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01-02-2020 , 12:23 PM
Never really used 2p2 before today but here goes.

Intro
I'm Nick, also knows as 'Swann97' online. I'm 22 and from the UK, been playing MTTs online full time for about 1.5 years.

I was playing under Bitb staking academy for the last year, unfortunately in December i got kicked, without making too many excuses i think it was mainly due to them changing their business model and me not fitting that, as oppose to me doing anything particularly wrong. But i won't get into that too much now.

To recap my last year i'm happy with the amount i learned, unfortunately the results don't quite reflect that due to a really brutal downswing towards to end of the year.


Future plans
Although i was encouraged to join another stable by previous backers, after talking to a couple stables i wasn't able to come to an agreement with any of them. So for now i'm starting afresh, spinning up my bankroll from ~$1.5k playing as many tourneys $11 and below. Although if any exciting offers come my way i will consider them.

Summary of my goals this year:
  • 7200 games. My volume was really lacking last year (5k games), and playing is where all the money comes from, its also the best way to overcome variance.
  • Reach $20ABI by SCOOP, $30+ABI by end of year. Sure this isn't crazy but when selfrolling variance can have a huge impact on games i can play, i feel like if i run good this year i can reach $50ABI by end of year, but i want to keep it realistic.
  • No more than 10 unscheduled days off throughout entire year. Last year i felt like i missed too many random days, and i think consistency is the key, turn up every day
  • Do exercise 3 times per week, 1x run, 2x gym. Used to be very sporty as a kid but in recent years i've become very unhealthy, i want to be in shape and healthy so i can feel good, as i think this will have big impact on my poker career.

Why i am blogging
I like the idea of having a blog as its hold me accountable for my actions, i try to be as honest as possible, and i don't want to come here and admit how poorly i've performed.
Also i think this will be a fun place to put up lots of graphs, all my deep runs aswell as HHs of spots that i was unsure about. I also really enjoy documenting my progress.
I intend to post at least 2 times per week, hopefully i can post after most sessions, but a lot of that revolves around how results go

Anyway i hope you follow along, if you want to contact me just drop me msg here and i will do my best to respond.
Also you can follow my twitter https://twitter.com/Swann97_ although im not super active in posting i do check it quite often.
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01-02-2020 , 12:26 PM
To cap out my first few days grinding selfrolled it started off quite badly, but after 4 sessions we've started picking up steam with first bink of the year!

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01-02-2020 , 12:32 PM
big ups swann lad, good luck this year bro, this time next year will be hookers and blow in vegas
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01-02-2020 , 01:20 PM
In, GLGL
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01-02-2020 , 04:42 PM
Glgl, subbed
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01-06-2020 , 03:35 PM
Its about time i update the blog.

After a really good first grind of the year it seems like we lost steam pretty quickly, was a really brutal weekend too which always sucks when you can see how easy the games are.

After the Sunday session i was thinking to myself how i could run so bad, feeling sorry for myself after having a pretty bad past few months. But then i started reviewing some hands and realising that i'm still making a lot of mistakes and not exactly playing very optimally.

H1

After discussing this hand with a cashreg friend there's a mistake more so with my process than anything. $11PKO early stages. Villain is tightish rec/micro reg.
Flop we can just cbet 2/3. This is one of our strongest Tx and we just want to start getting money in. This deep villain will call all pairs, and has a lot of gutshots that will peel at least 1.
Then on turn we can just go pot or overbet, villain can defo x/r ATo on flop vs 1/3, so KTo here is really strong and can push a lot of equity, and we are going to have to check back on a lot of rivers. Also villain wont fold Tx yet, and has plenty of other hands that pick up flushdraws/gutshots that will peel another street.
Then river i think is good. I expect fish/lower stakes regs to lead a 6 a tonne, so when it gets checked i think we can go thin for value, they might have a tough time folding QT/JT.
I'm pretty useless at 100bbs+ so discussing deepstacked spots is always fun.

