Trying to be more professional about it
07-08-2015
, 07:29 PM
Hey fellow 2p2ers,
I have decided to start this blog here, as a tool to have my mind more related to poker, instead of playing Computer Games when I'm not grinding. 2015 and last year, I have spent way too much time playing dota 2, maybe as much time as playing Poker, although I'm not sure about that. The game is very addictive for me and there's so many idiots (including me sometimes) that it's very tilting so I'd better not play it anymore. I think it might be easier actually to stop online gambling for someone, than to stop playing an online game, because the gambling sites let you self exclude yourself from playing, but you can't really do it in steam, at least not without further knowledge. Also, because of cookies youtube will always recommend videos to you, from the videomakers you used to watch, so because of that I got reanimated to playing a couple times when I had deleted the game. Anyways, I have stopped playing dota for 5 days now, and I came to the idea to delete cookies for youtube and to not log in on my account anymore.
Now to me and the Pokers:
I don't think many people here know me, as I haven't been posting much. There's a couple 2p2ers that know me in real life or talk to me on skype like Mixgrill, Vegasmidas, Blakkman and North Squad. I guess some ppl from the German Community might know me, because I used to have a blog on German Pokerstrategy when I started playing poker and was moving up. Other than that, I think not many regs recognize me at the tables.
a) I don't play that many hands
b) I play on multiple sites, on some of them you can change your screenname form time to time
c) I played lowstakes for a longtime as a breakeven/meh player, I just moved up to MSNL in Sept/Oc 14
d) They probably see me as a 2tabling nitfish
; I don't mind that
e) I play MTTs occasionally, although I ****ing hate them
So that's me:
I'm 21, german and a fan of Bayern Munich. I play 200NL-2kNLH. I'm ****ing lazy and I should try to be more professional as a poker player. I think in terms of working on poker theory my work ethics are not that bad, I enjoy working with working with CREV actually. But I'm not grinding enough, which means I COULD make more money and I think I SHOULD start making more money cause the Poker action is going down: Too many Scripters on 888, Ipk and Party, French sites are dying, Alleged Bots and half man half machine on Pokerstars (Analog Latka)-> tough games, less traffic, less rakeback, more training Sites, GTO Programs that help buttonclickers....
I think if you don't work against that trend you inevitably make less money than before. So What can I possibly do?
a)work on my game to become better than the poker population, that is also getting better->learn faster than the others, improves A-game; possible but not easy
b)Improve on my mental game to play more hours of my best game; seems necessary but might be hard to work on, some guys might be designated to have better mental game than others, I could get some books (jared Tendler!?)
Advice would be appreciated!
b leads to c) Playing more hours, should be main priority for me; Could play lower stake zoom when Im feeling tired, my current b/c game is still winning at certain stakes (debatably)
d) playing more hands/h? It correlates with e) so it is not easy to find the right mix, also I would need a bigger 2nd Screen, or get glasses
e) is game selection; I am quite happy about that part from myself
After having said all that I probably have to post some goals, because that is usual here. Oh yeah, the forum branch is called Poker GOALS and Challenges.
So...
Main goal that is not quantified: Be more professional
Quantified goal: make 100K at the tables not counting rakeback or MTT winnings,Staking, Markup yadayada
Halftime Results:
Over EV, winning flips, but fish flop too many sets vs me. (again, not quantifiable)
In case you wanna see a nice MTT graph.
So far so good, gl to everyone, except when you play vs me.
I have decided to start this blog here, as a tool to have my mind more related to poker, instead of playing Computer Games when I'm not grinding. 2015 and last year, I have spent way too much time playing dota 2, maybe as much time as playing Poker, although I'm not sure about that. The game is very addictive for me and there's so many idiots (including me sometimes) that it's very tilting so I'd better not play it anymore. I think it might be easier actually to stop online gambling for someone, than to stop playing an online game, because the gambling sites let you self exclude yourself from playing, but you can't really do it in steam, at least not without further knowledge. Also, because of cookies youtube will always recommend videos to you, from the videomakers you used to watch, so because of that I got reanimated to playing a couple times when I had deleted the game. Anyways, I have stopped playing dota for 5 days now, and I came to the idea to delete cookies for youtube and to not log in on my account anymore.
