My path to getting better in ZOOOOOM.
08-19-2014
, 05:56 PM
So, here we go again. Failed my last attempt at this (went busto, some things came out so couldn't play), time to try it out again. I really hope this is the last attempt at this, because it just... Feels stupid. After every fail something new hits my head, I think this time the right thing hit. All the time I was playing I was slacking on my game studies. Why study when you can play amirite?
Why play when you can only play NL2?
This is the question I asked myself a lot recently. From now on I will try to put in studying in my DAILY routine, not just "meh, ok, i'll do it". I already have some daily goals set in my head, which will swim out into my weekly goals. No monthlies so far, because what can you know.
My daily goals for now (will be increased if I feel like I need to, I really doubt that I'll need to decrease them):
[ ] - put in 1 hour of studying [ ] (PURE studying) (no skype, no facebook in the background - NOTHING)
So far for this goal I'll review my marked hands, the hands that I won/lost the most, read the COTW's and all the other stuff I find on 2p2, I'll also try to post some hands both here and in the appropriate forum place, and will try to comment other people hands.
[ ] - put in 1500 hands [ ]
This isn't too much, since I 2 table zoom, and I manage to get 650 hands per hour, so the play:study ratio will be at something like 2.5:1 which I think is really fine. I might put in more hands per day but I'm not sure about the studying though!
[ ] - keep distractions off when playing
This is pretty obvious IMO, but for me this is something to work on. After some playing I just like, automatically, open chrome and go on youtube or facebook, and then you know what happens.
Weekly goals (also can be increased, these will be a bit bigger than added 7 days of dailies just to push myself a little bit harder):
[ ] - put in 8 hours of study [ ] (I know I'll have to pump this one up by a lot, I just want to see how it feels to put in the time purely on it, how fast it goes through etc etc)
[ ] - play 12k hands [ ]
[ ] - keep atleast 5/7 days playing without distractions [ ]
I think this wall of text will be enough for now, first update will be later today (today atleast at my timezone, as it's past midnight now), wish you all good luck at the tables!
Why play when you can only play NL2?
This is the question I asked myself a lot recently. From now on I will try to put in studying in my DAILY routine, not just "meh, ok, i'll do it". I already have some daily goals set in my head, which will swim out into my weekly goals. No monthlies so far, because what can you know.
My daily goals for now (will be increased if I feel like I need to, I really doubt that I'll need to decrease them):
[ ] - put in 1 hour of studying [ ] (PURE studying) (no skype, no facebook in the background - NOTHING)
So far for this goal I'll review my marked hands, the hands that I won/lost the most, read the COTW's and all the other stuff I find on 2p2, I'll also try to post some hands both here and in the appropriate forum place, and will try to comment other people hands.
[ ] - put in 1500 hands [ ]
This isn't too much, since I 2 table zoom, and I manage to get 650 hands per hour, so the play:study ratio will be at something like 2.5:1 which I think is really fine. I might put in more hands per day but I'm not sure about the studying though!
[ ] - keep distractions off when playing
This is pretty obvious IMO, but for me this is something to work on. After some playing I just like, automatically, open chrome and go on youtube or facebook, and then you know what happens.
Weekly goals (also can be increased, these will be a bit bigger than added 7 days of dailies just to push myself a little bit harder):
[ ] - put in 8 hours of study [ ] (I know I'll have to pump this one up by a lot, I just want to see how it feels to put in the time purely on it, how fast it goes through etc etc)
[ ] - play 12k hands [ ]
[ ] - keep atleast 5/7 days playing without distractions [ ]
I think this wall of text will be enough for now, first update will be later today (today atleast at my timezone, as it's past midnight now), wish you all good luck at the tables!
08-20-2014
, 05:25 PM
Update time!
Thanks guys, really nice to see some posts already
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Well, today wasn't that nice volume wise, I got in the studying part tho. Went out school shopping, so was out pretty much all day, and the time that I played, well...