H2

In this hand i just think my range visualisation is pretty poor. Villain was really tight (possibly just afk ) over last 150 hands so when he flats MPvsEP i imagine his range is really tight.
Something like this:
Could be even tighter. So i like checking a lot here, then just going for a x/r with my overpairs/strong Jx and some 9x/Tx/flushdraw bluffs. I can maybe size a bit bigger.
Turn without a club i think jamming with 1.5 SPR is decent, but this sizing i think is also fine.
River is where it gets really interesting. If we break down his range, he doesn't have that many flush combos (4-5), but can still have like 6-7 Jx combos. T9 and 77 i don't worry about too much, as i think on such a wet board IP will just jam these either on flop or turn.
I don't think x/c is an option on river, but i think I prefer just piling and expecting Jx to sigh it off at such low SPR (0.3), and if he has a flush then good for him.

Both these hands however outline much bigger issues, first one being that i'm not maximising my value where i can, and it shows i'm autopiloting to a simplified 1/3 cbet strategy, and not pushing enough equity on turn.
Then 2nd hand shows that my range visualisation is quite poor. I think both these issues can be assigned to the high volume and high table count that i have, but i think its also just a lack of focus (and creativity somewhat) and i end up just playing very static.
As i climb up the stakes again i definitely plan on reducing my tablecount during sessions, but i think when i'm playing such low stakes i need to play very high volume, as i would obviously prefer to have 40% ROI whilst 12+ tabling, than 50% whilst 8-9 tabling (lets hope that math adds up ).

Goals/Changes to next week
  • Ditching 888, increasing volume on GGpoker/ACR: 888 is just a pain in the ass for depositing/withdrawing, and even though its a very soft site and generally good for roll building, i think i might be cursed or something on it I'll just see how this goes for now, i will probably come back to it in the future.
  • Work on preflop play: I believe the base of any solid postflop strategy is solid preflop ranges. Also when playing high volume i think its a bit easier to apply newly learned preflop knowledge, as a lot of the mistakes i make are more to do with me not knowing/forgetting than not applying. The main preflop spots i want to work on are:
  1. Opening from HJ/CO - I think i'm a little too tight here, and especially when players at lower stakes under 3bet especially vs LP opens, i think going wider from LP can be a really good exploit. Also i want to understand how our opening ranges change dependent on stack size.
  2. Defending BB multiway - I think my BB defence has become too static in multiway. E.g 50bbs, If UTG opens, UTG+1 flats, then our defending range is significantly tighter compared to HJ open, SB flat, where we can be a lot lot wider. Obviously i won't get it perfect but picking up on patterns will be a good start.
  3. 3betting as the BB - Very underbluffed spot in MTTs, but can be very effective especially vs LP opens where lower stakes players will overfold vs 3bets. I just never know what combos to use in game etc, and think having solid frequencies here will lead to a nice gain in EV.

I think just leave it at this for now. I will use mainly monker to study these spots and maybe produce some documents as these usually help me remember things.
I don't want to work on too much at once, as i'll still be regularly running PKO/ICM sims, so considering i'm grinding quite sick volume i don't want to give myself an unrealistic loadwork for studying. After this i definitely plan on moving on to some postflop work, specifically BBvsX, working on defending+x/r frequencies, as well as OOP as PFR, as i find myself just autopilot checking way too frequently.

Anyway hopefully i get some better results, as i feel like the more results i get, the more frequently i will post in here, i like looking back on results. Anyways onwards and upwards
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01-06-2020 , 07:56 PM
Good luck this year bro, look forward to following your blog
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01-07-2020 , 11:56 PM
Nice little session, i had so many deep runs, but just these 2 little FTs for a winning day.


Also really interesting ICM spot from one of the FTs

I'm actually shocked to see that it isn't a jam, i just wonder why we still have to be so tight even though we are a clear shortstack.

Anyways it was a really fun session, always nice to update the rail! Hopefully tomorrow can be good too
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01-09-2020 , 11:21 PM
Overall its been a rough couple days. Since i started selfrolling i feel like i've ran pretty badly outside a couple decent results. Obviously it feels a little worse since its off the back of a really bad 2-3 months.

