$lim$hady 2015 Challenge...!!!!!!!!!!!
12-30-2014
, 04:45 PM
Hey Guys,
I have been hovering around 2p2 for a bit and finally decided to take the plunge to post my own Goals and challenges for year 2015. The aim of the thread is track my progress in the upcoming year and use the thread as motivation to achieve my poker related and personal goals.
Background:
I am a 24 yr old guy from India playing under the SN $lim$hady19 on stars.I think as with lots of Indians i picked up the game from the popular facebook app Zynga. Immediately got sucked into the game and felt like i was the best!!!..:P.I completed my Engineering in 2012 and had some time in between moving on to a job. Deposited some cash on my Stars account (i think it was 100 bucks or something) and bang lost it all on cash games. I think i made like 5 or 6 deposits. I had no clue what I was doing!!!
I thouht it would be easy minting money out of lazy assed Europeans(no apologies for those offended). Long story short, i lost abt 500 or so and uninstalled stars from my laptop. Started reading about poker and some theory, and more importantly Bankroll Management. Made a deposit of 50 bucks and decided to play some 45 man turbos on stars. Surprise, Surprise!! i played super nitty and was able to make money. I thought i had found the way to make me a millionaire
I ran up my roll to abt 600 or so and then cashed it out as i had found a job with a tech. firm. I worked for abt 15 months or so. It was super boring and finally in March 2014 decided to quit my job. I had no idea of what i would be doing next, but i knew i did not like my job.In hindsight one should always evaluate options before taking any major call( I love snap calling..:P). I decided to join a Gym as i was a bit thin back then and decided to give poker another go. This time i decided to get some staking cum coaching and move my game up.
I Grinded 45 mans on stars(started with 1.5's) and some small mtt's. I finally have enough to start 2015 with a 500$ roll and enough ammunition to beat micro 45 mans and 180 mans.
My Graph for the year 2014:
I ended my staking deal at end of October and ran quite well in December so i have a good roll to kick start 2015 and work hard on my game.
Basic SWOT analysis for myself
Strengths: Push/fold Ranges, ICM is quite descent.
Weakness: Volume is quite low,Post flop need to get better,tilt control(swings can be bad in MTT Turbo Sng;s)
Opportunities: I feel motivated, have a good feel abt 45 and 180 mans.
Threats: I'm a bit lazy, Health needs to be monitored,focus.
*** 2015 Goals ****
Quartely Goals
Starting roll: 500 USD
Grind Schedule
3.5 (45 mans)
2.5 (180 mans)
* Min 2k Sng's a month Volume target( will add some 18 man turbos to fill volume in non peak hours)
*beat the games at abt 0.65 USD for a game. That should give me 0.65*2k=1300 USD(approx.) for the month.
*be comfortable with 24 tabling(have a 24" inch will play 12 +12 tables tiled over each other)
*Shipping a Micro MTT with over 3K+ entrants
The only other activity i will be engaging myself for some time will be the Gym. Focus is on Poker and Health. I will follow the following grind schedule(for weekdays):
Session 1:
10:00 PM to 12:30 AM
Session 2:
1:00 IST to 3:30 IST
Session 3:
4 AM- 6:30 AM IST
7 AM-2 PM (Sleep)
3 PM- 5 PM (Session Review)
6:30 PM- 9:00 PM IST
Gym+Dinner
This is the best schedule i could come up with, keeping in mind traffic and health combined together.
I will be not be playing on Mondays. That day will be to review how the month is going and do some poker theory study or read some books. Its important to take a day off!!
Weekend Schedule:
I will be giving myself a free hand on weekends and will play following Micro mtts:
* Hotter Micros
* Micro Turbo Ko's
* 2 $ and 3 $(2x turbo) rebuys
I might decide to play MTT Sng's if im feeling i m not doing that well.
Study(Mondays Mostly)
Main things to work on:
* push/ fold and icm spots need to be reviewed on a daily basis
* working on my post flop game
* Effective Multitabling
* Mental Conditioning
* Healthy Diet
* Getting a coach ASAP
* Tilt Control ( i don't tilt that easily nowadays but still have broken 3 mouse this year alone)
Yearly Goals:
* Volume, Volume and more volume
*Move up in MTT sng's
*total Profit: 20 K USD( Min.)