Now to me and the Pokers:
I don't think many people here know me, as I haven't been posting much. There's a couple 2p2ers that know me in real life or talk to me on skype like Mixgrill, Vegasmidas, Blakkman and North Squad. I guess some ppl from the German Community might know me, because I used to have a blog on German Pokerstrategy when I started playing poker and was moving up. Other than that, I think not many regs recognize me at the tables.
a) I don't play that many hands
b) I play on multiple sites, on some of them you can change your screenname form time to time
c) I played lowstakes for a longtime as a breakeven/meh player, I just moved up to MSNL in Sept/Oc 14
d) They probably see me as a 2tabling nitfish
; I don't mind that e) I play MTTs occasionally, although I ****ing hate them
So that's me:
I'm 21, german and a fan of Bayern Munich. I play 200NL-2kNLH. I'm ****ing lazy and I should try to be more professional as a poker player. I think in terms of working on poker theory my work ethics are not that bad, I enjoy working with working with CREV actually. But I'm not grinding enough, which means I COULD make more money and I think I SHOULD start making more money cause the Poker action is going down: Too many Scripters on 888, Ipk and Party, French sites are dying, Alleged Bots and half man half machine on Pokerstars (Analog Latka)-> tough games, less traffic, less rakeback, more training Sites, GTO Programs that help buttonclickers....
I think if you don't work against that trend you inevitably make less money than before. So What can I possibly do?
a)work on my game to become better than the poker population, that is also getting better->learn faster than the others, improves A-game; possible but not easy
b)Improve on my mental game to play more hours of my best game; seems necessary but might be hard to work on, some guys might be designated to have better mental game than others, I could get some books (jared Tendler!?)
Advice would be appreciated!b leads to c) Playing more hours, should be main priority for me; Could play lower stake zoom when Im feeling tired, my current b/c game is still winning at certain stakes (debatably)
d) playing more hands/h? It correlates with e) so it is not easy to find the right mix, also I would need a bigger 2nd Screen, or get glasses
e) is game selection; I am quite happy about that part from myself
After having said all that I probably have to post some goals, because that is usual here. Oh yeah, the forum branch is called Poker GOALS and Challenges.
So...
Main goal that is not quantified: Be more professional
Quantified goal: make 100K at the tables not counting rakeback or MTT winnings,Staking, Markup yadayada
Halftime Results:
Over EV, winning flips, but fish flop too many sets vs me. (again, not quantifiable)
In case you wanna see a nice MTT graph.
Spoiler:
So far so good, gl to everyone, except when you play vs me.
07-10-2015
, 12:26 PM
Subbed, glgl 
07-10-2015
, 04:11 PM
Yesterday was one of these days... Maybe you know what I mean, you wake up too late, have plans for the day, don't realize them at all and then you go to bed unhappy/depressed about a wasted day. I played a short session, was running bad+playing meh so i got tilted and had to quit; failure no1. I didn't start a 2nd sesson after my break; failure no 2. In addition, I wanted to watch the movie gone girl after many friends recommended watching it. It started out slowly, I got distracted a lot by skype/facebook etc. so I actually stopped watching it after 10 min. Then I wanted to go to bed early to have more time during the next day, but that also failed, as I was laying in bed for 3 hours not being tired.
Anyways, I thought about happyness. How could I be happier? Is poker making me unhappy? Should I go back to university and see poker as a source of income while studying? I know a lot of people that do very different things (study,work,poker) and have different problems with their work, so they make a change and after a while they feel bad about the new situation again. So that might be not the best conclusion, but it comes to mind that satisfaction is not so much related with your profession, given that you chose something that you generally like for some reason, because there will always be downsides. So what I think is more important that you use your time for doing the things that you enjoy the most as much as you can and that you accept the downsides that you face, so you deal with them in a relaxed way. I think being self-determined and doing what I want to do will help me to be:
a) happier
b) more poductive and therefore
c) more succesfull
Maybe I should just listen to midas and watch these youtube videos about motivation/happyness that he sent me, but just following a recipe without thinking it through is boring for me and not what I want to do in life. I will take a look at them eventually.
Anyways the first task is to name the activities that I enjoy the most, so i can focus on spending my free time with them. I invite you to participate and name 7 things you enjoy doing the most. Don't waste time and energy about finding the right order, that doesn't matter so much. The task is just to name seven.
-Learning advanced techniques/strategies in a game/sport by myself or by a good coach
-watching funny/interesting conversations or having them myself
-reading a good book
-playing games/sports where you can win or lose and are mostly 1v1 (Pool,Tennis,Tabletennis, Card games...)
-Windsurfing
-playing with a pet
-relaxing and listening to music
By now I will not talk too much about how I want to realize these activities in practice, but I want to point out that the level of joy that I experience when I do uncontrolled surfing (facebook,youtube, forums...) is rather low compared to these ones above so cutting those will be the first aim.
