Ok, so sunday has come and gone and my sunday was as expected in one way (didnt make any money) but something very unexpected also happened. I usually start sundays at around 14:30 lateregging b27 and having marathon, b44, kickoff etc popping off soon after, and then there are just so many juicy fun mtts all day, which there isnt quite on weekdays for me. This time i started at that time and was making fts and runs left right and center, but couldnt quite close out any significant cashes. Somewhere when the peak mtts are dying out and its usually only a few hours left of regging, usually my mood/impulses decide when i feel done, but generally i play too long rather than too short and have been considering to start regging and quit regging at the same time every day, but even just that small of a "must do" does not agree with my brain. Anyways so im like no stacks anywhere, 3 fts and a few ft bubbles, biggest cash was an outright win in $27 classic for $500+, probably slightly losing and all the "fun" mtts are nearly done, i decide to just register as long as i possibly can (and played a few too many tables as well. EV bb held strong most of the way tho).

The result was that i did not sleep and played for 24h straight, made 6+ FTs and had so many runs i barely remember them, playing 180+ mtts during this session (i dont think ive ever been over 80 before) and then onetabled to keep myself awake so i could sleep semi-normal times. Well that onetable lead to a sad 9th place in a mtt with 3kish uptop which really would have given me a feeling of this stupid session being worth it. This is how it went:





I am very exhausted, it was an interesting (dumb) choice but it has also made me realize that less is more sometimes. When I make a mistake i dont want to overthink it, all I can do is to make it a positive and learn from it.Day off tmrw (obviously) and study all day, have really been slacking with it. Grind rest of the week probs.

Oh i forgot to share this one, i very rarely make a big deal out of beats and will probably not be posting many, but this one is actually funny, when you have bricked all your shots in around 120 mtts, 20 left in 22 bounty builder:



As soon as you see the T7o you can just close the table. Funny as i felt pre was kind of close actually, but not sure. Obviously he wasnt quite shoving the range i expected hah.

Congratulations your call was so bad the site should've taken off extra buyins from your balance.

Do you have anything at all to back this up?

Weak players will shove ace highs and small pairs in this scenario if anything.

Well, i said it felt close, and for it not to be close then you call KK+? If so its very interesting that you feel the need to tell me how my close call that i decided to call becuase i guess i had a feeling sometihng was up. Idk. He had T7o lol, i tihink my call was good. Its like you are assuming i call the exact same hands there vs anyone. I dont

The larger your bounty the lighter you call as his range significantly declines.

Without information on villain I think this is kind of an auto call. Given stack sizes, top of his range doesn't need to shove and can raise to 6-9 Bigs here.

I mean I dont really know if a random in 22bb reshoves wider because of my bounty unless its HUGE.

Forgot to mention this, the fact that they probably dont have QQ+ makes it go from kinda close to fistpump call.

Yeah I have misread the hand and your play was good =)

So after sunday/monday session I was very tired and was going to take a day or two off, but then yday woke up late and felt like playing so since it didnt feel forced i played a session, which just actually landed at 70 games. Again plenty of runs, took 3rd in a 22 bowl, 8th in a 22 pko turbo on stars and then ft-bubbled the 55 masters along other things. I feel I played pretty well and have a 500+ game stretch where i just lose the important ones it feels like. Gonna take a day or two off, maybe not even study just to clear my mind going in to the weekend since ive played so much this month already. Feels like good timing to focus on some social life, month is at 1185 games 9.5k profit after the latest stretch. This was my session yday evening:

How many tournaments do you play at once?

Usually 9-12. Dont really want to go over 12 but am sometimes at 13-14 during peak when refusing to bust some stuff. My sweet spot is 10 tables

Inspiring. I hope you make it to the 100k$. Made me start a similar personal challenge. About to start week 3 now around 50 mtts a day. 6 days a week. But way lower stakes. I still havent been able to balance off. days, sleep schedule and study time.

Keep the posts coming gl again

Thanks man, appreciate it! Good luck with your challenge as well, and if you every figure out how to find the balance please let me know

Sunday and wcoop is starting, really excited to get back on the grind after a few hectic days off. Will hopefully be playing some fun events but taking a responsible approach and not firing wildly. Looking forward to some bigger mtts daily though, lets get it

Played 68 mtts today which i am very happy with. As i do every session now it feels like, i built stacks everywhere and was deep everywhere but couldnt really close. Best score was 4th in $55 pko on party for $600, had a 9th in a pretty big 16.5 hyper, top 30 in 22/33 turbos on stars, f2td 2 11fos & one 55 pko on party. Also went deep in the 22 wpt but fell short, and had a 4th in a 22 hyper. However! I did get through to day 2 in the 109$ wcoop with a workable stack so thats awesome. Onetabling $55 Sunday stack now 38/90.

Actually was 80 games yday, which is kinda too many for me :P Probably a few too many tables at times. Lost 800 but that does not include wcoop cash for 500+ so basically b/e with a day 2 as well. Gonna play a smaller session today with lesser tables and focus on the big one ofc.

