Hello,

i have been a long time reader on this Forum. Never considered to make a Blog myself but now here i am.

Short introduction:
My Name is Tom (short for Thomas) im 24 years old and im a full-time University Student from Germany. I have been playing Poker since i was 19 years old but i never treated it that serious.
With Corona and me having lots of spare time, i went more and more into Studying that Game, i watched dozen of Poker Cash Game Courses, read lots of Poker related Books and bought myself a GTO Solver. So in 2020 i did nothing else than studying the Game.
Now i feel pretty confident to head over to the Tables and start Grinding my Way out of the Micros.
It will be a Challenge. Especially with the new Gambling Regulations we have over here in Germany!
Im feeling pretty confident that i can overtake the +25% more Rake that i have to pay, in Order to play and eventually Move up to the Midstakes (NL200).

Long Term Goals:
1) Most importantly: Get my Bachelor Thesis (a lot of time will go into studying for that!)
2) Grind a Decent Bankroll and move up to NL200 (Highest Stake we are allowed to Play in Germany)
3) Move to Austria (when my Liferoll reaches 20k$ and im already a stable Winner on NL200)
4) Eventually play Highstakes (NL1k+) someday in the Future.

Im starting with a 500$ Bankroll and will exclusively play on Pokerstars (where i do have a decent Rakeback Deal as well!)
Starting on NL10 for the first thousand Hands and see where it is going.

Bankroll Management is rather aggressive:
Take a Shot when i have 30 Buy-Ins for the next higher Limit and move down once i lost 3 Buy-Ins.

500$: NL10 Testing Phase
550$ - 750$: NL16 Zoom
750$ - 1.500$: NL25 Zoom --> Move down to NL16 Zoom when: BR less than 675$
1.500$ - 3.000$: NL50 Zoom --> Move down to NL25 Zoom when: BR less than 1.350$
3.000$ - 7.500$: NL100 Zoom --> Move down to NL50 Zoom when: BR less than 2.700$
7.500$+: NL200 Zoom --> Move down to NL100 Zoom when: BR less than 6.900$


No time Limit is given, i will slowly but steadily grind my way up.
Try to play around 2 hours a Day. Maybe in the future, if enough people are actually interested, i will consider streaming some Sessions.

University has absolut top Priority, Poker is just a Side-Hobby, hoping to be profitable one day.

Thanks for reading, see you!

gl!

What's your name on stars? I'm playing nl10 reg tables too. Maybe see you there
GL

Hey Guys,

Its been quite a while since my last Post and i thought, i will be updating this Blog atleast once a Week. I try to be on time for the next week Update, promised!

First Week has been going rather decent. Started with a 4.000 Hand Downer Stretch and immediately lost around 8 Buy-Ins on 10 NL. Luckily for me, it didnt turned out as a Downswing and i was able to recover over the following 3,5k Hands. So at the Moment, i have played:
7.500 Hands and im down 15$.
I got a 20$ Rakeback Chest from Stars this Week, which makes my Overall Results +5$ for this Week.

7,5k Hands for a Week is pretty lazy sample, but i also had to attend 3 Classes the past Week, and catching up with Uni Stuff.

I solved a 163 Flop Subset on GTO+ BTN vs BB and currently solving a 163 Flops Subset BvB. Goal is to have BTN v BB, BvB and MP v BTN Call solved by this Week and playing at least 500 Hands against my Solution every Week.
I did run the solves with all my Sizes (C-Bet Size, Raise Size etc.) down to a 0,5% Accuracy. So you can imagine, that it took very long time to solve the BTN v BB Subset (around 2,5 Days).
Im Pretty confident about my Play, but playing against the Solution showed me some Mistakes in my OOP Game. Apparently im too much of a Calling Station on the Flop.

For this Week, i will be running the MP v BTN Call Subset 163 Flops and start solving a lot of different 3Bet Pot Situation. (Compared to SRP, 3BPs are running so fast, and its a much bigger pleasure to solve them haha)

Other than that, i try to clear my 40% Rakeback Bonus on Stars + at least once Chest... Probably have to put in a lot more Volume in terms of playing this Week. Maybe i reach 10 - 15k Hands.

Im also re-learning Spanish besides Studying for Uni, Studying and Playing Poker. So im pretty busy these Days.

Have a great Week Guys!

Short Update to those of you, who wanted to see the Graph:


Hopefully the Upload works as planned lol

Have a great one!