I usually don't keep track of my bb/100 since i think its a somewhat meaningless stat in MTTs and can be skewed by a lot of things (INT our bb/100 for bounties, if you register every tourney level 1 its more likely going to be better than someone who registers at level 5). But i felt like i was losing a lot of all ins so i had to give it a quick check.
I feel like this is pretty bad? Even if sample is somewhat small. Maybe i'm also just being a whiny MTT player, i'll try to keep the whines to a minimum.

I also cracked my phone screen mid session as i hit the back of my phone case with the palm of my hand whilst it was laying on my desk. I usually keep my phone on my bed during sessions, but it was still super stupid of me and i really regret it, still works fine though.

Anyways onto better news i'm moving house in 2 days, so i'm taking the next 2 days off to pack up and then set up
Hopefully i can have a really good Sunday and start spinning this bankroll!
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01-13-2020 , 11:19 PM
So i moved into my new place a couple days ago! The area is a bit iffy since its essentially in the town centre, which generally isn't the best area. But the place itself is actually quite nice, i think it got renovated right before we moved in.

Here's my set up! Nothing too special but fine for now. You can see the bed to the left of the picture but no bedframe ;( i consider that a luxury that i cant afford/don't need yet. Also my radiator needs bleeding but i've never done it before and need some equipment to do it with, so for now i'm fkn freezing
Also i moved in with my brother and a couple friends of his, they don't really know anything about poker, which i think is nice as it will allow me to disconnect a bit when i'm not grinding.

Sunday Session
Quite a lot of deep runs, but unfortunately just lacking the rungood once it reaches the final few tables. Definitely been the theme of this week.

I also sold action for 2 higher stakes events but 1 i couldn't play as i ended up having too many tables (15+), so i felt bad about that. I also started having FPS lag for a few hours in the middle, causing me to lose my timebanks and really tilted me.

Interesting spots/What i've learned

I understand these spots are somewhat different but with both these spots in the past on river i'd just kind of have the mindset of 'I rivered top pair so i kind of have to call'. But i actually think this spot is super underbluffed and its really tough to find worse hands that value bet like this. With the AK hands in particular i think even fish can identify that when i check back flop this A on river is really good for me, so its unlikely that they will just jam their AcX combos and might just x/c, and he can just have so many hands we lose to, so being able to fold these spots is pretty sick but needs to be done i think.

Goals/changes for next week
  • The too many tables/FPS lag fiasco has made me decide to drop ACR from my schedule for now, the cashier is a bit annoying, plus i don't really need it for table count, plus i'm more than happy with the sites i got for now.
  • Also i didn't get around to doing the monker stuff. So will focus on doing that next week, if not an hour or so before each session, then a few hours on friday going over each point.
  • 5 sessions, each followed by a cooldown of all marked hands of the session, posting in groups that i'm a part of.
  • 1 meditation session for 10 mins, i really like meditation but i've always been very hit and miss with doing it, and think this can be a good starting point.

I guess just to round off my results so far have been pretty lackluster since starting to selfroll which of course can be quite dejecting, especially when investing so many hours. The thought of busting my roll is always in my mind, but i've opted to have aggro BRM since i'm not interesting in playing $2.20 tourneys with 50%+ ROI as i'd make like $1/game on avg so even if i play 1k games per month its barely enough to survive let alone live, would rather work real job. But if i do bust my roll i'll most likely look for staking in some capacity if that happens, so its a risk i'm willing to take. I'm still open to get staked even if i haven't gone busto, just needs to be a good deal. Anyways for now i'm just going to keep up the high volume, and keep discussing hands with people as much as i can, and eventually i'm sure things will turn around.
Lets go
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01-16-2020 , 12:08 AM
Very solid session




A lot of cashes and deepruns alongside it. I feel like on the FT i binked i actually played really well.
These 2 ridiculous spots within a couple hands of eachother. Vs same villain who was a fish:

