bruuuutal in milly. 750 a month seems tough, pretty sick if you hit it on the reg, glglgl

brutal , silly way to end the year, nice run anyhow

haha, thx guys. in the end it was a std. PFAI with a coinflip. runout seems brutal, but if he flops 7xx no one cares

lets recap the month/year and see what we can bring to the table for the next one.

december :



#winningmonth ! came close to some big scores but think i had a very good month and the huge bink is right around the corner if i keep playin my Agame and dont fkkn derp like an idiot. volumewise im superhappy with close to 1k games and hope to keep that up for the time im a fulltime grinder. we never know what the future brings so i need to make the most out of the days i have.

2014 :



yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. that downswing was pretty brutal and i think 70-80% of that was mindset leak/me derping and forcing it too much. i realised that i made plays that aren't good and that cost me money in the longrun. in theory i know alot of stuff but at the tables sometimes ill do my snapmoves that are somehow burned in my brain. once i start thinking about spots more in detail i find the right play and often the right calls/folds but if i start doing snap things nothin good will happen.

im workin on that leak for 1-2 month now and it starts to show some results. i think the turning point of that is the day i had a really good talk with my backer and friend and we found out what really holds me back from winning. he asked a couple of questions and to most i didnt know the answer or i was afraid to admit that. in the end we found out that it was me(my brain, my ego or whatever u wanna call it) that is losing me money with plays like 5bet shoving 96s or bluffshoving rivers against ppl who dont know how to fold.

im not perfect in any way but if i play solid i can crush like 90-95% of the MTT-scene and i know that. i have all the basics and fundamentals now after gettin coached/trained by the best around for over a year now. its time i convert this knowledge to the tables and start to make profit.

in terms of health/fitness im on a very good way. i hate to write about this bc everytime i did this, i started failin right after it again

so im down to 103.8kg today which is about 8kg less fat on my body since i had my "meeeeh" moment in march 2014. the same thing i talked about in poker applies to my rL aswell. i need to focus/think about the moves i make here. if i get lazy i tend to just eat ****/fastfood and dont workout when i have time.
im over that and started using diaries for sport and eating so i keep track of the things i did and didn't do.

may 2015 be a great year and im really looking forward to the next month and see what happens if u fully commit to things.

cheers to all of u and have a good and healthy 2015

holy ****. that day.

first of all : Happy New Year.

i didnt go to a party or anything due to some real-life motivation goals i set myself so i grinded today.

i had like 8 FTs. some smaller ones, some bigger ones. unfortunatly i didnt win a bigger one, but binked/laddered enough on the others to get a winning session in.

could have cleared a chunk of MU today but happy that i made profit on the day.

lets see what 2015 will bring but i feel if i play my A-Game, it cant take long to clear that MU

cheers to all of u

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managed alot of deepruns today but lost all the important flips at F2T/FTs to make money.



a bit disappointing but played my Agame throughout and felt very confident in my game.

might be back tmr but not sure yet.

gl subbed

so this was a loooooong and adventures sunday. had piles of stacks but couldnt convert again.

played my Agame for about 95% of the session again and am happy with my play.

had 3 F2Ts and a 9th. there was about 15-16k for first combined. so this is unlucky to not get one through.

think i made one very advanced play which i think is fine given my range + his range in the spot but very ul he made runner runner nuts to snap my riverbluff in no second i dont regret the spot but think.

raw HH (since im at laptop)

Q4hh OTB (~30bb deep), BB flats (weakish reg)

board A52 one heart. i cbet, BB calls
turn 8hearts. i doublebarrel, BB calls again (i put him on some weakish Ax, 66,77 type of hand. (best hand is his range here is A5/A2/A8,55,22 as he is 3betting all strong aces here)
river 8spades. i got about 80% pot left and decided to shove given all 2p got counterfeight and my hand could easily be AK/AQ,A8,55,22,34 here.

he snaps and shows A8dd. thats one rare combo that snaps me there and i think alot of his turncalling range will fold on this river. that was my deeprun in the 8R. would love to hear some thoughts on the play but i think given the boardrunout i have to triple it and he's folding alot there.


i wanted to grind again today but cant at the moment. my ISP is down and i have to wait till they fix it ... might go to the city and buy a new prepaid-card for my mobile internet to play a little session but not gonna force it .

cheers to all and let the 2nd week of the year be better

Saw you being pretty deep in the 8R. Sad you didnt win it.

