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Any advice, support, criticism or anything for me?
Took a while, but I just finished this highly entertaining thread. You have received plenty of advice, support and criticism. Here is a little bit more:
- You absolutely need to execute better BRM.
- You need to stop talking about how you are going to study poker, eat better, stop spending money on luxuries, get enough sleep and work out regularly.
- You need to start studying poker, eating better, curbing luxury expenses, getting enough sleep and working out regularly.
- Since you are going all-in on making a living from playing poker, you have to become more serious about planning over a long-term horizon (not two weeks or two months).
- Become more accountable, to yourself and to others. The reason people post something like "I'm taking a full week break from poker" or "I'm not going to join any 5/10 game until I have $XX thousand in my bankroll" is because verbalizing goals/plans to others is supposed to help them more accountable. This doesn't seem to be working for you. When you post such a statement, try your best to stick to it.
- I listed it above, but I'm repeating for emphasis: you need to study poker more. Take a large chunk of the hours you spent delivering pizzas and use those to study.
- Read The Mental Game of Poker by Jared Tendler
- Read Willpower by Roy Baumeister
Also, remember that the vast majority of posters (and lurkers) in this thread want you to be successful. The criticism (about poker and BRM specifically) is nearly 100% constructive. A lot of us see past versions of ourselves in your posts, and are offering up the hard-earned wisdom from mistakes made. It's not coming from a place of jealousy or hate or envy.
I'm subscribed...no matter which direction this goes, it should continue to be highly entertaining. Best wishes for success.