Arent you ****ed by the rake changes?!

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 53

Fame at last...!

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 55

Damn those pesky fishes are running hot!! Nah, I assume I only remember when they suck out and forget the times I do it!

Had good couple of sessions. No profit really but think I am getting more and more solid and have to think a lot less in the very basic spots. I am hoping to move onto some postflop adjustments and improving my cbetting game now.

Study has been good and have been working with another student of Ilidek's who is in similar situation to me. It is good as we have quite different leaks it seems so we can hopefully work well together with coach.



Roll Update.
Session = +$1
Roll = $2300
Overall profit = $380

Lol, did not realise it is $1 profit in 3 sessions! WP!

Today...

• Post hands
• Comment on 10 new hands
• Study old hands
• Watch video of another student's session with Ilidek
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus

Does anyone know if I can use PT4 together with PKR?


Make no mistake, what you are now is not one millionth of what you CAN be in the future. Let's not settle for what we are today eh? Hop on board, let's go crush life!

You can't use PT4 with PKR. I think you can use HM2 tho.

I liked your Q&A video.

I really liked when you talked about balance, it got me thinking.

I think it's important to have this balance in your life, atleast for most of the people.

For example me - By working too hard for a long period, I feel overburned and sick from work, so there needs to be some time for leisure, it's good to reward yourself with leisure once in a while, to cool yourself and enjoy life and your hard work you've done prior.

Obviously we need to try to push it a little by little, so we could push our comfort zone to maximum, so we can work more and have less time for leisure and still be happy in our lifes.

Obviously you're a beast with work ethic, you're mature, you pushed yourself where you can work like a machine and still be happy. But for young people, I believe you have to push a little by litte, each and every day till they reach that frame of mind. I don't believe that it's mentaly healthy to be zero to beast in a short period of time.

I wish you luck with your goals.

One of the nasty sides of poker is when you really start to put in the effort and talk poker with guys on a daily basis + study your game ect. it's really hard to just shut if off. Like Chris said he was out with family and some poker thoughts still going through his head. I think it's one of the reason's it is easy to get burned out when you play for a living and even can happen when you play part time. I bet the guy's that play year in and year out find some way to just shut poker off from their mind from time to time (maybe through meditation) dunno.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 56

Weeeee! Ran into some brick walls today!! Made full houses and flushes galore but either split the pot or lost to better hand. Made 5 hours (of 5.5 hour session) at least and it was one of those days where you can almost "know" it is coming. That is totally ridiculous thought of course if I think about it but some small tilt is going to creep in when you keep hitting better part of range and decisions will be slightly worse at least. Of course this is all part of my training and this will disappear over time

Worked my little butt off today though. Spent hours in the forum. I just know I need to get better at hand evaluating so this is the best place. I am worst player in there so every answer is something for me to learn.

I think stop loss days are really good for you unless you are some kind of work addict as it forces you to re-evaluate and push again. Just one every now and then though thank you very much!


Roll Update.
Session = -$195
Roll = $2128
Overall profit = +$204

Yesterday...

• Post hands - 3
• Comment on 10 new hands - 14
• Study old hands - 15
• Watch video of another student's session with Ilidek - FAIL!
• Play 5.5 hours - STOP LOSS (5)
• Table select - 7/10
• Focus - 8/10

Today...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 20 old hands and file data
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus and take time for decisions

Worth a mention... I thought I was working hard. Today I worked more than twice as hard as yesterday. I am quite embarrassed about yesterday now. But also very excited about what more capacity I might find. Cosmic




Thx for info, much appreciated.


Wrt going from "zero to beast" in a short period of time... Its my belief that once you start making any small improvements then you already are a beast. I think you might be under estimating your capacity and also setting unrealistic targets. Burn out is a problem to overcome not be scared of, its like a muscle you need to keep stretching. Good points.


I agree - a big part of being a professional is keeping on top of this sort of thing. It is not just about game strategy. Far from it in fact. But don't use it as an excuse to not break your balls

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 57

Awesome day (if you can overlook results ).

Really set about my tasks with professional attitude. I think I found another level somehow last couple of days. I sure am tired out but its pretty addictive and its gonna be more than worth it!