About the hand, are we sure he is 3bet/getting it in with AT/AJ. Since you said he is weak reg, he might be flatting some of those 30bb eff from the BB?

The problem here is, that the majority of his range is Ax by the river and we have to be sure that he is cappable of tight folding a top pair. Yea, we have all the strong Ax and he does not, but overall our range on the BTN is so wide, that AK/AQ/AJ/sets are very few combos out of our entire range and with an Ax in his hand, he is blocking decent amount of them. Also it really depends on our image.

Given the board runout thats a hand we should have in our bluffing range, but if we are not sure that villain is capable of folding TP, than I'd more often check it back and live with it. But im a nit overall so I might be way wrong.

The play would be more crediable if we were from an earlier possition and not from the one where our range is the widest.

Would be awesome to hear more ppl thoughts on the hand.

it's a solid candidate to bluffshove the river ofcourse, although i don't know if weak regs are capable of folding ax here. the way the board ran out, a check on turn and overbetjam on river would be sick too btw since he - except for a8 and i guess sometimes 85s - doesn't have 8x and we still have plenty.

so i guess it's not a mandatory bluff, but definitely don't hate it either. at least when he's some kind of thinking player, some people just snap off any ace here without putting in some thought

Got to 3 bet you some yesturday
As for hand above agree with a lot of what top 2 posted. . It is not a habit on mind for making anyone weak or strong to fold ax on A high boards. That said I still don't hate your jam but you wouldn't jam aj for value yourself so you lower your combos to what 32 ax and a few boats . So if villian was a good thinking reg also might peal you with any ax on river when your value is some damn thin there .

Just read through all six pages, the only thing I can say is I want moar..... thread savers that is. Glad to see you had a winning month in December and beat that horrible downswing. Hope to see you crush 2015, GL and sub'd

Willa Holland avy, Alexis Ren threadsavers, in love w/ Sara Underwood. If your poker game ever improves to the level of your girl game you'll be the GOAT soon enough.

Also...if you haven't seen (which I would be shocked if you hadn't)...





Best of luck in 2015, brother. Process, Process, Process. **** results.

thx for the kind words guys. i appreciate the love and will gladly keep posting to entertain u

@handdiscussion. i agree to the fact that he isnt going to 3b/c AT/AJ type of hands.
but i think he is thinking and capable of folding weakish Ax on the river here. i think AJ would be also a fold vs my line but not that sure ppl will fold that often here.

as played im playin AJ for value aswell like this given he will 3bet all combos that beat me here except for 22/55/A8 so that makes the valuerange a bit wider but not that important. the only thing that is important here is if he will fold that Ax or not. ingame i thought he was given it is F2Ts and ppl overfold rivers alot.

my image at the table was solid and i havent shown anything out of line so far that he can assume im going bananas there.

but nice to get some other thoughts in here

my internet is still down and my mobile backup is out of funds so i have to skip the grind today and hope it works tmr again!

im pretty pumped to put in the volume i need to keep making money!

glgl bro, go get em!

played a minisesh yesterday and started about 8.30pm CET. tripled up first hand in b109 and thought this would be a supercool session.

5mins later i was snapmad when i busted the b109 with QQ vs QJhh on J829hh for about 80. couldnt motivate myself to register anymore as my mind just wasnt ready after that "suckout". (in hindsight i should be happy to get it in there and not care about if i play a 80bb stack in my highest BI-Range or not)

but what can u do. so that was the 3rd losing session this year and makes it 3/3

today im gonna pump in some volume and set me some motivation targets.

- no skype
- dont quit (register till the hot44)
- play 12-15tables max (i tend to overload with bowl when i run bad at the start)
- DONT BE AN IDIOT


#LFG2015 guys
#neverbackdown
#nevergiveup

You seem to play a lot of MTT volume, have you analyzed the profitability of some games in buy-in regions?

