i need to figure out a way of pushing myself to play more. its so important and all results are close to irrelevent until i start pushing myself, both by playing more at 15s and getting in more hrs. I should easily have the time to hit 1500 games a month and be pushing for 2k. Only hit 40 games today and decided i needed to do something fun and not sit alone and play poker. Its an ok choice but i shouldve been able to plug twice as much volume easily and still had fun away from poker.

so i thought at first this hand was pretty standard but now looking at it im not to sure. villian mr 3/10 at this depth, he cbets 3/4 and 0/1 on turn. Maybe good to lead turn as another option?


[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $14.69 Buy-in (15/30 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 2 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #29577351

Hero (BB): 610 (20.3 bb)
SB: 390 (13 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T 9
SB raises to 60, Hero calls 30

Flop: (120) K 4 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (120) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 60, Hero calls 60

River: (240) A (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 270 and is all-in, Hero calls 270

yep, y should bet 4value/protection ott and reev otr

^my thoughts exactly. either that or the line i took i think is fine but dont wanna let a single club chk back.

today is not the greatest day by any means. feel that im not even hitting A game. woke up really tired and been feeling like a zombie. Missed out on some triple barreling opportunities w/ no sdv but instead dbled and burnt money to chk back 5-6high on rivers. Somehow i ended up 3 tabling a bit to which I did not mean to.

i want my $5!!!

ive been very busy and my volume has all been quite rushed the past few days. played maybe 75 games. also getting very distracted by ppl here so i bought this for my door.
now ill never get bothered again

Im erasing my volume goal this month. Do want to focus more on mentality and just sticking with getting in games at 15s and staying the **** away from the boring pointless 7s. i guess i had some serious fear tilt going on due to past shots at 15s but happy that i am sticking with it this time. is what it is, **** happens. i was 26bi under ev in 150 games so catching up now and only 8bi's under b/e

keep up the run good and get back to running at EV! gl!

ya apparently im running close to ev according to buggy pt4. 15s all dates:

net won is correct
chip graph 15s:



Now what i need to do is play more. It is actually quite difficult right now. This week I havent had time to play so I havent the past 3 days. Last week was the same thing. Before that i was 100% being a slacker but on pace for my lazy 1200 game month yet way to much 7s volume. Today I actually do have free time but I am sick. Its my best month results wise in 1 format excluding any tourney binks yet I am not even happy with it because my volume is as slacking as can be and im pretty much calling this month a write off in terms of volume. I am happy that I am close to A game most sessions but thats the only sign of development I have seen in my game and fwiw i have run quite well this month so its much easier to be close to A game each session. Really hope i get my **** together next month and go in the right direction. With my roll I could easily be taking shots at 30s by oct. 1 if i run around 3-4% roi with decent volume.

skateboarder and poker player myself

idk why all the skateboarders on these forums seem to only play husngs though x)

glgl, follow in garlic's footsteps

thanks, i would say the action is a little more thrilling then most formats ive tried so maybe thats part of it.

I must say garlic's thread definately inspired me to try them out more so then anything and hes a "semi decent" skateboarder(his words not mine)

At most... How could I call myself better than that when friends are putting out **** like this on instagram?

http://instagram.com/p/r73dgjx0hd/?modal=true

dont even start with me garlic!!! Vancouver has to much ripper status that i couldn't ever compete so my excuses would be the same as yours. We can argue about us both sucking at skating all the time but in the end no one will ever win. I live with this guy so i get to be jealous lots! fwiw this is 4+yrs ago and also i dont understand how to post youtube links so FMP! :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsPI_7Te5s8
stressful day at tables.. plenty of good action but to many coolers in such fist pumping spots range vs range. Luckily 2 fish at the end of the day figured rematching was a great idea. Both tilted and spewed more then natural for them. Its unfortunate i couldnt book a win being sunday and all but w/e.
down 50 ev is -10.

this month has sucked for volume but been best month for profits. I just havent had a ton of time to play with the extra work and many bday parties lately and such.

Next months goals:

- achieve gold star
- be rolled for 30s/ 100bi's
- skate more

garlic has inspired me to write out a schedule. thanks! Nothing is set in stone but i did my best to write it out and it goes as follows: 130hrs work 78hrs at the tables 24 hrs study and 10hrs of exercise excluding skateboarding. This is ofc over a months time. This easily corresponds with my september volume goal.. will follow as best as i can(i hope).

gogogo!

Just through 1/3 of first day. can already tell you schedule is a good idea. When grind is scheduled I just go to the computer and play instead of getting my ass stuck on the couch GL in september!

wow im lucky to have any supporters considering my lame work ethic. Thanks guys!
day 1 of the month:
didnt follow schedule. Instead I sent resumes out, went grocery shopping, then came home and emailed more resumes out and then had a long conversation with a friend who just relapsed back into drinking again. That took half the day. The one job that appeals to me is shipper/receiver for a sextoy company because of the lols and its part time and pays better then any other no brainer pt job(will be having mad tupperware parties up in this bitch) Its ok though i think this a legitimate excuse by all means. I did get some volume in today and plan to play a little more now before i call it a day. I will still try to follow my schedule...just writing it out taught me a few things.. such as i waste to much time and give myself to much free time. So even if i fail miserably on myu schedule i still think its a great idea and wont ever give up on making new schedules in the future. GL everyone!

Couch?? my biggest volume killers are youtube.. facebook.. 2+2 etc.

Last month only grinded 1.3k games tilting affects my motivation -> which results in playing less -> preventing me from losing too much -> preventing me from winning too much aswell

(x) IN

thanks!

making a schedule is amazing tbh. I only played an hr today, took a break and life happened... nothing i can do really. FWIW i am following the schedule the best I can past 2 days. Today i had to finish some crap at work so stuck around an extra 30 mins and still managed to get to tables only 10 minutes later then scheduled. So far the day feels quite good aside from poker volume which i really couldnt bring myself to do anything about.. family/friends definately come first when needed. However considering mondays volume and todays mishap I think I should maybe find a way of making the time up..again best i can, my life is so ****ing unstructured lol.

as far as this quick session went i feel good about alot of my play and thought much harder then usual about every option. Can still think about a few mistakes i made which were actually quite costly tho. Will review and post hands later.

dam worst action i recall seeing ever on a friday night. Only played 1.5 of scheduled 3 hrs.
I havent had regs wanting to sit me at all other then 1 reg and awesomely enough hes more of a regfish donator.. he even called wider then nash in some spots! Anyway i tagged him as a fish so now i get to auto sit him. I think he tagged me as a reg finally because last game he snap declined me but i dunno maybe he had to go on the street corner and suck some more D to reload his bankroll

week 1:

poker: 11/19
study: 6/6



really wish i had a bit more time/ didnt have drinks on friday night/ didnt get sick over the weekend/must stop making excuses!

im finding it hard to get my mind off some stressful stuff atm and i am finding it hard to even start my session here. Does anyone have any sort of suggestions as far as maybe some pre session meditation goes? Or anything else thatmay help? thanks

Running