AA: I was going to call a jam on the turn but this click just screams the nuts, was really hoping to river a boat. He clicked it back very quickly aswell, don't think we ever see bluffs here, or worse hands for that matter.
K9s: After showing the AA fold i thought he'd 4bet quite a lot, especially since i'd been 3betting him a lot before hand (as bigger stack though, applying pressure). Obviously sometimes he just rolls over the nuts but i just thought this was quite weak. I should've showed once he folded

Anyways it seems like i have 1 good session per week and get ruined in the rest. But hopefully we turn that around. Really fun session today, GG
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01-16-2020 , 12:25 PM
nice thread, ill be following around.

being self rolled what kind of BRM you follow and/or started with ?

it seems so far you are playing MTT between 5-11$ ? maybe you are using a 100-200 buy in rules ?

anyway good luck at the table.
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01-17-2020 , 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by kthanksbye
nice thread, ill be following around.

being self rolled what kind of BRM you follow and/or started with ?

it seems so far you are playing MTT between 5-11$ ? maybe you are using a 100-200 buy in rules ?

anyway good luck at the table.
Hey, thanks for following!

So i basically started with $1.5k roll, i play $4.40-$11, with some bigger GTD 3.30's, then sell action for $22+ if i want to play. On sundays i also flick in some higher buyins.
I'm just playing $11 tourneys and below for now, but i won't go any lower since i don't see any point in playing 2.20's with 50%+ ROI, even if i play 1k tourneys per month its barely enough to survive let alone live. So i'd much rather go broke with this somewhat aggro BRM then after go get staked or get a real job.
Once i spin my roll i will probs incorporate something like 100 of top of buyin range, then 300-500 of ABI. But i think i want to spin my roll to about 4-5k before i start playing 22s again consistently.

Todays session
Keeping up the deep runs

I actually ran so bad in the party tourney i'm surprised i even reached FT, i kept getting coolered or bad beat for a big chunk of stack, would spin it up then lose it again
Playing HU in MTTs i find really fun, since its not something you get to do very often, and both players are so clueless on how to play heads up its just about figuring things out as you go. So i almost never take these HU deals, i'm happy to battle 100bbs deep for 10BI payjump, i think its good practice.

The last 3 days i've been doing 2-3 hour cooldowns after each session, meaning i've been doing intense 11-12 hours grind b2b2b, and today i was just felt so tired at the start, i was zoning out quite hard, but towards the end i managed to regain my focus somewhat. Tomorrow i wanted to use as a study day especially since i have lots of hands to review but i might try to take it a bit easy, or at least take the whole evening off.
But i am really enjoying this intense grind, its been a pretty fun week. Even if i have no heating so i'm freezing the whole time
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01-18-2020 , 10:06 PM
Another solid session

3 solid sessions in a row is really good for the confidence.

Gross ICM spot

I know in PKO FT's we can often be a lot looser as all the money is at the top. Also UTG was opening 3x as standard. BU could have some bluffs but i opted just to fold (get in JJ+) and wait for better spot/shortstack to bust.

Tired
Yesterday was supposed to be my day off but i ended up doing b2b review sessions with some friends. And even though i really enjoy doing the grind when it comes to studying and playing, past couple days i've just been really exhausted and my next day off is Monday so i might try to fully disconnect from poker for the entire day, no HH reviews or anything, just chill.
However my radiator still not working might have a bit of influence since i'm always cold Fixing it on Tuesday when i get a radiator key so hopefully i won't have to wear 4 layers including a big coat whilst grinding.

Anyways before that there's a big sunday tomorrow! On sundays i like to start registering at 2:30pmCET (usually start at 5:30pmCET), but due to this tiredness i might start at 5:30pm, but i'll try to get a good sleep then see how i feel.
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01-20-2020 , 02:35 AM
Sunday Session
Was getting absolutely ruined but then i built a stack in a deepstack tourney
After 1 tabling for 5 hours i made the FT.

It went in on flop, sad to lose it but still a decent result.
Just really triggering when someone else's mistake (calling K7s pre vs raise, then just mashing flop) results in me losing out on min $500+ EV. Like i'm pretty confident in my FT play and skill edge so i really feel like if i hold there i'm guaranteed top 2.
But it is what it is, i ran pretty good before that.