* One live tourney in India or preferablly in Macau..
* To top Sharkscope Leaderboards at the stakes i Play( i hate to see a bad reg like zaq 13 on top of SS leaderboards..:P)
* learning and making a switch towards Stock markets(+EV)
* To quit smoking full time( hv'nt smoked for quite some time)
*having a toned body so that i can share a pic with U...
*Regular MBA from july onwards
*paying for my MBA on my own(need abt 8K USD for first year, have saved about 2k atm)
* Not to overspend( I'm very bad as this aspect, i spend everything that's in my pocket..
*Learning German
* 2 vacations( One in India and one abroad, preferably somewhere in Europe but Bangkok will do fine as well)
* donate 10 % of my Income from poker to charity(I would like to help the elderly and young kids as they represent the most vulnerbable section of the society)
I will kickstart from 1 st January itself. will keep the thread updated on a weekly to fortnightly basis, will post monthly graphs and monthly reviews on how i think its going....Gl us!!!
I have been hovering around 2p2 for a bit and finally decided to take the plunge to post my own Goals and challenges for year 2015. The aim of the thread is track my progress in the upcoming year and use the thread as motivation to achieve my poker related and personal goals.
Background:
I am a 24 yr old guy from India playing under the SN $lim$hady19 on stars.I think as with lots of Indians i picked up the game from the popular facebook app Zynga. Immediately got sucked into the game and felt like i was the best!!!..:P.I completed my Engineering in 2012 and had some time in between moving on to a job. Deposited some cash on my Stars account (i think it was 100 bucks or something) and bang lost it all on cash games. I think i made like 5 or 6 deposits. I had no clue what I was doing!!!
I thouht it would be easy minting money out of lazy assed Europeans(no apologies for those offended). Long story short, i lost abt 500 or so and uninstalled stars from my laptop. Started reading about poker and some theory, and more importantly Bankroll Management. Made a deposit of 50 bucks and decided to play some 45 man turbos on stars. Surprise, Surprise!! i played super nitty and was able to make money. I thought i had found the way to make me a millionaire
I ran up my roll to abt 600 or so and then cashed it out as i had found a job with a tech. firm. I worked for abt 15 months or so. It was super boring and finally in March 2014 decided to quit my job. I had no idea of what i would be doing next, but i knew i did not like my job.In hindsight one should always evaluate options before taking any major call( I love snap calling..:P). I decided to join a Gym as i was a bit thin back then and decided to give poker another go. This time i decided to get some staking cum coaching and move my game up.
I Grinded 45 mans on stars(started with 1.5's) and some small mtt's. I finally have enough to start 2015 with a 500$ roll and enough ammunition to beat micro 45 mans and 180 mans.
My Graph for the year 2014:
I ended my staking deal at end of October and ran quite well in December so i have a good roll to kick start 2015 and work hard on my game.
Basic SWOT analysis for myself
Strengths: Push/fold Ranges, ICM is quite descent.
Weakness: Volume is quite low,Post flop need to get better,tilt control(swings can be bad in MTT Turbo Sng;s)
Opportunities: I feel motivated, have a good feel abt 45 and 180 mans.
Threats: I'm a bit lazy, Health needs to be monitored,focus.
*** 2015 Goals ****
Quartely Goals
Starting roll: 500 USD
Grind Schedule
3.5 (45 mans)
2.5 (180 mans)
* Min 2k Sng's a month Volume target( will add some 18 man turbos to fill volume in non peak hours)
*beat the games at abt 0.65 USD for a game. That should give me 0.65*2k=1300 USD(approx.) for the month.
*be comfortable with 24 tabling(have a 24" inch will play 12 +12 tables tiled over each other)
*Shipping a Micro MTT with over 3K+ entrants
The only other activity i will be engaging myself for some time will be the Gym. Focus is on Poker and Health. I will follow the following grind schedule(for weekdays):
Session 1:
10:00 PM to 12:30 AM
Session 2:
1:00 IST to 3:30 IST
Session 3:
4 AM- 6:30 AM IST
7 AM-2 PM (Sleep)
3 PM- 5 PM (Session Review)
6:30 PM- 9:00 PM IST
Gym+Dinner
This is the best schedule i could come up with, keeping in mind traffic and health combined together.
