less experienced pros or recreational players probably don't know, it is called the "Moan and Own". If you look back through this thread you will see I have utilised it a couple of times previously and look up a few posts and you will see it in action today. The concept is pretty self explanitory, complain about how bad things are going and then wait for the $$$$ to roll in. Complaining more fervently often yields greater results. Think about it like this: Have you moaned so much that if you were now to run good you would actually be embarassed? If the answer to this is yes then you have likely pulled a decent Moan and Own, congratulations and don't spend all that money at once.
Now I don't usually post strategy so please don't share this around, it is only for the readers of this thread and please, please, please use sparingly. Only when you're really struggling and you really need it, used too much in quick succession and life will know you're taking the piss and it will not work and may never work for you again. Use it wisely.
Gl!
10-31-2013
, 11:34 PM
October Review (and day 42):
So first things first, day 42. Didn't get much sleep at all last night, and it has caught up with me today. I generally try to sleep as little as possibly because sleep is for pussies but I have struggled a bit today so I guess I am going to have to be a pussy and go to bed early, sleep 7 hours tonight and crushhhh some volume tomorrow.
Overall the day was pretty good, spent a lot of it 1 tabling because I was tired and not concentrating all that well.
October Review:
Looking back at my September review I feel like I have come a long way this month. I have moved up to mix in the 60s in my regular grind (albeit not for the last 2 days!) and feel pretty confident there. I have also improved my game a tonne and am just generally thinking more like a poker player again. I pretty mjuch hit my 3k ev goal, missed my volume goal although some of that was due to 1 tabling for periods, especially vs regs at the 60s, and got 111 hours on PT4 when my goal was 125. I am quite disappointed in missing that, and I think I will have that as my primary goal for November. I feel that 125 PT4 hours should actually be pretty easy and there is no excuse not to hit it.
Overall though decent enough month, not extremely happy, nor am I devastated. I would say I basically hit my expectations and am fairly positive about my progress, however I need to do much better in November, particularly with regards to volume/hours, and I am also going to try to put in at least couple of designated study sessions of minimum an hour each week.
November Goals:
[ ] 125 PT4 hours
[ ] 2600 games
[ ] 3.5%+ EVROI
[ ] 4k+ EV$
[ ] 10 study sessions (60 mins+ of watching videos giving my full attention, or coaching sessions. hand discussions/sweats with friends dont count)
[ ] Move up to 100s
I'm excited to improve and do better in November and, if I get the chance, to try to win some $$$$$$ at the 100s!
GL!
So first things first, day 42. Didn't get much sleep at all last night, and it has caught up with me today. I generally try to sleep as little as possibly because sleep is for pussies but I have struggled a bit today so I guess I am going to have to be a pussy and go to bed early, sleep 7 hours tonight and crushhhh some volume tomorrow.
Overall the day was pretty good, spent a lot of it 1 tabling because I was tired and not concentrating all that well.
October Review:
Looking back at my September review I feel like I have come a long way this month. I have moved up to mix in the 60s in my regular grind (albeit not for the last 2 days!) and feel pretty confident there. I have also improved my game a tonne and am just generally thinking more like a poker player again. I pretty mjuch hit my 3k ev goal, missed my volume goal although some of that was due to 1 tabling for periods, especially vs regs at the 60s, and got 111 hours on PT4 when my goal was 125. I am quite disappointed in missing that, and I think I will have that as my primary goal for November. I feel that 125 PT4 hours should actually be pretty easy and there is no excuse not to hit it.
Overall though decent enough month, not extremely happy, nor am I devastated. I would say I basically hit my expectations and am fairly positive about my progress, however I need to do much better in November, particularly with regards to volume/hours, and I am also going to try to put in at least couple of designated study sessions of minimum an hour each week.
November Goals:
[ ] 125 PT4 hours
[ ] 2600 games
[ ] 3.5%+ EVROI
[ ] 4k+ EV$
[ ] 10 study sessions (60 mins+ of watching videos giving my full attention, or coaching sessions. hand discussions/sweats with friends dont count)
[ ] Move up to 100s
I'm excited to improve and do better in November and, if I get the chance, to try to win some $$$$$$ at the 100s!
GL!
11-02-2013
, 01:54 AM
Day 43:
Well today was a Rocky session as one of my OG grind partnahs and best friends always used to say (shout out rickyj if you somehow ever read this thread!). I made a comeback just in time. Decent volume too. Think I ran really badly today hopefully getting even is the start of some ridiculous upswing for November!
GL!
Well today was a Rocky session as one of my OG grind partnahs and best friends always used to say (shout out rickyj if you somehow ever read this thread!). I made a comeback just in time. Decent volume too. Think I ran really badly today hopefully getting even is the start of some ridiculous upswing for November!
GL!