15:00 - finished 2p2 scrollin/readin and ready/pumped for the session
- brewed fresh coffee and vamooooo
- put chilled tracklist on to get into grinding mood
https://soundcloud.com/chlaurien/mix-january-2015


16:00 - tables keep busting
- playin good, making good folds but not winning flips so far! feeling good about my game
- need to keep that mindset up to not care about results, just about my own plays
- next cup of coffee and some RnB tracks to keep the motivation pumpin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f13y9afopgY

<33333

17:00
- playin solid and no derps yet! still no flip won
- no stacks or runs so far

18:00 - bustin everything
- just 1 table with >2x startingstakc
- super demoralized after losin every SD
- need rungood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZLXXVXXbQs on repeat
-still playin my Agame
-atleast dinnerbreak <3
19:00
-SDs - nope
- Agame - yes
- still kinda mad
- first missplay. not focussed anymore. i stop regging

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...711_7126AEE898
- also i run like crap
- finishing my tables and going for a walk later. need to get a clear head and maybe start regging again

20:00 - sucked out 2x in breeze on 888(66>KK(10bb each), K6>A6(5bb each). F3Ts now and down to last 4 tables total.
- #GETTHEREEEEEEE

21:00 - FT on 888. #heattttt

http://weaktight.com/7283624

- thx 4 coming



summary :
~3.5hours regging
~30MTTs, 2 cashes
- need to work on my mindset after early runbad/no stacks at all -> more stamina for longer sessions
- like the "diary" style while grinding to keep notes and see how i feel/play

You sir got a great taste, best savers I've seen in a long time . Glgl and subbed ofc !

hi. i think all games im playin currently im very much +EV in, but there are games out there that arent that great obv. gonna skip a bunch of withered/reggy freezeouts on stars.eu/FTP or some on .fr aswell

just got your PM and gonna answer u

not gonna give my schedule out in public but gonna answer all your questions privat for sure


thx. glad ppl like it



one more thing. after i busted the last table (breeze FT with the AA beat) i went to the gym and put in a little cardio session. in the past i went straight into the kitchen and searched for something to eat. i tried to get over that sad moment i witnessed with something to eat to make me feel better.

but nowadays i think twice. i was mad. i needed smth to cool off and i went to the gym. gladly it was still open (1 more hour) otherwise i would have gone for a walk outside to get my head straight.

thats a very positive thing and im very happy i made that progress of thinking twice about why im eating something or when i eat.

Day-Review

tho we gave up on the grind but it was a good thing in terms of learning when to quit and call it a day. some days u just dont win and have to accept it. i wasnt forcing it or anything but i couldnt win the SDs so i quit before i made more bad plays than good ones and i think it was the right call.

gl to you this year bro, ill be following

- goals : 8hours regging or 88 games
max. 12tabling
A Game throughout the session
mindset - all just a game, luck is part of it (always remember that)
think about every decission


14:30 - kinda woke up late but pumped and ready to grind! lets fire up some tables and see how long we last
- longish break, try to get in smoothly and not overload tbls
- house - mix to start


15:00 - first break. gettin the flow again
- more coffee
- good focus, feeling good

16:00 - building cpl of stacks
- annoying hand last hour : http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...765_01C1CA269C
(20/13 fish)
- won cpl of showdowns and also owning ppl, feels good
- also busted cpl of std. spots, nothing interestiong so far
- gonna switch music to black/RNB now

17:00 - 30th big44 :/
- interesting hand last hour : http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...301_526794AC48 (villian 21/17 reg)
maybe c/c turn is better here than bet/call, idk
- cpl of stacks on .fr and FTP so far but nothin deep
http://weaktight.com/7297389 - leanaward this hour


18:00 - lost huge flip with 25left on FTP
- decided to let tbls go down and prepare a nice meal after, might reg after that again
- still on Agame but need to prepare the food before the next session


19:00 - 18th 27PKO
- 3/15 hot20€ (yn) -> 5/8 ... FT HYPE
- last 5 tables now
- 5th after this http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...317_61D32ABE62 (rain)

20:00 makin dinner and 4tablin on laptop
FT on FTP 5/9 in 5k gtd
3rd...

21:00 - 3 more runs left maybe we get smth going
- runnin awful on french sites today, kinda mad now
- 1tablin big8 with 200left


got about 30games in today and made slight profit, need to prepare food for the next sessions to pull 10hours+ of regging through

77<KT and QQ<AQ ... 78th meh

i hate moaning alot but COME ON MAN

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...526_BF0E58F6B0

savin this for the whine

in poker u either win because you are one of the best in the games u play or u work the hardest.

im not winning over the last 1 year so i have to change some things. my workethic was very poor over couple of stretches in this time.

im tryin to put in alot of reviews with some stablemates and also with my staker/coach but the most important thing in this adventure is my own work.

i need to be eager to grind a session and not search for a reason to not grind.


dont think i will update here until i bink

gl to everyone