Back to being a forum whore. I want to be able to look at hands much quicker and see wth is going on. It takes me ages to work things out still so to improve it I am just going to spend every minute that my brain can handle reading HH's. We had some coaching with Gordon today and it just was sick how fast he reads what is going on in a hand. I haven't even registered pre-flop action and he has worked out river ranges. He reads hands better than I read english!!

Made myself some targets of amount of hands to read and evaluate etc.

Lost again today a little but EV was positive. Lost AK v 32 all in pre (he called too). Standard but funny.


Roll Update.
Session = -$90
Roll = $2048
Overall profit = +$116

Yesterday...

• Post 3+ hands - DONE 5!
• Comment on all new forum hands - DONE!
• Study 20 old hands and file data - DONE!
• Play 5.5 hours - DONE!
• Table select - 7/10
• Focus and take time for decisions - 6/10 (not good enough!)

Today...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 10 old hands and file data
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus and take time for decisions

No pain, no gain. Bring it on.

Subbed! Great to see you're doing the work that is needed. You WILL make it. I'm also a member of the BPC community and love it. Good luck with your future goals I'll be following.

Hey guys, I am suffering with some pc/internet issues so updates will be pretty thin next few days.

Commented on 11 hands on forum so far today on my phone and just about to evaluate a few others.

Hoping to do some work on my cbetting over the next few days using PT4 database and probably won't play too much as disconnecting just as I was gonna win $10k pot is meh


Ty sir!

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 66

Woo woo!!! Internet issue will be resolved within 24 hours! Have not played few days now so cannot wait!!!
Been studying cbetting last few days. Learned loads, I have always been poor at cbetting. Too much checking back and protecting ranges and all that BS. It has been quite interesting for me to have a few AHA moments studying this stuff. Pretty sure its not been a terrible thing not being able to play as I have had to use my brain to think things through rather than seeking opinions and taking them as gospel.
I am hoping now to play next few days then make a video for coach to comment where I just replay cbet opportunity hands and talk about the closer spots.
I am not exaggerating to say I think my winrate is going to improve over 20bb/100 here quite easily (of course cannot see this short term but you get me ).

So, hopefully tomorrow we will have proper update of session profit/loss etc and will be back setting normal daily targets....

Today...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 10 old hands and file data
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus on cbet decisions AND err on cbetting and posting than checking and folding

Feeling good, belief is strong, anything is possible....

GL, and Happy Birthday!

Haha!!! Thanks man! Cool birthday - no work (job) but tonnes of poker!

Happy Birthday man! Enjoy yourself

Happy Birthday

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 67

Great to be back at the tables at last!!! 3rd hand got it in on the turn flush v 2 pair and he hit boat which was a nice welcome!!! After that ran pretty good and saw some of the usual crazy play from villains.

Posted hands, commented hands, updated to-do list and back on track. Also watched some of mates coaching session on cbetting. Still lots to do on this but felt good putting some of this into practice at the tables today.

Old Cbet stat = 62%
Old Cbet flop success = 46%

Today Cbet = 75%
Today Cbet flop success = 42%

Printing #lolsampleldo


Roll Update.
Session = +$275
Roll = $2293
Overall profit = $388


Yesterday...

• Post 3+ hands - DONE!
• Comment on all new forum hands - DONE 11!
• Study 10 old hands and file data - FAIL (catching up on play, will double tomorrow).
• Play 5.5 hours - DONE 8.25!
• Table select - 9/10!
• Focus on cbet decisions AND err on cbetting and posting than checking and folding - DONE!

Today...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 20 old hands and file data
• Play 8.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus on cbet decisions AND err on cbetting and posting than checking and folding

Stop focussing on short term results and keep getting better EVERY DAY. No matter what you do just keep improving and STAY ON TRACK!!!!!!!!!!




Thanks very much! 44 years young!!

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 68

I feel younger every day

Great day today, caught up lots of playing time these last two days (19.7 hours) and managed to post hands, comment, evaluate etc too!

Feels like I am running well at the tables but I am sure that some of it is just because I feel so much more comfortable with my cbetting. I haven't had much time with this "cbetting more" but it just feels so much easier to play this way rather than XB and play guessing games all of the time. I have always had nitty tendencies too (they don't bluff right?) so I think not only was I checking back too often but was then folding to pressure. Hopefully I am seeing the bigger picture now anyway and I think my overall hand reading is starting to improve (at last!!!).



