Days Updates

Not sure what day we are on now after the day off etc ha.

So really enjoyed the day off. I basically watched around 10-12 episodes of Blacklist and played football manager for most the day. What a day off!

Was tempted at times to play but decided to just fully reset and come back today. Woke up this morning and had real nice swim before it got incredibly too hot and then I played just over 2k hands at 200z and it went decent tbf. Had some absolute troll run outs bin typical stars fashion but played and ran well.



After that me and Dan went for little sunset search and found a sick bar called the Jungle Club. Nice that things are gonna be opening up a little too. Sadly you don't get the sunset on this bar but did get some insane views and had a cheeky cocktail too.

Also who knew that Edamame Beans taste amazing!





After sunset and some food I come back to not realising the blog had a discussion around mental game. So for a while like I say I have been pretty emotional with stuff and worried about big swings etc.

I was kinda shot taking 500z when things were going well in the past and its never gone particularly well but after a chat with Rich, I am gonna aim a lot of my volume at 2-5 and above. This will be mix of 500z, 500nl reg and 1knl reg as well as some volume on other sites too.

So yeah lets go! I am excited and feel good

On that note... first 500z session. Played around 2k hands and I am really happy with how I played despite running absolute dog!



So on the day we are up around $200 but really positive signs. First real time I have felt comfortable at 500z and not been intimidated by it which is great!

Finally the days graph



GL us!

Great session congrats !
Anyway to see your global graph with redline and blueline ?

That view...my god

And really nice results, gl gl with the move up and mental game issues

Thanks guys.

Yeah the view was insane to be fair!

Hey guys,

Sorry didn't update yesterday I didn't play that many hands yesterday and as sleep pattern was little messed up. Was up late railing rich in day 1 then I got up early to watch the UFC... which was unreal... the main event was something else and Gaejthe smashed hell outta Tony Ferg which surprised me.

Small update for yesterday was down 5bi's (2.5k) at 500 at mix of zoom and reg tables. Felt I played okay but didn't get anything going.

Then this morning, I got up and went the gym before eating and settling down for poker. I have sorted a few things out to grind on other sites/apps which is decent. Tested one of them out today and was decent too.

Before doing that I did a Hand Review with Rich and my other housemate Dan. God was it well needed. One thing I like about Rich's coaching style is when he see's a mistake he really drums down into why it is happening rather than it been a mistake. It's something that I do with the students I have had in the past but I am probably too lenient on myself with it.

But yeah the Hand Review was much needed and felt like a good reset. One of my biggest leaks and it ties in with been emotional and too results wary is chasing it and getting married to some hands. Like this is really really bad and it leads to a lot of clouded judgement which was highlighted in a lot of the hands today during the review.

As embarrassing as they can sometimes be I find it really helpful to be challenged on a personal level about my play.

After that I played a small session on 500z again and we won just over 2bi's back which was nice. Felt a lot clearer minded and gonna focus on a lot more quality over quantity over the coming weeks

Here's couple of hands from today -

nice trap vs a rec and an audacious bluff line

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $2.50/$5.00 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: $367.11 (73 bb)
CO (Hero): $527.50 (106 bb)
BU: $813.15 (163 bb)
SB: $586.91 (117 bb)
BB: $606.14 (121 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($7.50) Hero is CO with Q♥ A♦
1 fold, Hero raises to $10, 1 fold, SB 3-bets to $41, 1 fold, Hero calls $31

Flop: ($87) J♦ 3♠ Q♦ (2 players)
SB bets $27.72, Hero calls $27.72

Turn: ($142.44) 4♦ (2 players)
SB bets $141.94, Hero calls $141.94

River: ($426.32) Q♣ (2 players)
SB bets $376.25 (all-in), Hero calls $316.84 (all-in)

Total pot: $1,060 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
SB shows 6♣ 6♦ (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 55%, Flop: 9%, Turn: 5%, River: 0%)

CO (Hero) shows Q♥ A♦ (three of a kind, Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 45%, Flop: 91%, Turn: 95%, River: 100%)

CO (Hero) wins $1,057

tough river spot vs a good reg.. prefer check turn in hindsight but we go broke if play hand that way

