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Originally Posted by KookyStrength
If you had to start over, would you still playing MTT's considering the insane variance it can bring?
I think i would, but certainly just grind up a roll and learn to play on smaller field sites. I remember when i first started playing i actually had some decent success on 888, where the fields were all small.
But then again i think best would be to start by learning cash games, then once i hit a certain point to transition to MTTs. I'd do this mainly because i think cash game players are far better, and they learn much better fundamentals, and then it would be far easier to transition into MTTs where there is much more money to be made as its far easier.
Anyways uhhh i know its been a while
30/10/20 Session
Using this bink that allows me to profit a tiny bit on the day as an excuse to post a small life update
October Review
Was a pretty poor month overall. Only up about £300 and certainly didn't grind as much as i'd have wanted to.
Doesn't show unibet results, and also it doesnt sync very well with ipoker so its a bit all over the place. But i probably played a bit under 400 games
I've been trying to push my stakes up quite aggressively, but i'm also happy to move down aggressively. And so far i have ran pretty far below EV, but thats just tournament poker.
Poker/Life update
This is basically just an extension of why i don't think last month went that well (outside of running below EV), and some things i want to change going into next month, plus some general issues.
I guess the first thing to bring up is i feel like i should take a week off at some point just to allow for a proper reset. The last time i took a proper break was the start of june, which to some people may not seem like long ago, for me i feel like when i invest so much time to poker i think its important to just take these short breaks every few months just to prevent like a burnout. Since if i dont i eventually just start taking lots of individual days off which has happened this month, but this doesn't really allow a proper hard disconnect from poker, therefore no overall reset. So although its possible that i take a weeks worth of days off spread throughout the month, it doesn't feel like i've taken that time off. And when this slight burnout comes in i feel like i lack the 100% motivation and also the creativity in game, it becomes a lot easier to autopilot.
But basically the problem comes in when i want to plan my week off, as i want to make sure its a productive week when i see friends.
To give a quick summary, i was in my hometown (bristol) since the start of coronavirus lockdown living at my mums, till she moved to spain at the start of september, since then i've been in cornwall (countryside a few hours away) living with my dad. So my plan was to take some time off and go back up to Bristol to see my friends who i haven't seen in a couple months, since i have **** all friends in cornwall so i'm getting pretty lonely. However now the UK has gone into full lockdown i can no longer do this, and with my birthday coming up at the end of november, i'm pretty gutted that i wont be able to spend this time with my friends. Also means i probably wont be able to go over to spain to see my mum for christmas, which also is a shame.
But all this means that i can't really take a break as i'd like for at least another month, which is probably a bit too long given my current motivation levels. But i dont want to take 1 month break in nov, then 2 week breaks in december.
Also when i am putting in lots of hours to poker. I feel like although i'm investing a lot of time, its rarely into something specific (like a certain topic), and a lot of it feels like 'light' studying, and i don't feel like i'm pushing myself enough within that timeframe. So i think what i'm going to do is set targets bring back some monthly goals to really push myself to do better, as i feel like i'm maybe going through the motions a little bit. And especially with watching videos, i feel like a lot can be learned through videos and throughout my career i've never watched enough videos for my liking.
And to add to the not being able to see my friends, i had the same feeling in Vietnam where i just end up feeling really lonely and missing my friends. And because of this i try to speak to them and play games with them at any opportunity. And this certainly intervenes with the amount of time i invest in poker, and probably my motivation too.
Finally i'm always pondering how to use this blog. As i think just updating results is a bit whatever, but then again i can't just pass on all the strats that i learn. So i need to find some kind of middle ground
Discord
https://discord.gg/as7d8vH
I know i've plugged it like 50 times, but i've actually started being far more active. Its quite strat/hh heavy, but i think thats good, and there are some good players in there, and i'm always looking to review hh's so feel free to hop in and add some hands.