Well, exhausting day. Bricked the 109 wcoop by busting when my AK couldnt hold vs A8, then instantly after took like 20th in the 7.5bb. Had no stacks etc so really felt that i wanted to quit because of boredom but i know that is not a good reason to quit, so kept firing, took 19th in the $55 gladiator which was huuuge today, 6th in 44 8max and a few other close calls. Ending the month on around 1300 games, 9k profit and ev bb was at 11 i think. Too tired to post everything so making a summary tomorrow with graphs etc

Month:



Ev BB (only stars):



Goals this month:
- 1000 games
- Create & stick to a study routine
- Eliminate as much sugar from my diet as i can
- Ev bb 10+

(Dont really know if there is any point in ev bb goals, esp on a monthly basis, but ill have one for now)

Well, the idea with this thread was to be held accountable and be able to write honestly about what im thinking and how the process is moving forward (or not). But the last 5-600 games have just been really rough in busting everything more than a bowl just before it gets really interesting. Losing alot of the important all ins, so not much fun to update or write really. I know how this is, it happens all the time and all i can do is study & grind. Today i spent 90 min trying out GTO+ and learning the basics, reviewed a HH and played 40ish games i think. FT'd the 44 8max PKO on stars but was sitting 3/6 with 40bb when i got in my AA vs CL's AQs and he turned me dead. Then took 2nd in the nightly small 27 turbo on stars for 350 or so, 19th 33 turbo, 40th 16.5 hyper, 70th 55 gladiator etc etc. Not so fun. Ended the day around even I believe. So many brutal ways of busting out tournaments lately, which is tough to handle at times. Busted my biggest wcoop today in the first orbit when some guy wanted to run it for 200bb with JJ and was rewarded for it. Right now focusing on not being a little ***** who stops registering because its tough to lose and at the same time not forcing volume and playing too much/too unfocused. Also do realize that its really not even a downswing at this point, but it feels alot worse then it actually is. A few fun/interesting/slaughtered hands, 99 hand is a bounty builder...:

subbed, glgl

Thanks man!

So, played another session yday after reviewing for 2h. Reviewing alot so far this month and its almost overwhelming, makes me realize how lazy ive been before (with the studying) and how much i can improve everyday. Gonna buy RYE masterclass as well, hoping that can add some structure to my studying. Btw really hope some of these posts dont come across as whiny and if they do please keep in mind 99% of them are instantly after a 13h session where most of the time you just bricked your last nice stacks

Yday won a 27 party bowl, 3rd in a small 33, shipped the smallest mtt i semi-regularly play (11 fo) and had a 10th in the stars 27pko, semi deep hot 22 & 33 and a few other cashes alongside some 33 OD run. Also took 47th in the 16.5 PKO Deep on stars where i definately busted in a way i shouldnt have.

All in all the bowlscores and all cashes made me a few hundred $ profit, played 50 games at abi right around 30.






109 coop, almost herofolded, idk if im supernit or what. Called because he had $8 ABI figured he could have JT, did not expect 9x tho..

They don't come across as whiney. It's good to hear about MTT swings. It's relevant to those of us thinking of making the move from cash.

I often go 20 tourneys without a single cash.

Then I go through periods with a bunch of min cashes.

Occasionally, a big score happens.

If you have a solid game, my suggestion for anyone making the shift really studies ICM. You need to maximize your equity the times you are lucky enough to make final tables.

Jonathon Little, who is quite an accomplished player, once said on live circuit, he was expecting 3 deep runs a year. The times those were in $3,000 buy in + events, he had big years. When they happened at $500 buy in events, his year not so good.

Now, the volume OP puts in, variance of buy in level shouldn't be as big of a factor, as opposed to his opponents ability. If he finds he is crushing $20 less tourneys, but struggling at $100+, means his strategy is not there yet against tougher players.

Now, tourneys they have lots of satelites for, the bigger buy in events often have many weak spots. Tourneys that don't have large satelite entries, the play tends to be tougher.

Just scary to me why how good you are and you are playing 10-20$games not 1k-s
Talks a lot about rising pokerstars MTT level, when these guys like you sneaking around.
WTF really why dont you play highstakes
These hands, even highrollers wont bluff these moments

Heh nice to hear, thanks

I mean yeah 20 mtts without a cash happens constantly. Its very normal. However comparing a HS live grind to online is kind of a stretch, barely the same game playing what 20-50 events live/year when you can play 12000 mtts online. And about variance in BI levels i think you are very wrong in that it doesnt matter so much, its insane how much variance the higher bis bring, of my last 5300 mtts 79 have been $100+, also keep in mind these are usually mtts like wcoops/109bb/sunday million with infinate variance., If you run bad at the top of your BI range might look like a bad player and someone who runs good at the top of BI range looks like a crusher


Lol not sure if im getting trolled but obviously i only upload the cool/spewy/hands that worked out, or just hands im confused about in general I think i am way too punty and struggle with trying to win every pot i play. Everyday is a learning process right now and im constantly trying to find the balance between good, effective agression and relentless spewy agression I would say i am pretty clueless still but im enjoying myself and feel like im improving!

So studied a decent amount today and then played a lower tables sesh netting 34 games (played basically the same hours as usual, so really held back on table count, and trying to fire less hypers etc unless im winding down). Did make some profit again today after 12th in 33 turbo, 30th 33 turbo pko, 13th 55 PKO, 3rd 44-8max on stars, 3rd $33 grind, 16th 27 deep stacks, cashed 55 gladiator & 55 bb hr and 8th in the $27 classic on party. Forgot a few cashes i think but thats about it.

Also bought RYE masterclass today, gonna start deep diving in to that tomorrow and then probably play a smaller evening session before a big sunday. Heres the biggest cashes and couple fun hands. The 2nd one might be real bad, im too bad to know

Hey there, I see you on pokerstars quite a bit. I was wondering what you usually do for studying. Also did you find the 1on1 coaching to be very helpful to your game?