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $2.50/$5.00 - 5 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG (Hero): $715.01 (143 bb)
CO: $512.34 (102 bb)
BU: $1,054.19 (211 bb)
SB: $525.67 (105 bb)
BB: $1,144.81 (229 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($7.50) Hero is UTG with A♣ Q♦
Hero raises to $10, 1 fold, BTN 3-bets to $32.50, 2 players fold, Hero 4-bets to $102.50, BTN calls $70

Flop: ($212.50) 5♦ Q♣ J♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $48.19, BTN calls $48.19

Turn: ($308.88) 4♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $100.94, BTN calls $100.94

River: ($510.76) 7♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $167.56, BTN calls $167.56

Total pot: $845.88 (Rake: $3)

Showdown:
UTG (Hero) shows A♣ Q♦ (a pair of Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 29%, Flop: 20%, Turn: 11%, River: 0%)

BU shows K♣ K♥ (a pair of Kings)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 71%, Flop: 80%, Turn: 89%, River: 100%)

BU wins $842.88

I dont think monkey brain is stronger, its just that we let it go loose, and thats a lot easier, think of it as having a dog, whats easier, training it to behave or just letting him go about his stuff?

theres no having "control" over our emotions, we let them be so they dont control us, we learn to detach* from them.

but the most important thing is to know what works for us, for some is having no ev line, for some is breathing exercises, you just have to try what suits you

any news?

Subbed. Wishing you the best of luck.

Some superb quality posts itt from some of the best in the world at what they do.

Hey,

Sorry guys been quiet last few days.. switched to a night schedule Thailand time as 500z pool seems to be better at that time.

It’s like 9am here, just got into bed and thought I should post little update.

Over last 5-6 days been doing some admin in terms of looking for games on different sites (some untracked) and found couple of rooms on some apps which seem okay. And also tried the Party 500 pool which seems okay. Pool is defo different on there compared to any pool on stars so takes some adjusting and was considering going for some leaderboards but then stars decided to give me another redemption RB challenge.

So 50k points for $4k which works out 40% RB. I missed the challenge first few days which sucks but I need to rake around 2k points a day to complete it so should be okay.

It’s like they knew I was leaving!! Ha!

Thought loads about the ‘monkey brain’ discussion and I am trying to focus more and more on playing good poker and not let my emotions be driven by results and I feel like I am getting there slowly. I do a thing each day now where as rather look at results, I rate my day out of 10 in terms of how I played and then go back over biggest pots/tagged hands and make sure I still think my score of myself is correct.

I am still going to post results in here but probably more sporadically and probably on a 7-10 day rota. The main intention of the blog was accountability and it has given me that but I wanna focus more on been no mistake poker and everything else will then fall into place.

So the last week or so has definitely been a test. Been out there battling. Party has been okay but stars has been a steep learning curve.

It’s weird because I was having some sick results at 200z and moving up to 500z really really highlights any small little leaks you have. Like you really get punished if you make any mistake so you have to be so much sharper and you realise the jump from 200z to 500z. That’s my opinion anyway.

I have ran pretty bad over last week but equally I haven’t had any 10/10 of days so that is what I am more interested in. Minimising the bad days with zero mistakes and I am well aware there is work to do.

So I am doing a lot more reviewing and Rich is helping out with that. I also have HHs from some of biggest HS winners on stars this year which I will be looking through more and more to try and figure out what they are up to. Me and Rich have done quite a few sessions over the last few days and plugged some leaks that were highlighted in my stats. Today has definitely been the best I have felt when playing which was a nice.

Given that graphs are going to be somewhat more sporadic I will probably look to post a few more hands each days which can hopefully generate some discussion.

But yeah. Apologies I’ve been quiet but I’ve been battling away and will update you guys again tomorrow


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GL mate.

Good idea to post results in a 6-7 days period instead of daily. You will not focus on short results which is good for progress.
In a meanwhile post some hands if you want.

In Ginge's twitch I saw another redhead guy. It was you?