Review of week
Actually a really good week, most sessions went really well.
I didn't manage to get a proper meditation session in or do any of the monker work, but did a lot of cooldowns which i think makes up for that somewhat.
I also had some fatigue issues but i'll make sure to take a complete disconnect day tomorrow to try and sort that out, even though i want to run a bunch of ICM spots for this FT, stacks distributions were really horrible.

Goals for next week
  • Play 5 sessions, all followed by cooldown
  • 1 meditation session
  • Do monker work on LP/EP opening ranges and how it changes based on stackdepth (specifically at 100/60/40/30/20bbs - 8 max), as i open too loose EP and can be wider from LP especially since lowstakes players wont 3bet aggressively enough
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01-25-2020 , 11:10 PM
Update for this week

Results
Was actually a pretty dull week in terms of results, had quite a few deep runs but they never really resulted in FT's or anything too exciting.
However today (Saturday) i made like 4 FTs, but only finished up a little bit

This is probably the most significant result, name change run good on unibet.
Also made 2 FTs on skypoker $1k GTD bounty hunters, came 4th and 3rd for £150+ combined, then 9th in $11 250 cap tourney for like $40 or something lol.
Unibet thoughts
I realised on unibet if you reach the add-on point you pretty much have to do it, since you get an extra 2 starting stacks (which i think is more than normal), so there's just too much value in it, but means that most tourneys are 2x the suggesting buyin. Also a shame it isn't tracked on sharkscope.
Skypoker thoughts
And Skypoker i think is one of the softest sites there is, i think its only accessible by UK players. Most of the recs are either insanely passive or crazy punters, nothing in the middle. And the regs i think are probs weaker than on most sites. It seems the regs focus pretty much all their volume on sky and sky only, i think its because they have some decent RB reward schemes. But i imagine playing against such a weak player pool takes a toll on personal skill, but i'm sure they're not bothered as they seem to print, and have the smoothest graphs ever.
However the MTTs themselves have pretty awful structures, and they're all non-ante, which i'm clueless on how to adapt to besides being tighter i guess, but i don't know how much. I think if they sorted out the structures (since stars technically own it but they don't care about it, apparently they planned on shutting it down lol) i'd really be able to crush, since the fish are just really passive preflop, and it feels like you have to win all your money postflop.
There's a small part of me that wants to switch to just Sky, but the top regs make about £60k-£75k profit/year which isn't bad, but i think the ceiling is higher on stars and other sites.
Where i'd like to be in the future
I'd really like to reach a point where i can grind mid/high stakes MTTs across a range of sites (e.g unibet/sky). I think outside of stars/partypoker for mid-highstakes MTTs on these smaller sites there's a lot of money to be made. The fields are pretty small which reduces variance, there's a good reg:rec ratio, and even the regs are weaker on avg compared to main sites. But obviously i'd still want to play the higher EV tourneys on stars.
Alongside that i'd love to travel around a little bit and play live events, mainly in UK but maybe a couple around europe too given travelling isn't too expensive. And just play these live series where highroller is $2k and main event is $500-$1k, just play a bunch of $220-$2k live events as i think these series soft are as well since they don't attract many top pros. But i'd focus the majority of my volume online, as i heard that grinding live circuit as these stakes is very non profitable since all profits get expended on travel, and downswings can last years.

Opening from LP
I did this yesterday, thought i'd share it with the blog as i always like sharing the content i create as i think it can help others, and then people are likely to help me out too.
Also i think preflop is often glossed over but there's so much to preflop play and people are often very far off optimal. So even if you're a more advanced player i think its worth a read.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

Anyways tomorrow i got another big sunday session coming up, hoping to start 1:30pm UK time, so i'll probably end up grinding for minimum 12 hours.
After that i wanted to take a couple extra days off since i've been grinding pretty intensely this month. However i'm on track to playing 1k MTTs this month and i really want to achieve it, so i might take next friday+saturday (Feb 1st+2nd) off, go back to my hometown for those days (1h on train) and catch up with some friends, because since i've moved to my new place i haven't really spoken to them at all. I don't really even check my phone at all besides for right before i go to bed.