Its been a while...
Struggled to force myself making an Update to this Blog.
You remember the last time, when i wrote that i was able to recover from my Downer Stretch... Well it turned out, that the short -8BI downer was only the herald of a big Downswing that was on the way to roll me over lol

Last Week was pretty bad, i got in a lot of Hands / Hours and were able to clear some rakeback Bonuses but im running really not that good.
Mentally im feeling pretty stable, as this isnt the first of those "bigger Swings" that happened to me this year... In the first stretch, i consistantly run into the very Top End of Opponents Range (Set over Set, flopped 2nd Nutflush vs Nutflush, and all those...) in the second stretch (my last recent 10k Hands) i managed to get it in Good and lost to 2-5 Outs pretty Consistantly (KK < QQ, AA < KK and that a like).
Enough whinning on my Part. It is how it is! Im pretty Optimistic, that i will turn this around sometime in the future.

Anyways, heres the latest Graph:

+120$ in Rakeback can be added to the results.

Have a great Week Guys!

Hey Guys,

Another Short Update... I finally came to peace with the fact, that i wont be updating as regularly as i planned in the beginning...
From now on, i will only update this Blog, when there are interesting things to tell.

The last Days were pretty quiet. I couldnt play as much as i wanted to because i had some University Work to do.
Poker-wise, i went on to peak at a new Low (around 35BI down - at worst i was running 13BI below EV) but lately i started to win some sessions again and start to grind back some money. Also the Rakeback helps quite immensely!
Off the Tables, i study my GTO Sims + watching some Educational Play & Explains.

I actually managed to hit 3 straight winning Days (which is an Archivement for me, considering that i had 7 Straight Loosing Day to start with!). Unfortunately the winnings were so small, that one really bad session on Day 4 blow off all my Winnings...
I cant explain how bad i felt after seeing all my small progress gone so quick... But in the end there is nothing left as to regrind, put in the Hours off the Table as well and pray to the Poker Gods for some more Luck haha

Anyways, heres the current Graph:

A total of 200$ in Rakeback can be added to the Graph, and the next 50$ Dollar Rakeback will be done by the end of this Week... So with Rakeback im almost Break Even....

Plan for now is to play 100k Hands on NL10 and hopefully i can recover my Graph at least a bit.

Also for tonight, i got invited into a very soft 1/2 Live Cash Game. Table full of Recs. People who have good paying Jobs and just want to splash around a bit.
Hopefully i wont run utter BS, like i did on the Online Tables!

Have a great Week Guys!

Gl at the live Game.

Hey Guys,

Im still not dead nor broke... yet...

Thought i should make a short update now.
Took the Weekend for Poker only and just sat down and grinded. For a moment on Friday, it went pretty smooth but Saturday i just had the worst Session so far. I ran 8 BuyIns below EV at some Point.
Here is the Graph for the Weekend Grind:


I kinda dont want to post the Overall Graph right now haha but im 40 Buy-Ins down on NL10. (After 290$ in Rakeback, this makes an overall loose of 11 Buy-Ins so far..)
Gonna be posting the Graph in the next Update!

Poker hasnt been easy lately... And whenever i seem to recover a bit, the next monster Set up session is right about the corner... I used to think im pretty decent at Poker. But looking at my overall Graph, i feel like a whale splashing around. Hopefully better Sessions will come soon. Im really looking forward to a monster Heater Session haha

Until next time!

a couple of Coolers from Todays Session... Keep in mind, all those Hands are played within 24 hours... im starting to think that the Software is rigged. More than 100k Hands into the Challenge and nothing more than Breakeven Stretches or extremely Bad Sessions.
Either im on an extremely long Downswing, or im just too blind to see what a whale i really am.


BTN: $22.70 (227 bb)
Hero (SB): $10.83 (108.3 bb)
BB: $10.61 (106.1 bb)
UTG: $19.56 (195.6 bb)
MP: $10.00 (100 bb)
CO: $10.00 (100 bb)

Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has Q Q
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, Hero raises to $1.45, 2 folds, BTN calls $1.15

Flop: ($3.30, 2 players) 6 8 7
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.95, Hero raises to $9.38 and is all-in, BTN calls $5.43

Turn: ($22.06, 2 players) T

River: ($22.06, 2 players) 2

Results: $22.06 pot ($0.99 rake)
Final Board: 6 8 7 T 2

Hero shows Q Q: (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 83%, Flop 92%, Turn 92%)