I will be not be playing on Mondays. That day will be to review how the month is going and do some poker theory study or read some books. Its important to take a day off!!
Weekend Schedule:
I will be giving myself a free hand on weekends and will play following Micro mtts:
* Hotter Micros
* Micro Turbo Ko's
* 2 $ and 3 $(2x turbo) rebuys
I might decide to play MTT Sng's if im feeling i m not doing that well.
Study(Mondays Mostly)
Main things to work on:
* push/ fold and icm spots need to be reviewed on a daily basis
* working on my post flop game
* Effective Multitabling
* Mental Conditioning
* Healthy Diet
* Getting a coach ASAP
* Tilt Control ( i don't tilt that easily nowadays but still have broken 3 mouse this year alone)
Yearly Goals:
* Volume, Volume and more volume
*Move up in MTT sng's
*total Profit: 20 K USD( Min.)
* One live tourney in India or preferablly in Macau..
* To top Sharkscope Leaderboards at the stakes i Play( i hate to see a bad reg like zaq 13 on top of SS leaderboards..:P)
* learning and making a switch towards Stock markets(+EV)
* To quit smoking full time( hv'nt smoked for quite some time)
*having a toned body so that i can share a pic with U...
*Regular MBA from july onwards
*paying for my MBA on my own(need abt 8K USD for first year, have saved about 2k atm)
* Not to overspend( I'm very bad as this aspect, i spend everything that's in my pocket..
*Learning German
* 2 vacations( One in India and one abroad, preferably somewhere in Europe but Bangkok will do fine as well)
* donate 10 % of my Income from poker to charity(I would like to help the elderly and young kids as they represent the most vulnerbable section of the society)
I will kickstart from 1 st January itself. will keep the thread updated on a weekly to fortnightly basis, will post monthly graphs and monthly reviews on how i think its going....Gl us!!!
12-30-2014
, 04:59 PM
12-30-2014
, 05:19 PM
12-30-2014
, 05:43 PM
12-31-2014
, 12:53 AM
01-04-2015
, 11:50 PM
Thanks for all the wishes everyone. Just wanted to do a quick update on my progress. I put in descent volume( need to put in more). We ran so well in December that I somehow knew that variance would start to kick in and sigh it did... But its a part of poker, you are not that good when you win and not that bad when you lose.
Posting the graph for the first week:
Complete Graph(including MTT's)
I think Volume is ok, we need to put in more though. I would be grinding some 18 man 3.5's as they appear soft and get over quickly, also i spewed some $$ on mtts this weelk, looking for a score. Will be focussing back on mtt sngs only for weekdays, will take a call on mtts on weekends.
On the coaching front, I have got a coach and also booked a session with John dayton to help my 180 man game.Importantly i feel good about my game and also multitabling is getting better(able to play 18 tables) comfortably.
Let's print some money this week!!!...
.
My December Graph to cheer me up!!!
. But its a part of poker, you are not that good when you win and not that bad when you lose.Posting the graph for the first week:
Complete Graph(including MTT's)
I think Volume is ok, we need to put in more though. I would be grinding some 18 man 3.5's as they appear soft and get over quickly, also i spewed some $$ on mtts this weelk, looking for a score. Will be focussing back on mtt sngs only for weekdays, will take a call on mtts on weekends.
On the coaching front, I have got a coach and also booked a session with John dayton to help my 180 man game.Importantly i feel good about my game and also multitabling is getting better(able to play 18 tables) comfortably.
Let's print some money this week!!!...
.My December Graph to cheer me up!!!
Last edited by $lim$hady19; 01-05-2015 at 12:07 AM.
01-19-2015
, 07:11 PM
Hey Guys....hws it going?
We finally ran good this week.main thing I am feeling better abt my 180 man game. I took a session with John dayton and it helped me seeing some leaks in my game( not giving away any details).
Here are the graphs for the month until now...
Need to put in volume as we are currently failing at achieving our 2k games goal for the month.But i feel good abt my game in general and every session i have with my coach (Abhishek Rathod) makes me feel better about my game.
I have spewed couple of hundred dollars on MTT's so need to watch that. Basically from now i will try to follow on a plan of grinding sngs on weekdays and shots at mtts on weekends. had a semi deep run in the bigger 11 where i got a cooler(set vs Flush). Overall its been fun railing friends on skype(got 100 bucks for railing a fellow i did not even know..). A big shout to Jdsaz and gasspanicc( and his ultra sexy wife
) for keeping my sessions fun and entartaining.
