Ill look trough the spots tomorrow, out of time today.

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I wont be doing daily updates in april. Instead, I will focus on posting whenever I got hands/topics to talk about and some graphs over bigger samples. Hopefully these changes will make the posts more interesting and valueable then the daily ones.

Been playing a ton so far in april and doing quite OK. Im putting alot of attention into my preflop/flop strategies and ranges in comparison to my opponent(s) and what they percieve. My mind gets really clouded at the end of some sessions but a quick break usually sorsts that out. Im lucky I have activities that removes my focus from poker so I can drop that for a while.

Also been working on some mental foundations that I learned ~1 year ago. Its not my work but Ive adopted the mindset Robbins presents. Imagine all 1-4 topics affects eachother.

1 - Belief

2 - Potential

4 - Result

Belief is the starting point. What you think will happen, most often ends up happening. If you arent convinced about the result you are after, the potential you have will be unused and thefor lead to a bad result. If you believe that you decent at poker but you are unlucky or running bad, that wont affect your potential because you have all the potential in the world. But it will affect the action taken. You might avoid thin spots, not making clear plays in obvious spots and so on. That will end up giving you a ****ty result and then reinforce your belief. Its a bad cycle.

Where you want to start is with belief. Once you are absolutely certain about what you want to happen, you will take different action, you will use more of your potential and you will get good results that will reinforce your beliefs. So how do we change our beliefs?

Find rolemodels, read about people who have achived what you want. Lie down, close your eyes and just imagine yourself at your destination.

Lets say you want to have a better understanding about preflop ranges and how we should adjust to different opponents, and you want to learn more about this in 8 weeks. So select a theme for the week where you mark hands in a similar spot and discuss/study with people that can help you improve. So first weeks you might be thinking of facing a UTG raise in general. Second week it might be having aggro opponents behind you. Third week might be BvB spot and so on. You get the idea. Once you settled on something you want to improve on over a period of time, you make theme for the week and then you do daily ritual. Dedicate 20-60 minutes to study that topic and once you get started and done it for a few days, it will get easier to do and you will get that reinforcing belief that will empower you.

Daily rituals are key. Do little things each day that will give you momentum, give you confidence and make you grow.

"Some people are disturbed by those tough days because all they have is the days. They haven't designed or described or defined the future." -- Jim Rohn

Small update for april. Not doing that great in terms of results. Down around 45 buyins and not that much below EV. Ive felt focused when I played troughout the month but things arent just working out at the tables.



Im evaluating alot of things in my game right now, which I think is a natural adjustment when experiencing a longer period of losing (1.5 months soon). I dont want to change too much but I cant help to question some fundamental things and compare my game with some of the crushers at my level. The changes I make might amplify the losses so I need to be careful.

Im happy with how Im tackling losing these amounts and how I will be getting stronger/better troughout this experience.

"There is no such thing as failure. There are only results." -- Anthony Robbins

Lets go to work.

Gl this month, man!

Thank you. I hope you are doing well with your challenge .

Im not updating a frequent as I have been. I think that might be more attractive right now so I can make posts with more content rather then the daily graphs. Played a little less last 4-5 days but Im looking to pace it up over the remainder of april.

Had a pretty good day, altough it was low volume. Managed to win a bigger pot for a change.



Lets go to work.

Hey Viktor,

Nice hand!!

Looking everyday if you updated and wishing you good luck mate because you can do this and finish the month strong!

Thanks. Binking a set in that spot will print $ .

I would like to update daily but Im afraid I got stuck in the same rut whenever I posted the daily graph/thoughts. Doing less updates with more content might be more enjoyable for both me and whoever reads. But Im sure I will change back to daily ones I find the motivation and results for it . Last two days has been decent, not huge volume but winning some at least.



Thanks for the support, its helps.

Im just looking to play alot for the remainder of april and I would be super happy reaching BE by the end of it. Might put me in a good spot to mix in 200 in may.

Got asked to post a picture of my setup and here it is.



Very simple and clean. I even got our new cat into the picture. Anyway, its a very cheap/not optimal setup considering the size of the screens and the limitation of tables that comes with it. Im however convinced that I have to earn any upgrades that I need. So when I make some more $, I would like to buy a really big desk that covers the whole wall (3 meters) along with another computer and new chairs. Also setting up the tv on the wall would be great. But these things are something I will have to use as rewards. There are a couple of other things I would like to change but its just for looks. Im very happy if Im able to grind at a working computer for now.

Poker has been good last few days. Added a couple of different study routines along with some very basic meditation pre-sessions, and it has helped me feel alot more focused and secure at the tables. Also having the perspective of SNE and the long-term helps when Im in a midst of a downswing.

Will start posting more regularly next week.

Love the cat <3

When can the cat meet my dog?

Where do u live in Sweden Victor? If you dont mind me asking

I really like posts like these, need more like this!!! Fantastic read.

GL Viktor keep at it !!

I think meditation after is good, but not so much before. Whatever works for you... I find that when I am actually meditating my mind is more or less turned off, so it can be difficult to fire up a bunch of tables immediately afterwards.

Dog? Its more like a rat imo . I think when she gets a couple of more weeks, she will be more comfortable and probably ready to make friends.