BTN shows 2 2: (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 17%, Flop 8%, Turn 8%)

BTN wins $21.07




BTN: $30.79 (307.9 bb)
SB: $30.95 (309.5 bb)
BB: $18.47 (184.7 bb)
UTG: $12.10 (121 bb)
MP: $27.79 (277.9 bb)
Hero (CO): $13.26 (132.6 bb)

SB posts $0.05, BB posts $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 5 5
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.25, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.55, 2 players) 6 5 6
BB checks, Hero bets $0.27, BB calls $0.27

Turn: ($1.09, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets $0.78, BB calls $0.78

River: ($2.65, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero bets $2.00, BB raises to $17.17 and is all-in, Hero calls $9.96 and is all-in

Results: $26.57 pot ($1.20 rake)
Final Board: 6 5 6 3 8

BB shows 8 8: (Full House, Eights full of Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)

Hero shows 5 5: (Full House, Fives full of Sixes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)

BB wins $25.37




Hero (BTN): $10.28 (102.8 bb)
SB: $13.27 (132.7 bb)
BB: $10.10 (101 bb)
UTG: $10.00 (100 bb)
MP: $10.00 (100 bb)
CO: $7.12 (71.2 bb)

SB posts $0.05, BB posts $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has K K
UTG raises to $0.35, fold, CO calls $0.35, Hero raises to $1.45, 2 folds, UTG calls $1.10, fold

Flop: ($3.40, 2 players) 3 3 7
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.55, UTG calls $1.55

Turn: ($6.50, 2 players) 5
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.05, UTG calls $2.05

River: ($10.60, 2 players) J
UTG bets $4.95 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.95

Results: $20.50 pot ($0.92 rake)
Final Board: 3 3 7 5 J

UTG shows J J: (Full House, Jacks full of Threes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)

Hero shows K K: (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)

UTG wins $19.58




BTN: $10.00 (100 bb)
SB: $10.00 (100 bb)
BB: $21.96 (219.6 bb)
UTG: $10.18 (101.8 bb)
MP: $10.46 (104.6 bb)
Hero (CO): $10.00 (100 bb)

SB posts $0.05, BB posts $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has T Q
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.25, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.55, 2 players) 8 2 3
BB checks, Hero bets $0.17, BB raises to $0.34, Hero calls $0.17

Turn: ($1.23, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $0.88, BB raises to $1.76, Hero raises to $9.41 and is all-in, BB calls $7.65

River: ($20.05, 2 players) J

Results: $20.05 pot ($0.90 rake)
Final Board: 8 2 3 J J

BB shows J A: (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 63%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)

Hero shows T Q: (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 37%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)

BB wins $19.15



BTN: $10.10 (101 bb)
SB: $5.46 (54.6 bb)
Hero (BB): $10.05 (100.5 bb)
UTG: $4.25 (42.5 bb)
MP: $15.56 (155.6 bb)
CO: $9.65 (96.5 bb)

SB posts $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has J J
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.25, SB calls $0.20, Hero raises to $1.35, fold, SB calls $1.10

Flop: ($2.95, 2 players) 4 T 9
SB bets $4.11 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.11

Turn: ($11.17, 2 players) Q

River: ($11.17, 2 players) K

Results: $11.17 pot ($0.62 rake)
Final Board: 4 T 9 Q K

SB shows 8 7: (Flush, King High)
(Pre 20%, Flop 46%, Turn 30%)

Hero shows J J: (Straight, King High)
(Pre 80%, Flop 54%, Turn 70%)

SB wins $10.55



Im usually not the type of Person who is moaning about every little Suckout... But since i started the Blog, my Graph went straight in one way. It pretty much became the norm for me to suffer at least 1 suckout to start a session with.
Im aware, that i also hit my 2-5 Outers occassionally... But that happens so much more rarely than when its the other way around.
Gonna be taking a long break from this Game... Have to catch up with my Uni Stuff and the exam phase is coming closer and closer.

See you in January again!

Hello People of 2+2. How are you doing?

I have been offline for a little while (well close to 1.5 years but whatever).

I had to focus on my University Study a bit more closer. But now im at a Point where i will write my Bachelors degree next Semester (in about 2 months i start to write). So my Backup Plan (Getting a University Degree) is almost finished.