Roll Update.
Session = +$147
Roll = $2431
Overall profit = $533

Yesterday...

• Post 3+ hands - DONE!
• Comment on all new forum hands - DONE 8!
• Study 20 old hands and file data - DONE 20!
• Play 8.5 hours - DONE 11.5!!!!
• Table select - 10/10!
• Focus on cbet decisions - 8/10

Next playing day...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 10 old hands and file data
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus on cbet decisions

I am now going to have a bath and go and celebrate my birthday with my many friends and family who I love so much
I cannot believe I made 44! I am very fortunate after treating my body so badly for so many years. Now it is a temple... A beer temple for one night only

Happy birthday KP24! Nice number!

All the best wishes!

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 70

Spent rest day recovering from birthday celebrations and went for nice family meal - had a fantastic night.

Good session at tables, just lost a preflop flip and no other "events". Played solid and focussed but signed off a bit early due to beer induced tiredness. Finish work tomorrow for Christmas so can catch up.

Old Cbet stat = 62%
Old Cbet flop success = 46%

Since 18/12 Cbet = 80%
Since 18/12 Cbet flop success = 45%


Roll Update.
Session = -$25
Roll = $2412
Overall profit = $510

Yesterday...

• Post 3+ hands - DONE!
• Comment on all new forum hands - DONE 13!
• Study 10 old hands and file data - DONE!
• Play 5.5 hours - FAIL! 4.75
• Table select - 9/10
• Focus on cbet decisions - 9/10

Today...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 10 old hands and file data
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus on cbet decisions

Feeling GOOD!! Let's PRINT!!

Good luck everybody (except villains)!!!


TYVM!!!

STOP-LOSS

Really angry with myself today as I went 1.4bi over stop loss this is not forgiveable so I am going to go off and punish myself somehow. I am not bothered about losing some buy-ins and I don't think I played too badly but stop loss is there for a reason and I made a big mistake going over it so much.

Here are biggest hands. Today had the blue line from hell.

1) I think its ok...

BB: €64.86
Hero (SB): €50.85

Hero posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has 6 A

Hero raises to €1.00, BB raises to €2.00, Hero calls €1.00

Flop: (€4.00, 2 players) 4 T 6
BB bets €2.66, Hero calls €2.66

Turn: (€9.32, 2 players) 3
BB bets €9.32, Hero calls €9.32

River: (€27.96, 2 players) 4
BB bets €14.00, Hero calls €14.00

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2) Maybe should R flop but I think its ok...

BB: €100.94
Hero (SB): €50.25

Hero posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has Q 6

Hero raises to €1.00, BB calls €0.50

Flop: (€2.00, 2 players) Q 3 J
BB bets €2.00, Hero calls €2.00

Turn: (€6.00, 2 players) 2
BB bets €6.00, Hero calls €6.00

River: (€18.00, 2 players) 8
BB bets €18.00, Hero calls €18.00


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3) I think its ok, did consider XF otr but think I can bet small....

SB: $79.62
Hero (BB): $62.35

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has A Q

SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $2.00, SB calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.00, 2 players) Q 2 T
Hero bets $3.00, SB calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.00, 2 players) 5
Hero bets $7.50, SB calls $7.50

River: ($25.00, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $12.50, SB calls $12.50


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4) Villain (station) showed 57ss here, I did not put him on this and made value raise against worse two pair.

BB: $59.30
Hero (SB): $50.75

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has J 4

Hero raises to $1.00, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.00, 2 players) J 8 6
BB checks, Hero bets $1.50, BB calls $1.50

Turn: ($5.00, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets $4.25, BB calls $4.25

River: ($13.50, 2 players) T
BB bets $2.25, Hero raises to $11.25, BB calls $9.00


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5) I got lucky river was Ace here or would have lost more... Villain slow played QQ

BB: €124.66
Hero (SB): €53.03

Hero posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has J J

Hero raises to €1.50, BB calls €1.00

Flop: (€3.00, 2 players) 3 4 9
BB checks, Hero bets €3.00, BB calls €3.00

Turn: (€9.00, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets €9.00, BB calls €9.00

River: (€27.00, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero checks


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6) Std....