Also i read a couple other blogs to see how they do things, and it seems quite common for people to post the kind of music they listen to, which i think is pretty cool. I listen to a weird range of music, mainly UK music but some other stuff, ranges from like jump up DNB to heavy metal/emo music to drill, so its a bit all over the place.
I tried to post a video but it didn't for some reason so i've just got rid of it for now, ill figure out how to do it at another point.
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01-26-2020 , 11:43 PM
Sunday session
Definitely started out as the worst sunday session yet. But towards the end i managed to get a couple deep runs going and finished with this result.

Gutted that i didn't win the HU, especially since villain was a really passive fish and stacks started somewhat even, but he kept making the best hand, it was a little tough

Anyways hopefully i can finish of the month strong, and achieve the 1k MTTs.

Goals for next week
  • Work on 6 max opening ranges using monker, possibly create similar document to last. Playing more volume on unibet/skypoker which are only 6max, aswell as partypoker having quite a few 6 max tourneys, and never really studied much 6max as i used to very rarely play it.
  • Meditate 3 times, minimum 10 mins each, put this as a top priority. Really want to work on my mindset and think this helps somewhat.
  • Go through 3 videos of mindset course i have - I used to have mindset coach when i was bitb, but since leaving i haven't been able to afford him anymore. But i generally think my knowledge and skillset is at a pretty high level, but my mental game has a lot of leaks, and i think could be key to my future success.
I also realised i own mental game of poker 2 and have been meaning to read through it for a while, and given i've wanted to start reading the power of habit for past 6 months+ and never got around to it, i could probably just start a different book.
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01-27-2020 , 12:10 AM
Gl man. Will be following.
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01-30-2020 , 11:27 PM
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Gl man. Will be following.
Thanks mate, appreciate it!

Weekdays update
Only ended up grinding 1 full day so far this week.
Tuesday i started playing but i felt very unwell so i stopped registering soon after.
Wednesday i played a full day, had a few runs but no decent results.
Thursday my internet was down for first half of the day, came back after i would usually start grinding, then was coming on and off throughout the rest of the day. Although after it initially came back up i really wasn't in the mood to start playing, so it probably would've become an 'unscheduled day off' if the internet had worked fine.

However missing 2 days means that i haven't achieved my 1k MTTs for the month.

Also failed the rest of the weekly goals i set for myself, even though i wasn't playing i didn't find time for studying, as my study day tomorrow i will be taking off, which i should've thought about in advance.

I'm taking the next 2 days off, heading back to my hometown to see friends/family and just disconnect from poker for a couple days before a big February with a bunch of series across multiple sites. I aim to be grindings loooots.

January recap

Also about 80 MTTs on Unibet, probably down a little bit. So like 950 MTTs in total.
Honestly pretty disappointing in terms of results, just feel like i'm still running pretty bad, but not using the as an excuse to not work hard to improve. Hopefully next month will be better.

GGpoker is where basically all my profits came from, really crushed that site, the 10.50 bounty hunters are really pure, and are basically turbos so they finish pretty quick, ran quite well in them.


I feel pretty neutral about how i've done goal-wise. Achieving the volume+study goals i always consider the most important. Then the life goals i usually fail or do poorly in.

This might be a bit of an edgy opinion, but i think things like meditation and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are things that will give you that small 5% edge, which is great if you're at the highest stakes, but i think people sometimes overemphasize these things, you really need to make sure you are doing the other 95% beforehand of playing+studying all the time as that is what is going to make you a good player and make you the money.
In summary you should focus on obtaining strong poker fundamentals before focusing on squeezing out the smaller edges.

