had a good day....

I'm following a new rule called "first thing first"... basically you write down a list of prioritities and you focus on #1 on the list then keep going down and repeat each day till all issues are finished.


My priority list... over the next 2 weeks [gonna break my rule and grind pretty hard next week but after that time off to focus]
1. taxes
2. glasses [got laser eye surgery few years back eyes are starting to go looking toward getting glasses]
3. diet
4. workout
5. study
6. play

Ill look into exiting in the next 6-24 months... Kinda just focusing on fitness its very barebones right now what ill do. hopefully i meet the right guy in the right live poker tournament...

amount of money: 1m would be great but 2.5k-3k/year passive income from investment... [ill still probably play alot of sundays/nights poker wise just to pad my life.

Wanting to exit: basically anyone who is good enough to get as good as me at poker... can quite honestly accomplish far more in life. Poker is fun and a great starter to getting some $

Glad I think the first page is quite boring but it heats up quite good the start of the 2nd glad you followed.

online is a mugs game. noone wins. $50 live mtts is where the monies are at. $10 a mtt you could make $1000 by the year end. it will cost you $20 in fuel and $10 for drinks though. but good games.

Nobody wins online? LOL

Hey man congrats for the great results! Very inspiring thread. Out of topic i suppose but what is the best preflop gto ranges in the market nowadays? Which one are you using?

nice read this thread

305k uptop... they chopped 5 ways.... i got 6th for 70k.....

Quote to think by: "It Isn’t the Mountain Ahead That Wears You Out; It Is the Grain of Sand in Your Shoe."

First things first priority:
0. Taxes [Done this week]
1. glasses/get eyes checked. [done/schedule this week]
2: workout 5-6/days week
3. Diet [2.5k cals/day]
4. Schedule an appointment for my acne [it's mild but been wanting to deal with it]
5. Study 2-3 hours/day [intense!]
6. Play 2 days/minimum a week [tuesday+sunday]


Sidequest:
Read 2 books in march.
Call 3-5 old college buddies and reconnect.
Hang out with IRL friends more.


Going to be in Ireland for the Ireland poker open if anyone wants to meet me!


Longterm goals:
Play the triton 100k with half of myself minimum.
Start looking into coding.
Start looking into trading.
Start looking into youtube.

Buy "holdem resources calculator 200$/year"
Preflop academy/gtowiz work. Gto preflop doesn't really matter but won't get into depth on this topic.

bubbling the chop is wild

My Moment Has Not Come Yet.

I'm going to start only posting every 3 months after this post I think that will allow me to have drastic updates and see more growth. I hope you all have enjoyed the journey so far.

Previous month failures
Read 2 books in march. [failed]
Call 3-5 old college buddies and reconnect. [did good]
Hang out with IRL friends more. [did good]

1. glasses/get eyes checked. [fail]
2: workout 5-6/days week [fail but started the framework to begin this]
3. Diet [2.5k cals/day] [fail but started the framework]
4. Schedule an appointment for my acne [fail but started the framework]

First things first priority: [Really messed up the last month accomplishing these goals]
1: workout 5-6/days week [1-2 days physical therapy + 2-3 days gym + 1-2 day at home/running/yoga]
2. Diet [2.5k cals/day] [breakfast 700, Smoothie 1,000, Dinner 800.]
3. Study 6-8 hours/week [I burn out from 2-3/hours day currently maybe ill be able to get in a groove]
4. Play 2 days/minimum a week [tuesday+sunday] preferably stake 65~/week [tues=18k/sunday=25k/thursday=18k]
5. glasses/get eyes checked.
6. Get acne medication [I have very mild acne But want to deal with it.]

If I do not After Ireland start working out 5x/week I will personally freeroll Someone in my poker discord community into the wsop main event [33/33/33 33% to me 33% to him 33% to charity]



Last month I basically broke even which is deserved I studied probably 40-80 hours, I Played decent ran meh, I also sunran the first 1.5 months of year so no complaints.


Longterm goals:
Start reading more
Look more into buying a house post wsop
Achieve my physique goals
Increase my bb/100 winrate by 1bb




I hope that by the end of year
i've read 4-5 books [chronic pain hinders this alot]
Put myself in a spot to buy a house
Fixed my chronic back pain
added 10 lbs [currently 135~ looking to be 145-150~]
Increased my bb/100 by 1.