11-02-2013
, 04:53 PM
Day44
Just a quick grind today, going out with the ladsssss tonight, wheyyyy etc etc. Today went ok, played most of the games against some reg who kept sitting me and who wasn't too good. Unfortunately also had sharky running when i was afk and I played a $60 which sucked a lot
((((
GL!
Just a quick grind today, going out with the ladsssss tonight, wheyyyy etc etc. Today went ok, played most of the games against some reg who kept sitting me and who wasn't too good. Unfortunately also had sharky running when i was afk and I played a $60 which sucked a lot
((((GL!
11-02-2013
, 05:07 PM
i sat u when u were afk but i sent back 
gl!
gl!
11-03-2013
, 05:50 PM
Week 8 (and day 45):
Today was a decent enough day, gotta quit early as got some plans for tonight, but now im playing 60s and 30s again really getting in a decent number of games per hour and really confident I can up my volume for the rest of this month.
Today went pretty well, won some EV$$$, played OK.
Week 8:
I hit my volume! Really proud of that, I think it is the first time, and I did it while having a tough week. Other than that though extremely disappointing week and my worst to date. Lost in EV((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((.
I am really down about this week, it has shaken my confidence a lot.
I think I ran really poorly this week, but I have also not played my best both from a mental game perspective and from a technical perspective. I will be getting my focus back next week, not worried at all about that however I am quite worried about a couple of leaks I have spotted looking at my stats for the week. I need to work on my play facing cbets and also my play out of the bb vs an opener, I think I am going to spend most of my grind time tomorrow studying these areas, I have a great couple of videos in mind already and I am also going to go through my stats at various stack depths for this week and see if I can spot anything more specific I have been doing wrong.
This week I am going to drop my volume target to 600 and aim to spend 2-3 hours tomorrow working on these areas of my game. Target for tomorrow:
[ ] watch and make notes on 2 vids on bb play vs opens
[ ] watch and make notes on 2 vids on bb play vs cbet
[ ] Play an hour.
As far as the week goes I am aiming for:
[ ] 600 games
[ ] 900 EV$$$
And laying out the breakdown of my days helped last week so I'm going to try it again:
Monday: 25 games
Tuesday: 50 games
Wednesday: 150 games
Thursday: 150 games
Friday: 100 games
Saturday: 50 games
Sunday: 100 games
So thats a little over 600, but I am sure I will mis a game or two here or there.
I really, really hope next week is better than this one!
GL!
Today was a decent enough day, gotta quit early as got some plans for tonight, but now im playing 60s and 30s again really getting in a decent number of games per hour and really confident I can up my volume for the rest of this month.
Today went pretty well, won some EV$$$, played OK.
Week 8:
I hit my volume! Really proud of that, I think it is the first time, and I did it while having a tough week. Other than that though extremely disappointing week and my worst to date. Lost in EV
((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((.I am really down about this week, it has shaken my confidence a lot.
I think I ran really poorly this week, but I have also not played my best both from a mental game perspective and from a technical perspective. I will be getting my focus back next week, not worried at all about that however I am quite worried about a couple of leaks I have spotted looking at my stats for the week. I need to work on my play facing cbets and also my play out of the bb vs an opener, I think I am going to spend most of my grind time tomorrow studying these areas, I have a great couple of videos in mind already and I am also going to go through my stats at various stack depths for this week and see if I can spot anything more specific I have been doing wrong.
This week I am going to drop my volume target to 600 and aim to spend 2-3 hours tomorrow working on these areas of my game. Target for tomorrow:
[ ] watch and make notes on 2 vids on bb play vs opens
[ ] watch and make notes on 2 vids on bb play vs cbet
[ ] Play an hour.
As far as the week goes I am aiming for:
[ ] 600 games
[ ] 900 EV$$$
And laying out the breakdown of my days helped last week so I'm going to try it again:
Monday: 25 games
Tuesday: 50 games
Wednesday: 150 games
Thursday: 150 games
Friday: 100 games
Saturday: 50 games
Sunday: 100 games
So thats a little over 600, but I am sure I will mis a game or two here or there.
I really, really hope next week is better than this one!
GL!
11-05-2013
, 01:25 AM
Day 46:
Really good day today. As predicted I studied more than I played, and did a lot of maths work with my best friend/maths pro and worked through a tonne of common spots as the bb facing a flop cbet. Really helped both my actual knowledge of ranges in the spots and got me thinking about the spots better and it feels like I almost fixed the leak I had last week. Have a lot more work to do in this area to get really good, but already much improved.
Played a lot of games vs a couple of regs at the 60s who were solid winners and I did ok vs them which was cool and I managed to end the day with some EV$$$ AND I enjoyed playing today which is always good!
GL!