In Skövde, between Gothenburg and Stockholm. Are you familiar to swedish geographs? If you ever come nearby, I will offer you as many beers as you like if you give me one of your secrets .

Thanks. Nothing too advanced. Robbins has alot of workshops that I havent looked into yet, but I think its very similar to the things Ive done in his book.

I hope you get your grinding routines going. Ive seen the discussion but Im not sure if I can advice on the matter. I think c00n made a good reply.


I think the meditation works like its puts me in the grinding mood. If I just sit down without any pre-session routine, I would probably take 30 minutes to get settled in. The meditation works well for me. Post-session I just do a quick review and leave it at that. Im most often doing some other activity directly after wether its laundry or food, so my mind is taken of poker.

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Couple of interesting hands from todays session.

Not really no. I can place Malmö, Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Helsingborg on a map. And I know there is two huge lakes somewhere between Gothenburg and Stockholm. Been living most my life in Copenhagen, but have been to Sweden maybe 3 times Dunno why rly

Never been to Stockholm, but would love to go and try some of the fine dining the city is known for

Easy call OTR i think. If we play the roll as the villain, do we ever check back NFD OTF? No. Any other wrap combos? No, Not JTxxdd , 9876dd,7654dd . So when "we" check we never have a flushdraw, unless maby some AKhh65dd hand. We could easily have a flushdraw since we checked back the flop and called turnbet, so does firing a riverbet makes much sence ? No, cause we repp a such narrow range. And i dont think villain valuebets a 6high flush OTR since the risk of us having a bigger flush is so great. I also feels it's unlikely villain would bet JTxx or any other straight combo OTT since the flush completed. So left are basically his air range. And his sizing OTR is bad to, it screems heey-i'm-bluffing-so-i-must-bet-big-to-make-it-look-like-i-got-it-but-i-dont-rep-much.

I live between the two huge lakes basically . Let me know when you hit Stockholm, if Im around I will have to make sure to meet you.

Agreed, good thinking. I also want to point out that we got the second nut-flush blocker which has some merit to be calling down here. We could potentially re-bluff river if we were deeper and assume he doesnt play nut-flushes this way.

What we can take away from this hand is alot of info about the villain. We get an idea on how he reacts when shown weakness on a static turn and we can adjust in a very profitable way by inducing bluffs with hands we can call him down with and we should bet ourselves with hands that cant.

+1

Sry for the inactivity past week. Had alot of stuff going on outside of poker and when I spent time with poker, I focused on playing and studying, leaving me drained by the end of the day.

It looks like I will be mixing in svenskaspel again. Losing 150 buyins in mars/april puts me in a spot where I think the smartest move is to play the majority of my volume at svenskaspel over the next couple of weeks along with the stars grind. The volume on stars will suffer but I think its more important to make sure I get some $ rolling in instead of out, and that is likely to happen at svenskaspel.

Im very happy with how Ive been playing last 2 months but when things just dont work out at the tables, a change might be good, even if its only for a couple of weeks. Im probably my own biggest critic and I think long and hard about everything I do, so losing this 150 buyins is a mixture of things I think. Both being on the bad side of variance for a longer period and also being owned in certain spots by good players. If you ask charlybumbum about my leaks, he will probably present a wall of text .

I will be posting daily updates again, along with results, hands and thoughts. By the end of april, Ill post yearly/monthly graph aswell.

24 April



Played fairly well today. Not a huge amount but somewhere close to two hours along with 2-3 hours of quality study. Very basic stuff mostly from Tom Chambers that Im trying to get a grip on and being able to make use of it at the tables. So problably a little less volume in the near future while attempting some changes.

Usually I end up trying to make exercises about the stuff I learn so I can do it repeatedly and making it stick. Just watching/reading and taking notes isnt doing it for me.

Big hand from today, its where the graph spikes up around hand 950.



Its a good example of how I usually hit top 10% of my range but still get owned. In this pot however I got lucky so cant complain about running too shabby, but the theme for the past months has been flopping great in spots that should be good but people just holding over me over and over again.

Tomorrow will be something similar. Will be starting out at svenskaspel for the weekend and also keeping the study habits going. 2-4 hours/day is alot and I intend to keep it going for the near future.

Will you be playing mostly 5/10 over at svs?

Probably anything running between 4-20.

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25 April



Off to a decent start. Played very good and happy with not getting too owned in certain spots.

A typical hand on svs where you can take a highly exploitive bet sizing troughout the hand and maximize the profit. Theres alot of similar spots happening.



I hope saturday will deliever in terms of value.

26 April



Not focused enough to play as much as I would have liked. Had some obligations outside of poker which interuppted but anyway, Im happy with the day. Still did the study and exercises for today and I feel very keen about learning right now. I also prefer not forcing myself to play and instead making sure I play with quality and I think thats more important at svenskaspel.

Not sure how much time I will spend on stars next week. It all depends on the traffic at svenskaspel. Sometimes its just sickly profitable to play.

Couple of hands from today.

Weird line by fish. If its weird and unlikely, just call.



Good spot to check flop vs. a regular. Not sure how good/bad he is at this point.



Almost folded river but then I realized I was playing at svenskaspel.



Made some bigger mistakes on a couple of spots which ended up being costly. Besides that, its going alright.

Didnt get to play on sunday. Planned for 3x2h sessions today along with 2h study and a small review at the end of today.