Anyways, I thought about happyness. How could I be happier? Is poker making me unhappy? Should I go back to university and see poker as a source of income while studying? I know a lot of people that do very different things (study,work,poker) and have different problems with their work, so they make a change and after a while they feel bad about the new situation again. So that might be not the best conclusion, but it comes to mind that satisfaction is not so much related with your profession, given that you chose something that you generally like for some reason, because there will always be downsides. So what I think is more important that you use your time for doing the things that you enjoy the most as much as you can and that you accept the downsides that you face, so you deal with them in a relaxed way. I think being self-determined and doing what I want to do will help me to be:
a) happier
b) more poductive and therefore
c) more succesfull
Maybe I should just listen to midas and watch these youtube videos about motivation/happyness that he sent me, but just following a recipe without thinking it through is boring for me and not what I want to do in life. I will take a look at them eventually.
Anyways the first task is to name the activities that I enjoy the most, so i can focus on spending my free time with them. I invite you to participate and name 7 things you enjoy doing the most. Don't waste time and energy about finding the right order, that doesn't matter so much. The task is just to name seven.
-Learning advanced techniques/strategies in a game/sport by myself or by a good coach
-watching funny/interesting conversations or having them myself
-reading a good book
-playing games/sports where you can win or lose and are mostly 1v1 (Pool,Tennis,Tabletennis, Card games...)
-Windsurfing
-playing with a pet
-relaxing and listening to music
By now I will not talk too much about how I want to realize these activities in practice, but I want to point out that the level of joy that I experience when I do uncontrolled surfing (facebook,youtube, forums...) is rather low compared to these ones above so cutting those will be the first aim.
07-10-2015
, 05:48 PM
07-18-2015
, 08:48 AM
Quick update:
First half of the month has been pretty bad. I was losing at 10bb/100 the first 22k hands. Everyone just had what they needed every time. Sets, TPTK, FH in 3bet pot and I couldn't win a hand. Over the last days, I was able to recover a bit, now Im at 30k hands and -5bb/100. Every year it's the same in July, it is always the worst month of the year pokerwise. If I manage to finish with any profit at all I am more than satisfied, because the months October-December are yet to come, which were always my biggest winning months.
I skipped vegas this year, although a couple of friends went there and asked me to join. Most guys I talked to were not having a great time, so at least I don't have to regret my decision. I'm certain that I'm going next year though, as I have learned from THEIR mistakes. So, because I didn't go, there's still a part of me that wants to go on a live Poker trip. Therefore I am going to EPT Barcelona. So far I have heard mostly good opinions about it, so I just need to get my **** together, book a flight and sell some tournament action, because I am definitely not rolled for those buy-ins. :P
First half of the month has been pretty bad. I was losing at 10bb/100 the first 22k hands. Everyone just had what they needed every time. Sets, TPTK, FH in 3bet pot and I couldn't win a hand. Over the last days, I was able to recover a bit, now Im at 30k hands and -5bb/100. Every year it's the same in July, it is always the worst month of the year pokerwise. If I manage to finish with any profit at all I am more than satisfied, because the months October-December are yet to come, which were always my biggest winning months.
I skipped vegas this year, although a couple of friends went there and asked me to join. Most guys I talked to were not having a great time, so at least I don't have to regret my decision. I'm certain that I'm going next year though, as I have learned from THEIR mistakes.
So, because I didn't go, there's still a part of me that wants to go on a live Poker trip. Therefore I am going to EPT Barcelona. So far I have heard mostly good opinions about it, so I just need to get my **** together, book a flight and sell some tournament action, because I am definitely not rolled for those buy-ins. :P
07-19-2015
, 06:41 PM
had a pretty productive day. I cannot remember the last day that I played 6500 hands.
A friend told me to play 2k on party and I got a seat. It's a lot of fun to play that high, I see why some guys just bumhunt high stakes, instead of grinding the midstakes. Every decision is very important, cause you don't get that many hands in. Also, it feels kind of like a privilege to play that high, not many people can afford it. I'm just able to play there due to action sharing/staking. I'll keep looking for good seats in the future.
Believe it or not but today I had the craziest guy ever on the table. Here his stats
The most famous ones are the big ones in 3rd line. VPIP PFR 3bet. 99/49/ 35
It was at 2/4 and he used every possible preflop line. min3bet, huge 3bet, open to min-open to 8x, and postflop he was really aggressive. That's why he was able to survive that long, he ran it up to 2.4k and then lost it again, after a while. Unfortunately I was really carddead, so I didnt get to play so much with him, but once I flopped a set and got 2 outered by his overpair. Well, at least i made a lot of theoretical money on that table.