Really good day today. As predicted I studied more than I played, and did a lot of maths work with my best friend/maths pro and worked through a tonne of common spots as the bb facing a flop cbet. Really helped both my actual knowledge of ranges in the spots and got me thinking about the spots better and it feels like I almost fixed the leak I had last week. Have a lot more work to do in this area to get really good, but already much improved.
Played a lot of games vs a couple of regs at the 60s who were solid winners and I did ok vs them which was cool and I managed to end the day with some EV$$$ AND I enjoyed playing today which is always good!
GL!
11-05-2013
, 10:59 AM
Hello,
first of all this is a nice and interesting thread, keep up the good work, and GL with your goals
I'd like to ask, if I may, in what way you analyzed the bb spots facing a flop cbet? You don't have to be super specific about it, if you don't want to give away too much info. Only the method you used briefly. You mean calculations using your equity and opponent's aggression, or something more advanced than that?
first of all this is a nice and interesting thread, keep up the good work, and GL with your goals
I'd like to ask, if I may, in what way you analyzed the bb spots facing a flop cbet? You don't have to be super specific about it, if you don't want to give away too much info. Only the method you used briefly. You mean calculations using your equity and opponent's aggression, or something more advanced than that?
11-06-2013
, 02:00 AM
Quote:
Hello,
first of all this is a nice and interesting thread, keep up the good work, and GL with your goals
I'd like to ask, if I may, in what way you analyzed the bb spots facing a flop cbet? You don't have to be super specific about it, if you don't want to give away too much info. Only the method you used briefly. You mean calculations using your equity and opponent's aggression, or something more advanced than that?
first of all this is a nice and interesting thread, keep up the good work, and GL with your goals
I'd like to ask, if I may, in what way you analyzed the bb spots facing a flop cbet? You don't have to be super specific about it, if you don't want to give away too much info. Only the method you used briefly. You mean calculations using your equity and opponent's aggression, or something more advanced than that?
You too!I don't want to go into it too much tbh, but it is nothing groundbreaking, pretty much what u described.
Last edited by kaimac; 11-06-2013 at 02:05 AM.
11-06-2013
, 02:05 AM
Day 47:
Another good day, ended up being able to play a bit more than expected due to IRL ****. Due to said IRL **** I struggled a little with focus during some periods but overall I think I played well, and continued my play from yesterday concentrating on my leaks from the week before and playing those spots much better than last week!
Didn't make a bunch of EV$$$ but good to have a couple of decent days in a row, and that along with improving my play in one of my weaker areas, is helping my confidence grow a little after doubting myself last week. A few more days like this would be great.
GL!
Another good day, ended up being able to play a bit more than expected due to IRL ****. Due to said IRL **** I struggled a little with focus during some periods but overall I think I played well, and continued my play from yesterday concentrating on my leaks from the week before and playing those spots much better than last week!
Didn't make a bunch of EV$$$ but good to have a couple of decent days in a row, and that along with improving my play in one of my weaker areas, is helping my confidence grow a little after doubting myself last week. A few more days like this would be great.
GL!
11-07-2013
, 12:46 AM
Day 48:
Was busy all day with helping my gf move house so not much volume, nothing really of note happened.
Getting an "early" night tonight. I've got a coaching session tomorrow afternoon and I want to get up earlier than usual to prepare for it and then put in a ton of volume tomorrow!
GL!
Was busy all day with helping my gf move house so not much volume, nothing really of note happened.
Getting an "early" night tonight. I've got a coaching session tomorrow afternoon and I want to get up earlier than usual to prepare for it and then put in a ton of volume tomorrow!
GL!
11-08-2013
, 11:05 PM
Days 49 and 50:
Had a bunch of girlfriend drama last couple of days which is really tilting as it has just stopped me putting in any kind of volume at all and I have probably not been playing my best when I have been playing either. Hopefully should be able to put in a pretty big volume day tomorrow, going to try to go to sleep pretty early, get up early, and grind all day/night tomorrow to catch up this weeks pitiful volume.
GL!
Had a bunch of girlfriend drama last couple of days which is really tilting as it has just stopped me putting in any kind of volume at all and I have probably not been playing my best when I have been playing either. Hopefully should be able to put in a pretty big volume day tomorrow, going to try to go to sleep pretty early, get up early, and grind all day/night tomorrow to catch up this weeks pitiful volume.
GL!
11-09-2013
, 01:03 PM
11-09-2013
, 06:40 PM
Day 51:
Really happy with my play today. Spent most of it battling these two average regs at the 60's and think I played pretty well vs them. No volume again as there is a bunch of people at our house drinking and bullying me to go out with them, will have to catch up next week.
GL!
Really happy with my play today. Spent most of it battling these two average regs at the 60's and think I played pretty well vs them. No volume again as there is a bunch of people at our house drinking and bullying me to go out with them, will have to catch up next week.
GL!