I didnt really play much Poker in 2023 due to intense Stress with Uni. Succeeding every Uni Course within the first try requires some immense amount of studying.
In 2022 i played some more Poker. squeezed in one and another Live Session. Run up my Bankroll back to around 400$. Then i got tired of Cash Games. Felt a bit burned out... Recovering from a long lasting downer + approaching every Spot that i faced with my Standard GTO Way of thinking (not looking for Exploits and just click every Hand more or less - that way of playing just made me fell asleep within 30 Mins of starting the Sessions). So due to those Reasons i started to have a longer Break (i even considered quitting for good).
I cashed out most of my Bankroll at some Point in late 2022 to afford myself some Food + Drinks once i run out of my Low Student Salary.

By the end of June 2023, i finally finished my last course for University and the first thing i did was opening my GGPoker Account. At this time i had around 10€ left to play.
i hit the lowest Cash Game Tables (NL2) and played a few Sessions. I did run it up to around 20$ and after around 5h into my 3rd Session on NL2 i hit a Bad Beat Jackpot (I hit AA on Axx in a 3Bet Pot as aggressor and lost to runner-runner Quads - at first i was really mad, but then i realized i won the Jackpot for around 110$ and finally had a reasonable chance of grinding a new Bankroll without having to invest my Own Money).

After that i actually did something that i wanted to do for a long time already, but didnt find the time nor motivation to actually start with it. I always had the Dream to learn proper MTT Poker. I got a few interesting Study Material (Short Stack Ninja Book, Endgame Poker the ICM Book, and a Videocourse about MTTs).
Splitting my Days with Studying and Playing (as i am in Semester Vacation for August and September) i was pretty succesful. After 2 Weeks of mainly playing MTTs on GGPoker and adding in a Table of 10NLZoom after i brick in an MTT, i grinded up my Bankroll from 120€ to around 350€ (at this very Point in time, i bricked a few MTTs Sessions and my Bankroll is back down to around 300€ after hitting close to 400€ earlier this Week).

Playing MTTs showed me also, that the Variance in MTTs is so much higher than in Cash Games. Losing to 2-5 Outs when All-In is so much more Common than in Cash Games. Something completely new to someone who has at most played around 10 MTTs in his first 5 years of Poker.

End of 2022 i also started to work on my Mental Game. I bought Jared Tendlers Book + Elliot Roes Course. So for 3 Months (until end of February 2023) i almost exclusively worked on that Topic, reread Tendlers Books atleast twice and made tons of Notes.
I feel like i improved a lot on that Topic and rereading my older Posts today, made a little bit of shame come up to me.
I thought i was decent on dealing with Downswings but living through one made me realize i wasnt that good at all. Today i would not post those exclusive collection of Suck Out Hands anymore, just to prove to some random Users on an Online Forum, that i was running bad. Everybody will live through some Longer Lasting Swings, it shouldnt be a suprise that Swings can last longer than a Week or a Month.

My Goals for this Year and the upcomming Year:
- Give my most Attention and Focus on my Bachelor Thesis
- Apply to a Masters Degree Programm
- Improve on my MTT Play (Studying a lot + getting in the Hours)
- Play some Rush and Cash every here and there
- trying to keep this Blog up to Date (im not promising frequent Updates. But i will Update you Guys once in a while + i promise to not only share my Suckouts or Run Goods but rather Focus on interesting Hands, my thought Process and maybe some GTO + Exploitative Analysis on those Hands)


Keep Crushing Guys,
Thomas

Hi Guys,

How are you all doing?

A lot has happened since my last Post. And i think its pretty cool to have a portal to express my progress.
Having just read my first few posts on here, i think i've come a long way.

Since my last post, i started to write my Bachelor Thesis and eventually finished it. (Still waiting for the Results - altough i have a pretty good feeling!)
In January i experienced a new personal low. When i hit the bodyweightscale, i achieved a new negative record. I never been heavier before. You can imagine that this also showed in my mood and with the cold temperatures, i started to get a bit depressed.
I told myself it had to be the stress of writing my Thesis. But that was just a foolish excuse. (Writing the Thesis was stressfull, but not as stressfull as i made it out to be!)

It was one January Day (i think it was the 18th January), when i came back from my third McDonalds visit for the week. Another 20€ Purchase all for myself. Being Overweight and eating processed food isnt good, its even worse if eaten on a regular. Well after finishing my meal, i went dizzy and blacked out for a moment.
I think it was that day, where i had to make changes, if i want to see another Year.