Hand of the day:
CashGame - HandId: #7765856-25-1437313025 - Holdem no limit (5€/10€) - 2015/07/19 13:37:05 UTC
Table: 'Florence 02' 5-max (real money) Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: TST 1971 (224.95€)
Seat 2: cheveuxbleu (1459€)
Seat 3: letsgamboule (1082€)
Seat 4: Matuidi14 (1266€)
Seat 5: Magerkwark (1288€)
*** ANTE/BLINDS ***
Magerkwark posts small blind 5€
TST 1971 posts big blind 10€
Dealt to Magerkwark [Ah Ks]
*** PRE-FLOP ***
cheveuxbleu raises 20€ to 30€
letsgamboule folds
Matuidi14 calls 30€
Magerkwark calls 25€
TST 1971 raises 20€ to 50€
cheveuxbleu raises 70€ to 120€
Matuidi14 calls 90€
Magerkwark raises 1168€ to 1288€ and is all-in
TST 1971 calls 174.95€ and is all-in
cheveuxbleu folds
Matuidi14 folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kh 7s]
*** TURN *** [Qh Kh 7s][5c]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kh 7s 5c][7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TST 1971 shows [Jc Tc] (One pair : 7)
Magerkwark shows [Ah Ks] (Two pairs : Kings and 7)
Magerkwark collected 1749.95€ from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1749.95€ | Rake 3€
Board: [Qh Kh 7s 5c 7h]
Seat 1: TST 1971 (big blind) showed [Jc Tc] and lost with One pair : 7
Seat 5: Magerkwark (small blind) showed [Ah Ks] and won 1749.95€ with Two pairs : Kings and 7
Little explanation: The fish lost a pot before so I assume he might squeeze- jam really light. Squeezing doesn't have a great EV anyways, esp deep oop.
By flatcalling I let the fish jam wide and the first 2 players have to make a decision, before me, so I get to see where I am and I can collect a lot of dead money in a good scenario.
A friend told me to play 2k on party and I got a seat. It's a lot of fun to play that high, I see why some guys just bumhunt high stakes, instead of grinding the midstakes. Every decision is very important, cause you don't get that many hands in. Also, it feels kind of like a privilege to play that high, not many people can afford it. I'm just able to play there due to action sharing/staking. I'll keep looking for good seats in the future.
Believe it or not but today I had the craziest guy ever on the table. Here his stats
The most famous ones are the big ones in 3rd line. VPIP PFR 3bet. 99/49/ 35
It was at 2/4 and he used every possible preflop line. min3bet, huge 3bet, open to min-open to 8x, and postflop he was really aggressive. That's why he was able to survive that long, he ran it up to 2.4k and then lost it again, after a while. Unfortunately I was really carddead, so I didnt get to play so much with him, but once I flopped a set and got 2 outered by his overpair.
Well, at least i made a lot of theoretical money on that table. Hand of the day:
CashGame - HandId: #7765856-25-1437313025 - Holdem no limit (5€/10€) - 2015/07/19 13:37:05 UTC
Table: 'Florence 02' 5-max (real money) Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: TST 1971 (224.95€)
Seat 2: cheveuxbleu (1459€)
Seat 3: letsgamboule (1082€)
Seat 4: Matuidi14 (1266€)
Seat 5: Magerkwark (1288€)
*** ANTE/BLINDS ***
Magerkwark posts small blind 5€
TST 1971 posts big blind 10€
Dealt to Magerkwark [Ah Ks]
*** PRE-FLOP ***
cheveuxbleu raises 20€ to 30€
letsgamboule folds
Matuidi14 calls 30€
Magerkwark calls 25€
TST 1971 raises 20€ to 50€
cheveuxbleu raises 70€ to 120€
Matuidi14 calls 90€
Magerkwark raises 1168€ to 1288€ and is all-in
TST 1971 calls 174.95€ and is all-in
cheveuxbleu folds
Matuidi14 folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kh 7s]
*** TURN *** [Qh Kh 7s][5c]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kh 7s 5c][7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TST 1971 shows [Jc Tc] (One pair : 7)
Magerkwark shows [Ah Ks] (Two pairs : Kings and 7)
Magerkwark collected 1749.95€ from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1749.95€ | Rake 3€
Board: [Qh Kh 7s 5c 7h]
Seat 1: TST 1971 (big blind) showed [Jc Tc] and lost with One pair : 7
Seat 5: Magerkwark (small blind) showed [Ah Ks] and won 1749.95€ with Two pairs : Kings and 7
Little explanation: The fish lost a pot before so I assume he might squeeze- jam really light. Squeezing doesn't have a great EV anyways, esp deep oop.
By flatcalling I let the fish jam wide and the first 2 players have to make a decision, before me, so I get to see where I am and I can collect a lot of dead money in a good scenario.