I decided to play two tournaments in stars alongside with partypoker. I did an epic misclick because the hotkeys of all in and check is near on the mouse. Pretty much this hand sums up my experience in pokerstars. Just a casual flopped flush over flopped flush made in jokerstars







Turn: (17,679) A (3 players, 3 are all-in)
River: (17,679) 6 (3 players, 3 are all-in)

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A couple hands later busted KK into Aqs. At that point I dont even want to open the site anymore. Pretty sure I will move main action in partypoker and 888 and chase only the series in stars

I am trying to focus on the positive which is that from -1.87 I am up to +1 ev bb in just 11 days (even though i had some massive giveaways with 80bb+)

abi 153$



Ton of work to do but I think I will be where I want within two months if I keep the same pace of learning progress

Can you explain the evbb chip graph thing? What does it mean in terms of MTTs?

Also pretty bad to move action from jokerstars just because you're running bad distro wise. It easily is the best software and has some of the best games.

Pads posted a pretty decent bb/100 indicator, someone can find it and post. Something like from 5bb and up you should be a solid winner in the games you play (assuming icm skilled etc) 7-9bb one of the better regs in your games and 9bb+/100 move up for sure. It is really hard to know for sure though in mtts, with all the diff stacksizes and other factors in play and I doubt OP's bb/100 goals over what is gonna be 150k hands should be a deciding factor. GL

Ev bb at different stack sizes matters a lot. It is much more important than overall ev bb winrate, but what ev bb really worth in the long run?

I really enjoy these updates belt and the fact that u are going enginezzz full on @ this!

Keep updating amigo. Crushaments not too far way!

Vamooo!!

Yesterday it was the first time in a long time I felt really tilted. Last time I felt that way, I was in Vegas where dealer made a horrendous mistake. KK hand gave me a massive tilt and I needed 20-30 minutes before I start thinking clear again










Anyway. First month is over. Even though I had some brutal beats I managed to increase my winrate which is the most important at the moment. I started the thread with goal to reach 3bb until end of February and I am nearly there, end of January






Unfortunately I still have unknown spots at 30-40-50bb which is where I am focussed at the moment and I keep bleeding bbs at 80bb+ mainly by stacking off very light preflop. Quite happy with abi 148$. I am planning drop lower stakes 55$ and add more 500$ which should boost my abi quite a bit. Pretty happy how fast I am learning new concepts at different blind levels but I do think I am quite unbalanced in my personal life. Not enough time to do things I like but I am planning to change this as fast as possible

The last few days I am trying one meal a day and intermittent fasting all the other day which is pretty sick. I was sceptical in the beginning but after two days I am loving it. Inspiration was the video bellow



I need to start working out asap but my schedule is very unstable. Moreover I am having second thoughts about partypoker because I read so many posts about low security standards which is the most important for myself

February goal is to reach 3 ev bb total at same or higher abi as now

Alexis to UTD <3 a good attacking midfielder and left back and UTD will be wordclass again. Personally not a fan of Lukaku but I think people are too harsh against him. While I am writing this UTD conceded a goal in 10 secs fml. I do like Lingard. The guy seems like an amazing person and extremely hard working but I think UTD needs a person behind Lukaku like Ozil or Dybala/Griezmann. I would love to watch Mesut playing for Mourinho again. One my favourite footballers

Real Madrid is having the worst season of last 5 years so far. They are very unlucky this year. I dont remember when was the last time I watched a Real Madrid game and they didnt hit the post once or twice. Many many chances every game. Letting Morata leave without replacing him was a huge mistake aswell. They lost a bench player who is scoring frequently after 70th minute. Surely he isnt good enough for starting eleven but you have 12 points, at least, from the bench. Huge and costly mistake. They are trying to sign Icardi who will be astonishing in primera liga. I think 2.20 odds for Real Madrid to qualify against PSG is a betting opportunity and I may punt some money there

GL all

Pretty cool video, i might try few things, ty for posting.

Other than really needing that Dybala/Ozyl/Griezmann behind, I really have serious doubts that Lukaku is world class striker. I mean he might end in Everton again how this season is going. I guess he struggles with high expectations as he was crushing first few games when everyone was sceptic but he probably set the bar too high for himself. I mean this is now very repetative form by him, he only strives when nobody cares. Side note about football is that I started caring less about it since contracts and transfers went bananas, it's kind of no fun to me, but i have some FPL sidebets so I gotta go with PL

Lukaku is far from world class striker. He was a solid striker for Everton with great potential. Unfortunately the signs of laziness he showed in Everton remain the same. Mourinho's playing style doesnt help him either. I think it is the first time i am watching a Mourinho's team following this long ball playing style from the beginning of a game. I loved Mourinho because he used to create fast counter attacking teams which were playing really hard on defence

It is quite easy to man mark Lukaku because he cant dribble and he isnt flexible either. He really needs a player who either will feed him really well like Ozil or he will open space for him to get more clear shooting opportunities like Dybala. Personally i hate when i watch a footballer walking around and not pressing properly. This is the reason i dont like Lukaku neither Martial (who can become a beast)

Man Utd should have tried to sign Harry Kane. Lukaku is a exceptionally strong player but he just doesn't have the brain that a Kane, Suerez or Augero has.


Glad to see you're making progress with your poker transition though op. I'm sure you'll get there with your work ethic.