On personal front, things did not start that well as I missed some days to the Gym. But i have started eating properly and doing a regular workout. Also gave a couple of interviews to B schools and cleared one B school. Also i will be starting with a frined of mine taking some module and a test series class on stock markets.
lastly i wud like to work on some things like cutting down on spending and wasting too muchy monie..
., tilt control, nd meditation. No one is perfect but with hard work and dedication one can achieve a lot.
Thank you everyone for ur support and Gl us!!!!
We finally ran good this week.main thing I am feeling better abt my 180 man game. I took a session with John dayton and it helped me seeing some leaks in my game( not giving away any details
).Here are the graphs for the month until now...
Need to put in volume as we are currently failing at achieving our 2k games goal for the month.But i feel good abt my game in general and every session i have with my coach (Abhishek Rathod) makes me feel better about my game.
I have spewed couple of hundred dollars on MTT's so need to watch that. Basically from now i will try to follow on a plan of grinding sngs on weekdays and shots at mtts on weekends. had a semi deep run in the bigger 11 where i got a cooler(set vs Flush). Overall its been fun railing friends on skype(got 100 bucks for railing a fellow i did not even know..
). A big shout to Jdsaz and gasspanicc( and his ultra sexy wife) for keeping my sessions fun and entartaining.On personal front, things did not start that well as I missed some days to the Gym. But i have started eating properly and doing a regular workout. Also gave a couple of interviews to B schools and cleared one B school
. Also i will be starting with a frined of mine taking some module and a test series class on stock markets.lastly i wud like to work on some things like cutting down on spending and wasting too muchy monie..
., tilt control, nd meditation. No one is perfect but with hard work and dedication one can achieve a lot.Thank you everyone for ur support and Gl us!!!!
02-02-2015
, 10:49 PM
Hey Guys,
Wassup!!!
Early cold morning here in India and I thought perfect time to update my blog.
So let's start of with January graphs and stats.
It has been a nice start to the year. But pretty early i was made aware of the high variance in the game as I lost practically 10 straight days into th new year.Buckled up a bit and came 2 in a small mtt. After that we decided to grind sng's weekdays and take shots on mtts weekend.
towards the end of the month shipped a small hyper for 1.1k. TCOOP series was on but I had no roll to take a substantial shot at the series.As it happened i got two backers for some tcoop events and we played almost 12 events in tcoop.
It was a bit surreal playing 215 BI events. But turbo is a turbo and we became more comfortable as the series progressed. In the end we almost broke even on tcoop series which is nice for me and the investors.
We also played the TCOOP ME which was again an amazing feeling. Not so sure really if I should have taken a shot at tcoop but I am better of with the experience.
So for now some targets for february.
-2 k sngs
-min 2k profit
-back to gymming
-eat properly
-meditation
-register for german classes
Gl everyone on the tables and let the games begin!!!
Wassup!!!
Early cold morning here in India and I thought perfect time to update my blog
.So let's start of with January graphs and stats.
It has been a nice start to the year. But pretty early i was made aware of the high variance in the game as I lost practically 10 straight days into th new year.Buckled up a bit and came 2 in a small mtt. After that we decided to grind sng's weekdays and take shots on mtts weekend.
towards the end of the month shipped a small hyper for 1.1k
. TCOOP series was on but I had no roll to take a substantial shot at the series.As it happened i got two backers for some tcoop events and we played almost 12 events in tcoop.It was a bit surreal playing 215 BI events. But turbo is a turbo and we became more comfortable as the series progressed. In the end we almost broke even on tcoop series which is nice for me and the investors.
We also played the TCOOP ME which was again an amazing feeling. Not so sure really if I should have taken a shot at tcoop but I am better of with the experience.
So for now some targets for february.
-2 k sngs
-min 2k profit
-back to gymming
-eat properly
-meditation
-register for german classes
Gl everyone on the tables and let the games begin!!!
02-02-2015
, 11:39 PM
**** the 2k profit goal, go for the volume and making the right decisions as goal instead
German classes? =D
GL Shady, looking good as always!
German classes? =D
GL Shady, looking good as always!