Anyways i'll set my February goals in a couple days. Will have a think about them before. Really wasn't happy with how basic+brief my Jan goals were. I want my goals next month to have reason.
Next month I also want to focus a lot on mental game too (even though i kind of just slated this), this might sound really arrogant but i think my poker knowledge is very strong, but i think my mental has always lacked, and i think could really help unlock my potential. Especially when grinding extremely high volume like i am, its very intense and tough to consistently play at a high standard, and i know personally my emotions oscillate quite heavily during sessions. So i think if i can improve this it would be better for my ROI than studying game related matters at the current time. However i'm not planning to cut down any regular study time, will still be doing cooldowns after every session, etc.

Anyways now i'm going to take a few days off, and hopefully update again after my Sunday session. GLGL to anyone who got this far
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01-31-2020 , 12:10 AM
How are you living on 11 grand US a year? Here in Australia you probably get more on welfare lol. And out of that 11 grand you won does some of it go back to the staker?
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01-31-2020 , 09:49 AM
GL. Subbed
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01-31-2020 , 12:07 PM
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How are you living on 11 grand US a year? Here in Australia you probably get more on welfare lol. And out of that 11 grand you won does some of it go back to the staker?
So at one point I was up like $25k, so most of the downswing went into makeup which I didn't have to pay back since they kicked me.
The chop was 50/50 so I probably got like $12.5k on the year, which like you say isnt much. My finances have been pretty tight but I spent 4 months in Vietnam and generally my living costs were pretty low, I also had some money saved up. Plus I'm a bit of a life nit and don't like spending money. But yeah defo not optimal.
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01-31-2020 , 12:08 PM
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GL. Subbed
Thanks mate
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02-02-2020 , 11:03 PM
Felt kind of pointless going back to hometown for 2 days, especially since 2nd day i literally did nothing after playing tennis in the morning (which killed my legs ), could've just headed home after i was done playing tennis and played a cheeky poker session, or just studied for the day or something. Oh well.

Sunday session
Really dead session, had a couple deeps runs in big fields but nothing properly materialised. Don't even have any interesting hands saved, which made my cooldown just PKO spots, bit annoyed at myself for not noting more really.
Also kept losing 75/25 when i was close to the money, happened like 5 or 6 times, just a dumb whine, but really need to start holding these more often.
Also low stakes Brazilian players are like my kryptonite, they play generally not very well, but i don't seem to be able to win against them. I'll probably end up getting chat banned by typing some dumb xenophobic **** when frustrated, since i'm a bit of a keyboard warrior, hopefully not though lol

Next month series
Couple good series starting over the next month!
  1. Pokerstars bounty builder series - Most events start 60bbs deep which kind of sucks, but longer levels especially first couple of levels makes up for it, i don't mind it too much.
  2. Partypoker KO Series - They just give specific regular MTTs slightly higher GTD and call it a 'series event'. Would prefer they kept regular schedule with added special events (like stars), but i'll take it either way.
  3. ACR OSS series - This one lowkey has some banging events, and really big GTDs, plus the structures often tend to be really deep which is obviously better for pushing edges. 4h+ latereg and 12h+ tourneys can be a bit exhausting but still very impressed
  4. Unibet UOS series - Probably the worst of all 4 series, but definitely has a couple decent events that i'm looking forward to playing. Actually has a lot of decent €25 events (with like €5k+ GTD), but thats outside my BRM.
Goals for next week
  • Note 10 hands per session. Including 5 postflop spots. And share 3 in different groups
  • Write down goal for what i want to achieve during the session, 1 game play goal and 1 mindset goal
  • 10 minute meditation before each session
  • Start reading MGOP2
Hopefully i'll update my monthly goals tomorrow as i will write it all up then, along with some other stuff. Sorry for block of writing and no cool pictures/graphs to back up, didn't even have any interesting hands to post.
Will probably do some studying now as i don't feel very satisfied with how session went, usually end up finishing an hour or 2 later than current time (03:00am) on a Sunday, and usually thats before writing up in my blog, so will probably fill that catching up on some of the targets i set myself last week.
Swann97: New beginnings (MTTs) Quote
02-03-2020 , 06:42 AM
Take it down Swann lad, I look forward to being spammed some deepstack spots!
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