Like, 2 BI are lost purely because of my stupidity (convincing myself that "THERE'S NO ****ING WAY HE PLAYED IT LIKE THAT" (which he did)), and also some things like KQ vs AK/AQ, so i'd give my game today a good C.
No hands for today
Daily goals:
[x] - put in 1 hour of studying [1h 30min] - really proud for myself 'bout this one, finally gutted up to study, but I feel like I'll need to put in A LOT more time daily, because the hand review takes like 30 minutes, and then some other stuff pops up. Tried looking @ my preflop blinds game, as I feel it's the biggest drawback on my profits right now (too loose and stuff, not knowing where to flat and where to 3bet and such), I guess I'll pump in some ranges I found on the forums on my game.
[-] - put in 1500 hands [749] - nothing much to comment here, will do better tomorrow.
[-] - keep distractions off when playing - youtube just magically popped up for the last 50 hands.
Well, goals wise this day is a ****ty one, will try doing better tomorrow.
GL at the tables!
Thanks guys, really nice to see some posts already
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Well, today wasn't that nice volume wise, I got in the studying part tho. Went out school shopping, so was out pretty much all day, and the time that I played, well...
Like, 2 BI are lost purely because of my stupidity (convincing myself that "THERE'S NO ****ING WAY HE PLAYED IT LIKE THAT" (which he did)), and also some things like KQ vs AK/AQ, so i'd give my game today a good C.
No hands for today
Daily goals:
[x] - put in 1 hour of studying [1h 30min] - really proud for myself 'bout this one, finally gutted up to study, but I feel like I'll need to put in A LOT more time daily, because the hand review takes like 30 minutes, and then some other stuff pops up. Tried looking @ my preflop blinds game, as I feel it's the biggest drawback on my profits right now (too loose and stuff, not knowing where to flat and where to 3bet and such), I guess I'll pump in some ranges I found on the forums on my game.
[-] - put in 1500 hands [749] - nothing much to comment here, will do better tomorrow.
[-] - keep distractions off when playing - youtube just magically popped up for the last 50 hands.
Well, goals wise this day is a ****ty one, will try doing better tomorrow.
GL at the tables!
08-21-2014
, 05:37 PM
Update time!
Ugh , another day of this, now purely bad play... :/
No hands again...
This weekend I'll be sorta busy doing all kind of work, so I will play a little/not play at all, so no updates too (as if someone cares , haha), but I'll put in study time anytime I have some spare time, because I feel like all I need to do now is just study study study.
Goals:
[x] - put in 1 hour of studying [1h~] - did it again! Pre-session hand review, read some threads on 2p2 and did some filters review on PT4 which opened up my eyes on some stuff (stuff like that I should stop calling 3bets that much)
[-] - put in 1500 hands [1378] - I COULD have done it, but I felt that in the proccess I'd have lost another BI or two, so I just passed it.
[+] - keep distractions off when playing - yes yes yes everything was off, perfect!
Will have to skip weekly goals this week anyway, because it just won't work out, because... Too little days
Gl at the tables!
Ugh , another day of this, now purely bad play... :/
No hands again...
This weekend I'll be sorta busy doing all kind of work, so I will play a little/not play at all, so no updates too (as if someone cares , haha), but I'll put in study time anytime I have some spare time, because I feel like all I need to do now is just study study study.
Goals:
[x] - put in 1 hour of studying [1h~] - did it again!
Pre-session hand review, read some threads on 2p2 and did some filters review on PT4 which opened up my eyes on some stuff (stuff like that I should stop calling 3bets that much)[-] - put in 1500 hands [1378] - I COULD have done it, but I felt that in the proccess I'd have lost another BI or two, so I just passed it.
[+] - keep distractions off when playing - yes yes yes everything was off, perfect!
Will have to skip weekly goals this week anyway, because it just won't work out, because... Too little days
Gl at the tables!