2014-10-31 (Friday)
October results review
Like said before this month was pretty low volume, here are the results regardless.
Dorrar:
bb's:
Stakes:
Not the best month, but what can you do. For the most part i did 16 table FR.
I did notice however one trend from such losing months in my approach to poker. When i lose a bigger sum i tend to always move down and rebuild (also i lose confidence in my approach). For example i lost this month 1k - then i move down to 50nl and regrind it, which takes approx a month maybe. Then i climb back to higher stakes - lose again and here we go again... That's why my BR is pretty much stable the last year.
The situation with my full time job
So my vacation ended and i started working again this week. The positive thing is i see some small changes regarding my work. One coworker did quit his job in Lithuania, so now i am more responsible working with the Lithuanian market from Germany. Also the chefs realized that i am not suited to be a production manager because of my personality and young age, finally lol
So they try to find me a better place for now. It's good that i am working with the Lithuanian market now, but it's very small compared to Ukraine, Belarus or Russia. So the logical step is to learn Russian and enter in those markets, then i can start printing money at work, will need to work towards this.
So for now i will start my job at 7.30 and be done at 16.30. I will still work 40 hours/week.
Time management
I need to fit these things in my schedule:
- 40h at job
- 4x at gym
- Learn Russian
- Poker
- Improve my game
Monday
- 4.30 Wake up
- 4.30-6.30 1 Session
- 7.30-16.30 Job
- 18.00-20.00 2 Session
- 21.00 Go to sleep
Tuesday- 4.30 Wake up
- 4.30-6.30 1 Session
- 7.30-16.30 Job
- 18.00-20.00 2 Session
- 21.00 Go to sleep
Wednesday
- 4.30 Wake up
- 4.30-6.30 Improve my game
- 7.30-16.30 Job
- 17.00 Gym
- 21.00 Go to sleep
Thursday- 4.30 Wake up
- 4.30-6.30 Improve my game
- 7.30-16.30 Job
- 17.00 Gym
- 21.00 Go to sleep
Friday
- 4.30 Wake up
- 4.30-6.30 1 Session
- 7.30-16.30 Job
- 18.00-20.00 2 Session
- 21.00 Go to sleep
Saturday
Sunday
- Wake up
- 1 Session
- 2 Session
- Gym
- 3 Session
- Game improve or relax
- Go to sleep
I will try to surround myself with the Russian language as much as possible with music, audio books, reading at work when i don't have anything to do.
So for now i will stick to this schedule. The trick is how to enjoy this kind of grind, but i will figure something out
Approach to poker while working full time
After carefully thinking about my situation i decided to loosen up my BRM, because i don't have to rely on poker to cover my living expenses and i don't have any dept, so i can naturally risk more.
My main game will be 4-6 tables 6max.
My main goal is to enter the midstakes (200-600nl) in the year 2015
Sometimes i will grind FR also. After the rake increase in HU @stars i lost a bit interest in pursuing this format for now.
On workdays Session 1 will be when my mind is fresh and i can concentrate pretty good. Session 2 will be after work, then i am more tired, but the games are better. I will also experiment grinding with some trance mixes in Session 2 and see how it effects my performance compared to Session 1.
For now that's all i think. I will update the results in the middle of the month and at the end, that way it will be more interesting to follow this thread