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UK player (annoyed with no more auto top up on stars ((first world problems)). Been playing for ages different formats; spun wheels at low stakes cash games for quite some time. Now backed and coached by Brazilian Poker Crew. Started playing 50nl again with them last year changing up my whole game, and playing up to 500nl now. Currently playing Stars and 888. Going to add Ipoker; but I got my first 40% challenge on stars for the longest time; so I'll wait for now and see how many times I can clear that.



First royal of the year the other day.

Had first bigger losing month in April for a while online. Wasn't huge like -$1,700, but probably why I got 40% challenge this month.

I did however, come 14th in the UKIPT London last month though for about $7k so did end up in profit. A crypto project called 'Ape Galaxy' backed me for that so I happily split the winnings with them. Being a cash game player my ICM knowledge is pretty rusty. But after talking with BrPC team; it seems I made a pretty big blunder in my bust out hand. Did sting knowing that, because from 14th to 1st place was a difference of potentially 6 figures; but it is what it is can only learn from it for similar future opportunities.

So my life atm is basically family, friends, crypto and exercise.

I was suffering from extreme fatigue for the last couple of months, so volume and study been low for a while. My eyes looked really stoned, and were twitching like mad during the MTT so probably had ppl having a certain impression of me there. xD That's the reason I haven't streamed either for a couple of months for those who've followed. Anyway, after lots of research and experimentation I'm doing a lot better now using a blue light filter on monitor, new prescription anti glare glasses; and good non screen breaks after every grind and study session. Also, finally got a proper chair for grinding. I've been using some old wooden Granny chair for ages. Maybe a good lesson of how professionally I need to treat my work; if I want the results I seek. Have been having coaching with Adam Carmichael for about a month; and that's been helping a lot too. Can highly recommend his Poker Athlete group coaching.

I opened a youtube channel anyway which I'll start adding more content to, which I posted about in the relevant section in here. https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...annel-1806339/ The idea is to start with Poker and Crypto content; but will be fun to see where it leads.

It's good to have energy back. I gotta remember to keep being grateful for good health; as it's easy to only remember when there are issues going on. Also, BrPC have a whole new improvement methodology going on with multiple coachings a week; and a trainer built by Saulo. Not gonna lie; it's insane what they're teaching now and it's great to have the energy back in time for it all. It can be overwhelming as with anything new; but the learning and drilling to get that knowledge ingrained for practical use is all part of the process.

May so far. Mix of zoom and reg tables:


This probably turned into a tldr as usual haha

LFG, Vamoooooo, etc etc

Good to see you back. I'm really sorry we couldn't get the entire thread back.

In! Gl mate!

Glad to see you back. ALways enjoyed your updates and looking forward to seeing the rest of your journey to higher stakes. Seems like you are properly soaring now.

^^^ ditto. Glad you started a new thread.

Thank you guys, much appreciated <3

GL OP

Did you find a cause/solution? I struggled with it too like really bad last year and although it's been better lately still haven't found a clear solution.....

What stakes are presented on the graph? Mix of all? Looks like not many pots from 500NL (maybe just few lost around hand 9000).

Any general advices for a break-even player at 50z to crush this stake, while recovering from degening and bad mindset?

This sounds super intriguing. Can you expand on it at all?

Good to hear you got the fire back in your belly... Burnout is real!

Hey man, I think for me it's mostly been from eye problems, and burnout. So now being near sighted as well and using anti glare reading glasses for PC and phone; and a blue light filter on my monitor seem to have helped a lot. Then making absolutely sure I am resting my eyes now no screens for a while after grind and study & actively resting e.g. meditation/light exercise; before doing anything else especially screen related such as checking in on the crypto discords (which I'm now limiting my time on too). I did have a blood and Testosterone test which was advised by other players. GL with improving your fatigue issues.