Plans for accomplishing long term goals:
Back pain:
Massage 3x/month
Physical therapy 2x/week
Workout 2x week
run/yoga/at home workout 1x-2x/week

Increase bb/100:
Use Dto every few months
Run hands through filters [study 3-4 hours/week this]
Hand historys 1-2/month~

Read:
Set aside time here and there to just sit and read.

Thank you so much for your reply ☺️

Really cool thread man, an inspiring example that the poker dream is still alive and well in the US if your work ethic is there. I think you're unique in how you've been eyeing an exit from poker since you started up though. Do you have any specific ideas as far as what you want to do next? Friend of mine was a poker player for many years before deciding to try out trading at a firm and he absolutely killed it, ended up miles ahead of the rest of his trainee class as a result of the skills he learned playing poker and year 2 was like +700k. Gl finding the exit of your dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ7lDrwYdZc&t

No updates. Ireland was fun

Luckyboob no idea what i'll do post poker... just want to let my brain naturally find the next thing. trading does seem like a good game to beat.

We bust in 32nd... we had ft stack before day 2 started.

Currently on a 80k~ downer, Looking at 150k~ post wsop.

Longterm goals:
Get back fixed [Getting mri by end of june.]
Get a server to run final table sims
Start reading more
Look more into buying a house post wsop
Achieve my physique goals
Increase my bb/100 winrate by 1bb


I've now created a set of 7 filters to study every 2 weeks for 4-6 hours/week. I think by doing this focused work I will achieve my goal of playing and winning a mtt with 1m+ uptop.

Flying to vegas to play both 25ks. Will be skipping the main this year. Looking into playing sattielites to the one drop in december. <3 Cya in 3 months.


Here's my filters I've basically broken every part of the gametree down to its most basic form. This is how i find hands to study.

Good luck on your WSOP grind, hope you can give us a quick live poker recap afterwards.

I have a question: Since ICM is such a huge part of MTTs as early as 50% of filed left, don't you think it is possible you increase ur bb/100 by being more agressive later in the tournament but at the same time reduce ur money ROI on the tournament because of ICM punts?

Final update till out of downswing.
Back home from vegas. Lost 35k~ on the trip [5k, 3x 1k mystery, 25k were played] [only played one 25k didn't think it was a optimal use of capital to flick both]


125k downswing with Vegas.


Current life:
wake up 11~
cook breakfast
Yoga 30 minutes
Stretch 10 minutes
gym
meal prep 2:30~-3~
Watch final table replay
Start grinding 7 pm-1 am


Current weight:135 lbs

Goals end of year:
150 lbs~
sharkscope graph above 500k [currently @ 387k]
Be able to touch my toes [Currently barely get past my knees]
Heal my back fully



Videos im using for back pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BOTvaRaDjI [daily]
Then i just do beginner yoga 20-30 min videos [daily]

For someone who is winning the games at a rate of 12 bb/100, and possesses a bankroll of $10k, but prefers not to get staking, sell action, or swapping, what bankroll management strategy would you suggest if playing in the three major sites ps/gg/pp?

send me your discord via pm.

Just stumbled across this thread, pretty sick journey you've had already. Keep crushing and glgl!

Hey beez, just wanted to say that I have read your entire post at least 6 or 7 times over the last month, it’s super inspiring. Good on you bro.

Hi beez, just wondered how things are going - Id be super interested in BR/sat strat too. Did you play WSOP or ?

Probably my last post on here till end of year update. Gonna be a LONG POST.



Out of downer. [peaked around -180k]
Current bankroll is pretty large so i won't disclose it anymore [over 200k under 1m]


Current life: [If physical therapy works ill be having a much more fulfilling life starting next year more gym/reading/cooking/bowling. Less cards.]
Do physical therapy stretches 5-10 mins/morning
Get on computer and study for 30-60 mins.
go outside/walk around/break/stretch more.
start grinding @ 2 pm or 7 pm.
End session @ 1-2 am and study.


Goals:
Buy a 200-350k~ house
Play triton 100k
Play 50k sats to 1m one drop.
Study every 8+bb pot I play/daily.
end of 2024 be 155-170 lb And gym 3+ times/week.
Catchup with old friends.
Play 3-5 live stops.
Move towards a more holistic and stable life.

Poker has taken and given me alot. this is post #99 of this blog and may very well be one of my last ones. I let this game consume me for 4 years. I think I'm nearing the end of this thread and my fulltime poker career.

Glad poker and the physical therapy is going well, you sound a bit dark bro tbh. Maybe grab your passport and do like a no stress tourney/beach tour of Europe or something lol. GL man!