I made myself accountable! I bought some training weights, dumbbells and a training bench. I started to lift weights. Always had the Plans to do that, and there was no better time than now! I also made changes to my Diet. It was not easy. In the beginning i was driven by Motivation. Motivation took care of my regular work outs and my daily calory counting. But someday Mid February, my Motivation dissapeared - gone, as fast as a fingersnip.. haha
Working out got harder and eating healthy also got harder. But having a picture of myelf in mind - a End Goal, or a strong "Why" - prevented me from quitting.
When i started, i couldnt even bench 60kg in January but very recently i hit a new Bench Press PR of 85kg and im on my way towards the 100kg (225lbs) by the end of the year!
- matter of facts, as im writing these lines, i just finished my daily work out... Nothing better than Tom MacDonald Music and pushing myself to the limit haha -

I lost 10kg of weight already. Not the Results that i was aiming for... Not gonna lie, but i was kinda dissapointed at how low of a number that is... But i also gained a lot of Muscles already... I mean, you can see the muscles on my Body now, slowly they are crawling past my Body Fat and muscles weigh more than fat... So i made peace with that "bad Result" + its sustainable weight lost. Not like on a Crash Diet.

I FOUND THE VALUES IN PLAIN OLD BOOKS... Imagine that Guys! Best thing that happened to me lately and it happened more or less unconscious. It was a rainy February Day and my Bachelor Thesis almost ready for submission... Killing some time and because everyone else i know either is in Uni or is working at that time of the day, i decided to go for a walk in the City. I dont know why, but i stepped foot into a Thalia Book Store and bought a Book... Just for fun and maybe because i was bored.
Who knew that reading books could be so much fun haha
For a long time my thought process was very limited. I thought that you would need to go to School / Uni to learn things and that you would need to visit language Schools to learn a language... I didnt believe one could learn important things themself.
Enlightenment came to me someday in 2019 when i realized that i was quite good with Poker. And i knew that i learned that all by myself. I never hired a Coach (broke Student, never could afford doing so) and really only studied Poker through Youtube Content and Poker Forums. - You know the scenes in a cartoon, when there is a lightbulb appearing, as soon as the Main Character has a great Idea? It was such a Situation for me. Ever since then, i developed a hunger for Knowledge. My inner Fire was burning for Poker back in the 2017- End 2019 Days. I literally couldnt think of anything else but Poker. So i started to read Poker Books... I cant remember exactly, but i think i read all the relevant poker books in 2019. I had what felt like a "never ending Hunger for more Poker Knowledge". Unfortunately that was the only thing i wanted to learn... With a very thorough Poker Knowledge and the Mental Game of a Toddler, i never achieved any relevant success in that Area.
Well i digress.. Anyways.. turns out i love to learn things. Especially things i didnt know before.. And especially things that are not Poker related.

I lived through my biggest Character Development in 2024. Imagine a tall-ish, fat guy, walking heads down in Public... Not capable of holding eye-contact.
Well thats me - rather that was me, for the majority of my Live.

If someone would have given me the advice to read some self-help books, i would have probably laughed at him and never made the effort to even bother reading "those kind of books"... But once i discovered the subcategorie of "self-help" i turned into a sponge, soaking up all that knowledge... Isnt that funny?

Within two months of time passed and about 50 books read (some i read twice) i feel like im not the same Person anymore.
Just last weekend i was playing some Live Cash Games at the Kings Casino in Rozvadov - not my best Session, esp. since i havent played Live Poker for like 2 years and the stakes were a bit high for my Bankroll (2€/4€) - but imagine that, i was sitting at a table with 7 Guys (6 of them clearly older than me) and i was staring them down haha i was looking in their eyes.. And the funny part was, that almost all of them couldnt hold the stare for long or were constantly looking at the table or somewhere else. Huge Motivation Boost for the Fat German Guy lol

Anyways, here are a few recommendations if you want to start reading:
- All Dale Carnegie Books - honestly this Guy was ahead of his time!!! Absolutely Golden. Especially his book "How to stop worrying and start living!"
- David Goggins - Cant hurt me - i dont know why i didnt read this book earlier! I actually bought that book back in 2019 already but never made the hussle to read it. Regret to have waited so long
- Atomic Habits - James Clear - another Book which i have bought years back, but because it wasnt poker related, i didnt read it... Currently reading it... Also making intense Notes on that Book. I feel like that will be a Game Changer!
- Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
- Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman


Lets talk about Poker and my Future Plans:

When i started playing Poker in 2016-2017 i had that dream of playing those high Stakes Cash Games... I watched High Stakes Poker and Poker Night in America... I was dreaming of one day winning a Pot, that equals a years salary haha
The flame was burning inside me.. Like 6 metres high...
I can remember creating my PS account and depositing 50€ - 1 Tableing 1Cent/2Cent Zoom... it was a huge success for me to open up a 2nd Zoom Table a few days later.
That was the time... I never experienced so much fun in my Life before haha
With time passing, i got better technically but the flame got smaller. But it was still burning.
With Corona, i bought my first Solver and got familiar with GTO. I bought 3 different "Masterclasses" for Cash Game Poker that year. And i was note-taking like crazy. On a physical Notebook... I made like 100 full pages of Notes. very in depth and detailed notes.
It felt like i was pouring water into the fire, the more i studied. But the fire was still burning. A bit water isnt extinguishing a fire that burns like 3 metres, but its damaging the fire.
Unfortunately all that Knowledge is worthless, if you cant convert it into Quality playing Sessions. And in retrospective i wasted countless hours on the tables.
My problems were manifolded... But all linked to the Mental Game of Poker. It just didnt occur to me that i would need that. Boy was i wrong.
I could concentrate for like 5 Minutes before my mind went wandering. No Focus at all and i, myself am probably the most impatient human being that ever set foot on this earth haha and then there were my Mental Game Problems... Boy o Boy. I had zero Control over my Emotions but for that i had an Ego that was bigger than the Eiffel Tower haha

Im so lucky to have discovered Poker! And im so lucky that i gathered all that Knowledge about myself for quite a cheap price (i lost like 5k€ on the Tables in 2020).
I mean honestly, how will you ever develop as a human being, if you are not even aware of your faults?
Im pretty sure you can make career with those flaws undetected but you will never make it to the Top in any Business. Theres a reason Companies pay thousands of Dollars to "Coaches" that train their Leaders in overpriced "Management Seminars". (Matter of fact, i know that firsthand as i actually got the chance to visit such a "Leadership" Seminar last year).

Life is all about motion. If you stand-still you loose. We are given so much time - besides work and family-time (obviously) - to spend for useful things. Why do we waste this precious time then on TikTok and YouTube, doing nothing than watching pointless Videos from People we dont even know, nor care about??

The Inner-Fire i had with Poker, went out somewhere between my 2nd and 3rd Semester. Life got in the way. Met new People and my former Girlfriend... And all those Exams i had to study for... There was no time for Poker anymore. - better sayed: i didnt want to make time for Poker.
Every here and then i tried to come back to Poker (this thread was supposed to be a motivating "thing" to get me back/commited to Poker) but it didnt feel like before.

Sunk-costs is an investment already made, that cant be recovered. A long time i thought about Poker about being my sunk-costs. "All this time wasted!".
But i know better now. Poker never been Sunk-costs in my life! Through Poker i learned to learn, especially to learn "smart". I learned to handle my emotions better (i spend quite some time on my Mental Game in 2022-2023) and i learned the destructive power of a big Ego... All things that can be very costly to learn in Business.


Why am i even writing this "book-like" Blog Update?
- Well, i was reading Napoleon's Hill Bestseller "Think and Grow Rich", "Outwitting the Devil" and currently reading "Masterkey to Riches". Can't help myself. I love his way of writing + his message. And even though Napoleon is already 54 years dead, his Philosophie remains timeless.
He writes about a "Definate purpose". A burning desire for a task. And i can relate to that. I had that burning desire for Poker back a few years ago.
I thought a lot about his Words and how do i continue with my life. And eventually reached the Conclusion, that Poker is not the way to go.
Im also convinced that i will find my "definate purpose" on my way forward. I just have to create new Options & get in touch with successful people and one day something will pop up that gives me a new burning desire.

Also the "Master Mind Principle" is something that i heard a lot in context with Poker / Mindset. Where one Guy on his own can never be as succesful as a group of dedicated People.
So to you the reader: If you are succesful in some part of life - and you want to learn of Poker Strategy or Knowledge i have gathered throughout my years - maybe we should connect?
I mean honestly, it takes a few more braincells than the average man to actively learn about Poker and even more to visit a Poker Strategy Forum, so its safe for me to assume that this Post will gather the attention of a few Successful Human beings. If you feel that way too, my Discord User is: z0ck3r.


Hope i could kept you guys entertained for a couple of minutes.

Have a great one, See y'all!