Hey, yes it's all stakes; but tbh there hasn't been a lot of 500nl in there as I'm only playing that on 888 atm and doesn't seem to be many good tables running recently. Yeh I think you're right at around hand 9000 was a pretty turbulent session whilst on a 500 table xD.

I mean without knowing your exact leaks I think from what you've said the low hanging fruit is probably working on your mindset. You don't even have to necessarily work on Poker mindset courses; you could read psychology books/internet posts and reflect on how your biases and experiences show up at the poker tables, and journal for that awareness. Also, having a good warm up and cooldown routine; and structured study and grind routine I find builds good consistency for the habits needed to keep getting a little better day by day.

Obviously have a good study routine; but find ways to drill that knowledge like using a trainer. I mean if you can find a good coach you resonate with I'd def do that to save a lot of time; but if that's unaffordable right now, talk to other players to widen your perspective as there are things they will know that you don't and vice versa. There's no point studying sims if you're misapplying that knowledge compared to how the pool plays. GL on your journey; try not to be too hard on yourself like I've been as it only gets in the way, & know that daily consistent improvements add up huge over the long term.

Thanks mate! We have heuristic, theory, MDA and database review coachings over the course of a month. We train our heuristics in the trainer; and also have a Grind simulator which tracks our leaks from frequency mistakes to timing tells.

Agreed, don't underestimate burnout. I think it's a harder pill to swallow as you get older trying to ignore that you need more rest.

When you say blue lighter filter I assume you are talking about f.lux? I used to have this problem massively, even with f.lux installed and running at highest settings. Gunnar glasses are basically the only thing that helped me and they basically cured it overnight. I am not sure if that is the same as the anti glare glasses but def worth checking out if not!

Actually it's an actual thin screen that hooks over your monitor. Can find the right size pretty easily on Amazon. I used to use flux on my old PC I think it's good; but from what I read this time it doesn't completely eliminate the blue light like the physical filters.

Oh sick, you just have the glasses covering the monitor instead probably a better plan!

haha yeh. I wanted the screen filter and the anti glare glasses to cover all the bases.

200z is getting tough...

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $1/$2 - 6 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

Sanct1tyy (UTG): $231.36 (116 bb)
duedrama (MP): $200.00 (100 bb)
Filllen (CO): $626.34 (313 bb)
BERRI SWEET (BU): $240.74 (120 bb)
chtrumfeinz (SB): $201.00 (101 bb)
miker1980 (BB): $200.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($3) Hero (miker1980) is BB with T♣ 4♠
3 players fold, BERRI SWEET (BU) raises to $6, 1 fold, miker1980 (BB) folds

Total pot: $5 (Rake: $0)
BERRI SWEET (BU) wins $5

When I was still able to play international Stars that was the kind of spotting that would make me want to immediately jump in the mix.
Getting owned by legends of the game for $200 seems like a pretty good deal.

Haha yeh definitely. Wouldn't mind winning a pot either don't care how small xD. I split a pot with Sauce once when he popped into there.

Hey all,

May was great in terms of getting over my fatigue issues, and being able to get back into a good routine and start to put better volume in for at least the last few weeks of the month. I think I underestimated how much active breaks, more cardio throughout my days and more efficient warm up and cool downs helped in that area. Really improved those areas last month working with Adam Carmichael.



With my 40% challenge last month, and chests I made about $3,800. To clear the challenge I played a decent amount of 100z, as with 500z barely running anymore there are times where 200z is not really worth playing. With my challenge back to 10% this month, I hope to add Ipoker into the mix now, so I can start playing more 400nl+.

I'll be working on getting more quality volume in this month. I've cut down discord and random internet use to an hour a day max atm. It's easier with the crypto markets being **** atm. I've found with more random downtime on my hands, I generally want to be doing something productive a lot of the time. Maybe my brain just wants to replace the old habits with something else.

Got a street party tomorrow for the Jubilee, so I'll be stuffing my face and getting shitfaced most likely.

GL.