Stumbled across this from Ginge’s thread. Subed from now man. Cool rise it seems you’ve made real big advances in short time . GL on the tables bro

Just read your whole thread, really enjoyed it. Good luck and keep up the discipline!

are we still the best 200z reg on the universe?

mustve stopped sunning running and thinking 5bb wr at 200z = the best lol

I know of a few cops that make 200k+ and one that crushes 200-300k/yr in major cities like SF. If you ever had the thought of being a cop, pretty sure thats the choice over poker everyday if money matters.

Or be like what one winning reg in my pool does. Be a cop that seemingly is playing 12/7 on the site and winning (but iirc he's from a smaller city/town).

Hey mate! love your blog! do you do coaching?

Subbing

please contact me if you're taking on students - pitt2700@gmail.com

end of the sun run?

Why so negative?

This was a pretty sick PGC whilst it was going, some really good nuggets from some great players too, hopefully OP comes back to it.

So decided to start the blog up again after a demotivated 2-3 months.

It was kind of a weird few months period for me where I tried to move up to 500z and over a small sample I lost like 20-25bi's but ran incredibly bad and EV was like down 12bi's. It was the first time in my cash poker career that I had ever had a downswing of that size firstly money wise and second in terms of buy ins. At the time I know I was questioning myself loads and was really hated the thought that I had found my cap.

Throughout my career within the police, my aim was never to just be a police man who walks around and deals with low level stuff, I always wanted to look for something more exciting and liked the idea of a challenge so I guess that is just my nature.

I'm not afraid to say that I lost some confidence and wasn't really motivated to play at all. The first month back in Pattaya I didn't like my grind setup and was looking for any minor excuse not to grind. This is super unhealthy in my opinion and it can spiral which is what it did. As well as that I had a live game I was playing twice a week and that went on for 15 hours a time so in my mind I excused that as my grinding and just did other stuff.

Now I have come to realise that even if I have found my cap for online poker it doesn't even matter. I know I can make a healthy living and live a very good life playing the stakes I play and that coupled with live poker when it eventually happens so it doesn't really matter.

Roll on into August and the same thing really. I would play like here and there at 200z and still did well but just never really put the volume in.

We've met like a group of 3-4 lads here and it all of a sudden became way easier to be distracted. They are proper decent bunch of lads and that can be pretty tough to find especially in a place like Pattaya. Was going the gym most days and then before you know it you're on Walking Street surrounded by girls drinking. Easy easy mistake to make when you're only meant to be going for dinner at 8pm and before you know it you're home at 12pm the next day

Also met some decent lads in Samui that live in BKK. One of them is a DJ and he comes down every week and DJs at one of the clubs here. We just all end up getting smashed and getting home at 10am all the time.









I was also pretty ill in August. Went out for Rich's (gingepoker) birthday and after food I had such an intense fever that I couldn't really appreciate him walking around all the bars saying '10 lady drinks'

I think I was sick for around a week and not really back to full health for like 2 weeks total. In the end I had to go into hospital where they pumped me full of IV drips for 2 days and then back out on the mend a full 7kg lighter! Perfect diet.

After this had a few chats with Rich about where I wanted to be and what I wanted to do. I have always said the highs in poker are way better than the lows. You can win 50 buy-ins and be like ah sick and lose 5 buy ins and be like ffs - but why do I think this? Why should I even need to care about it. Poker is just one big session and the swings in the middle don't even really matter. Trying to have this mentality really helped me just care less.

So anyway... middle of September, I decided to set targets. For September it was 50k hands because started half way through and from then on monthly targets are 75k hands a month.

I think having these targets are extremely important for me as it gives me some structure and routine.

I also said I would fire up the blog again at start of this month and I intend to post updates once every week and I will also try get back to any replies when I can. Plus more Thailand stories because that's what we really want!

Results for Sept 2020 -




Pretty sick that last day of the month went as pure as can be too -



Hope people are glad I will be back posting and let me know any ideas on content and can see what I can do.

Feel free to follow my socials where I post more daily content.. IG - stevemozzaaa

Let's hope the sun run continues

Welcome back dude! GL GL

Very nice thread sir, will be following!

go fbi bro poker is ******ed

Will post an update on this tomorrow