The strikers you mentioned are not only highly intelligent but they are extremely hard working. I dont remember any time watching Aguero/Kane/Suarez/Costa and thought ''oh they are so lazy'' These guys are beasts. I doubt Kane would join another english team. Definitely going to join Real Madrid. I doubt ManUtd wanted to spend that much money last year. They passed on Morata because Real Madrid were asking 90m. They chose an Everton striker instead of a striker with 3 Champions league finals, Primera liga and Serie A for 15m difference . They need at least 150m to buy Kane and i doubt they wanted to spend that much money last year. Neymar to PSG broke that 100m barrier and now the teams are going bananas. Leicester asking 100m for Mahrez now wtf

Horrible horrible start of the month. I am getting destroyed in stars. I feel like I am losing every single hand which is disgusting. The difference in winrate between pokerstars and partypoker is huge. On Pokerstars I am –2.74 and in Partypoker +9.28ev bb which is really worrying. Pokerstars has average ability factor 76 from the tournaments i play while party poker 82ish

It can be variance but i cant blame variance. It can be small sample but every sample is a sample

Seems like I am bleeding money at 80bb+ and I decided to load only at 80bb- as my plan to study these stack sizes is near end of February

80bb+



80bb-



Total pokerstars:



Total PP:



The graph difference is really huge. I do feel I am having extremely bad card distro in stars and some loose preflop plays at 80bb+ created this atrocity. I might focus the next days only in stars because my ego cant accept that I represent this graph. I will focus on sizes that I am currently studying. I do feel it is pointless to load 120bbs when I barely study any spot on these stack sizes

I feel like I did a huge step back today which is quite dissapointing

All sites



Some stars hands from today. Again not sure what is going on







































No mood to gif. Gotta study sleep repeat

i would say that KK is check turn 100%

+1

Also wouldn't be checking turn with K7

You are leaking then



Edit: even using tighter range, pio checks

I am using two software for multiway. I will let you know what i think when i analyse the spot

Leaking errrrrrrwhere.

KK

soft 1: betting turn 100% small size (i dont trust this one and barely use it just to have a second opinion)
soft 2: betting turn small size 40% checking 60%

K with no c is a check though

Hey mate 2 quick questions.
What versions of pio u have ?
Do u have std hours of study w pio / week ?
Thx

Hey amigo, just to share my opinion.

K7: check OTT seems pretty standard to me and cant fold river obv as well, despite the fact that villain's sizing looks growse.

KK: I cant say tha i am 100% comfortable with paired boards yet and thats one more reason for me to Cback OTT with KKc. I mean hes polaring and Ac completes many flop C-raises isnt it? (I guess he does it with 4x, gutshots/openenders (although maybe less often due to paired board), fd's right?)

Anyway just my thoughts.

Glgl February!

I spent around 4 hours studying when i wake up. Take 2 hours break to hang out with gf. Then loading and if i bust everything i study again until 0600. I am planning to hit the gym soon, my study time will decrease eventually. I am using pio for 90% of my calcs and some other stuff so i spent most of the day there

I am having the preflop version

Until i have pop reads on how they are playing on multiway pots i cant really deviate from what the two softwares are suggesting. I am trying to build a solid fundamental game and then start exploiting. thank you

Another toxic day. I am not sure if i am tilted or mentally drained. Tomorrow i will grind and take Monday off as i feel disgusted with my experience so far



















Hands were back to back to back. I cant wait to bust my last tournament and take the rest of the day off. I will do one more update tomorrow and then i will follow a weekly update/goal but i cant really think clear atm. Quite sad and i am having very dark thoughts. Definitely time to take a day completely off but cant skip Sunday unfortunately

gl with goals man

what are your must read books ?

Im surprised to see how much you are getting triggered to those bad runouts and bad beats. You are playing so high and you should alreeady know well poker variance out there. Some things you can change, some thinge you cant and its useless to let them affect you.
One excersise might help so before session try to imagine all the bad beats that can happen, try imagine all the people suck out on you in the worst manner. Prepare yourself mentally for the worst possible outcome and make your brain easier when they come as they will come.

Yes, you are mentally drained and tilted. Hope this makes some sense, wish you gl and all th best!

Agree with this. Although it says a lot about your raw poker ability op that you can get tilted so easily and yet you're playing highstakes MTTs

Thank you

The Science of Being Lucky: How to Engineer Good Fortune, Consistently Catch Lucky Breaks, and Live a Charmed Life by Peter Hollins

Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill

I think both are must read. I have marked around 30 books i would like to read. Currently reading Achieve Anything In Just One Year: Be Inspired Daily to Live Your Dreams and Accomplish Your Goals by Jason Harvey which seems really promising


Posting hands is a way i use to release the tention which works. I am back grinding and studying everyday. I do feel tilted but rarely if ever has negative impact in my decisions

Thank you very much for the advice. I will give it a shot and i will let you know how i feel

Lol dude. I made half mil playing high stakes sngs while running near 200k under ev. I am playing MTTs for one month without prior experience and i have 2.25ev bb/100 while running bellow ev



The stages i am currently studying are 0-60bb in which i have 4.4 ev bb



All these at 146$ abi. Apparently my tilt >>>> most people A game. I assume it does say a lot about my raw poker ability