I just ordered MGOP2 so ill work my way through that first and then get on board that, looks pretty awesome.

Don't plan to implement a GTO strat but theres alot to be said for how much youll improve as a player spending time thinking about what your range looks like in spots.

Freeroll over

Managed to get past the 3k mark which means the freeroll is over, sorry guys

Graph:



Starting shots at NL200 today, news of that 1milly buyin cash game at the ept grand final kinda puts it in perspective.

Pretty epic first session @Nl200, better get used to this.

So much for bum hunting, no action so just battled regs, hard to sit and wait around when youve been waiting so long to jump into a limit haha




Feel like a warrior,

Now for the beers

I am a degen

Losing tons of monies in long sessions where I'm clearly fatigued and tilting. Its depressing that there is still times I lose control and punt money when im being god moded.

Putting a 500 hands cap on my sessions to the end of the month(this can be 100 hands either side of 500 depending on if a fish is sitting me etc), at the end of these sessions ill do a short work out, get some food/drink and review any hands in the session I was confused with. This should hopefully be good for my game and health.


lolEVaments

Now running 1.1k below ev this month 2k for the last 2 months(~30bi's)

Ordered MGOP2 and should be arriving tomorrow, also got a free deck for reaching platinum star on stars, I rake $2000, you give me a deck of cards, sounds like a deal.

Profit for month stands at $2700

Back to the grind....

have you tried tiltbreaker? it's a pretty awesome software, you can set daily/session stop-loss limits, hour/hands limits etc. which when they kick in it will make you unable to open/sit at tables for whatever amount of time you have chosen. i would recommend you start working out regularly at a gym, combined with a healthy diet it's helped me alot with the mental game

I'm terrified to download it incase the great white whale sits me when ive lost too much or played for too long, and I cant play a god seat because of it.

My diet is pretty good, im not overweight or anything but im pretty unfit and it would be nice to feel less groggy at the start of a day. I hate gyms though

why do you hate gyms? is it just that you have very little interest in lifting weights/training in general?

Nice thread, rated it 5 stars.
GL man

Eh I used to work pretty hard in the gym when I was 18-20, now I just hate what it represents, guys running around taking protein shakes and stuck up females, perhaps my mind is giving me a false perception of what it actually is like, still gives me enough influence not to go.

Thank you sir

Month still going well,

Graph:


God is NL200 always this dead? Only played 1K hands so far, most against one reg.

The breaks have been going well, gives me much needed extra study time and exercise, getting my sleeping pattern to ~8 hours a day, seems like since I don't work anymore all I do is sleep/drink/grind. Less sleep hopefully will = more life/poker work/golf.

Made a thread in the travel section about going away, only a few months away so starting to plan now. Perhaps look for a poker house instead(If one becomes available), if anyone has any info it will be appreciated

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/92...lling-1333673/

MGOP2

Starting to break into the second book, Its amazing how much it has done for my poker game.

To date I've read acknowledgements made for a book and take it for granted that they're only to help sell the book, and in fact most of these quotations are people exaggerating how much the book helped them. I always thought granted their lives may have improved a ton since reading the book, but chances are they've changed a whole portion of their lifestyle, and the book was only a small factor of that, or they are friendly with the aurthor etc.

I almost don't want to talk about it with any of my poker friends because I know how much they'll improve and might become better than me

Game

Pretty impressed how far my overall game has come since the start of the challenge, poker is an amazing game. Each time you reach a level you suddenly become aware of whats over that horizon and how far the oasis actually is from where you are standing.


Hoping the work im doing/about to do on theory/math with help me take another stride towards a new level. I'm a "feel" player with most of my math base to do with HUD stats, so adding an mathematical edge on my fellow reg should further increase my winrate.

Some NL200 Hands since moving up: (-$100 so far, 800 below ev )


Interesting hand vrs ultra aggro reg.





Hero call his line makes no sense, granted I play the hand as nut badly as I can aswell.








Gona try to grind as much as possible before the weekend, Huge weekend for sport, so need as much as possible before I look like this:

Excellent thread, man. GL!

Cheers


Just past the 5k mark for the month, my best to date by a considerable margin.

A8 hand above for some reason before even looking at results I thought jamming turn was the play.

Yea when reviewing I realized if I wanted to bet turn jamming was the best option. Although I think its a nice hand and fits best to have in my check-calling range.



A few swingy days, some whale turned on god mode and took me for a good clip at NL200. Besides that Ive been pretty much mashing anyone who sits me.

Few hands:

Pwned IMO




Vrs said whale: Not too happy with how I played post flop, but its a rare experience playing against someone who can have the whole deck when 80bb's go in pre lol.




Hoping to finish MGOP2 by Tuesday as "Expert heads up no limit" arrives, its meant to be very mathematically orientated so preparing myself for a few weeks of torture.

just ordered that nl book aswell, should be a nice read on vacation looks like it's got v good reviews. i have the first copy of mgop, but i just found it kind of difficult to understand so i quit after a couple chapters.. think i literally have every type of tilt described in the book to some degree, so should prolly have another go at reading it rofl at the donk with 44 up there, buttonclickers gonna click i guess.

Hey man, Really nice stuuf and wish you all the best. What poker books have you read or would recommend for HUNL?

Also what sites do you play on?

Good Luck mate!

Where ya headed?

cheers

No books as far as strat goes to date, although I haven't checked out many, most are outdated/bad

e.g



I enjoy most of the training videos by wiltontilt on dc, also using the forums and just grinding a ton brings you along.

Play on stars/Tilt, considering adding ipoker soon.

Less than 10k to complete the challenge gogogogogo

Rhodos!

MAY

Best month to date by ~$3000, played great poker throughout the month. EV wasnt great, but a fair share of coolers went my way. Took the last couple of days off to chill.

Goals where as follows:

[ ] Play 40k hands
[x] Earn 3k plus
[x] shot NL200
[x] Figure out and put some time into CREV
[x] Do a ton of mental game work.

Life goals for May

[x] Start working hard on my fitness
[ ] Sort out accommodation for Amsterdam


Graph



Leaves graph for the challenge looking like this:



Think im now a strong favourite to succeed.

Goals for June:

- Play 35k hands
- Play 10k hands @NL100
- Shot 2/4
- Earn 5k
- Read Janda + Tiptons books

Life Goals:

- Find accommodation for Amsterdam

GL in june

I was taking a break yesterday, last day of the month and all that, grabbed a few beers and had a sudden itch to play(degen), ended up pissed drunkenly clicking buttons, well enough for a nice $1100 score, upon reviewing I realized a few things about my drunken game:

I like suited cards





I like to call





The buttons, I click them





Hopefully this wont become a habit, finished month +8300 though and means I can now take tonight off and party

Undecided on this tune, but should still get me ready

hehe, wp and grats on a fantastic month.

hah lol nice one!
obv GTO is to play drunk ALL THE TIME

Just seen you post in another thread saying your from NI, 23, looking to move away to somewhere to grind and obv your also playing hu. Strange coincidence ha. Gl. Nice month btw for May.

Cheers, looks like you didnt do too badly yourself, I want dat redline



Thanks why you similar?




Took my eyes off the ball for a few days, been drinking alot and only managed 2k hands, 90% against regs, no study, leaves me pretty much BE for the month. Hopefully get back in the groove tomorrow

Also played my first golf match in awhile today(Played <20 times this year), won 5 and 4, easy game

Yea I'm also 23 and from NI and looking to move in future ha. Was just funny seeing it as anyone I've ever met/know is completely clueless about poker other than the rules ha.