SB: $78.55
Hero (BB): $48.00

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has J A

SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $2.00, SB calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.00, 2 players) Q K 5
Hero bets $3.00, SB calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.00, 2 players) J
Hero bets $7.50, SB calls $7.50

River: ($25.00, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, SB bets $9.00, fold,


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7) Std same as above!!!

SB: $83.19
Hero (BB): $46.84

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has J A

SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $2.00, SB calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.00, 2 players) 9 7 K
Hero bets $3.00, SB calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.00, 2 players) T
Hero bets $7.50, SB calls $7.50

River: ($25.00, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, SB bets $10.00, fold,


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8) Dunno about this one, think I maybe should be XF on river but when he bet so big I just got it in my head he was bluffing. Wrong!

SB: €79.18
Hero (BB): €62.38

SB posts SB €0.25, Hero posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has 4 J

SB calls €0.25, Hero checks

Flop: (€1.00, 2 players) 5 8 J
Hero bets €0.66, SB calls €0.66

Turn: (€2.32, 2 players) T
Hero bets €1.54, SB calls €1.54

River: (€5.40, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, SB bets €7.50, Hero calls €7.50

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 71

Got very disappointed with myself for exceeding my stop loss. No excuses its just bad and unprofessional, it is there for a reason and I need to stick to it. I have thought of way to make sure I don't miss it again.

Coach looked over the 20bb plus pots and they were all WP so that is comforting and I do feel I played well but if I had stopped on time I would have lost less and would also have proved my discipline. I hope this won't happen again.


Roll Update.
Session = -$269
Roll = $2159
Overall profit = $239


Yesterday...

• Post 3+ hands - DONE! Posted 7 stop loss ones!
• Comment on all new forum hands - DONE 10!
• Study 10 old hands and file data - DONE 13!
• Play 5.5 hours - FAIL due to stoploss (5)
• Table select - 8/10
• Focus on cbet decisions - 9/10

Today...

• Post 3+ hands
• Comment on all new forum hands
• Study 10 old hands and file data
• Play 5.5 hours
• Table select
• Focus on cbet decisions
• Set reminder to look at cashier regularly

I was really fuming with myself last night. Took me well over an hour to calm down. Got to look at that as a good way to learn I guess. Mistakes can be good (so long as I did not go busto!!!). We live to fight another day. Let's do it!

I would be careful cbetting anywhere near 80% if you ever plan on playing someone who is not a fish.

Pot odds yo...

Hero (BB): $60.67
SB: $22.31

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q A

SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $2.00, SB raises to $3.50, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($7.00, 2 players) A J 3
Hero checks, SB bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

Turn: ($13.00, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, SB bets $10.00, Hero raises to $42.42, SB calls $5.81 and is all-in

River: ($44.62, 2 players) 4

Hero shows Q A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 63%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
SB shows 9 8 (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 37%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $43.62

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5th hand and he already has me as a nit

SB: €50.55 (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (BB): €95.02

SB posts SB €0.25, Hero posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has K Q

SB raises to €1.50, Hero calls €1.00

Flop: (€3.00, 2 players) Q 5 3
Hero checks, SB bets €2.25, Hero calls €2.25

Turn: (€7.50, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, SB bets €5.62, Hero calls €5.62

River: (€18.74, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, SB bets €18.74, Hero calls €18.74

SB shows K T (High Card, King)
(Pre 26%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows K Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 74%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins €55.22

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How to eek out minimum value...

Hero (SB): $52.60
BB: $34.25 (VPIP: 73.33, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: 28.57, Hands: 16)

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q K

Hero raises to $1.00, BB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($3.00, 2 players) T 7 Q
BB bets $1.75, Hero calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.50, 2 players) 3
BB bets $3.25, Hero calls $3.25

River: ($13.00, 2 players) J
BB bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

BB shows 7 T (Two Pair, Tens and Sevens)
(Pre 38%, Flop 72%, Turn 82%)
Hero mucks Q K (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 62%, Flop 28%, Turn 18%)
BB wins $19.50

Not 3betting KQ HU? I think he might be right about you being a nit Chris!