Ambitious Aquarius | 100k Challenge
02-14-2018
, 04:22 PM
Gotta start by playing 32o 
you like A5o as a raise on B?
Hero flashed 2s
__________
I've had a busy month so far as I have been buried in school work and grinding poker in my free time. I've also been watching Peaky Blinders on netflix and so far so good! Had a midterm this week already, and have another one friday + another assignment. Monday went okayish, so cannot really complain too much. Rewarded myself with a live sesh Monday night that ended abruptly due to standard coolers essentially. Came back Tuesday night and vindicated my loss. Now until Friday night, I will be grinding school work so that I can enjoy a nice chill weekend!
Another hand of note.
Hero opens 10s10c from utg to 20, next to act older man flats, folds to BB who is mainly an older guy who plays tournaments but will mix it up in cash here and there.
Next to act has ~400
BB has ~750
Hero covers
Flop (62) 874ss. BB checks, Hero bets 35, old guy flats, now BB makes it 225. Hero?
Hero flashed 2s
__________
I've had a busy month so far as I have been buried in school work and grinding poker in my free time. I've also been watching Peaky Blinders on netflix and so far so good! Had a midterm this week already, and have another one friday + another assignment. Monday went okayish, so cannot really complain too much. Rewarded myself with a live sesh Monday night that ended abruptly due to standard coolers essentially. Came back Tuesday night and vindicated my loss. Now until Friday night, I will be grinding school work so that I can enjoy a nice chill weekend!
Another hand of note.
Hero opens 10s10c from utg to 20, next to act older man flats, folds to BB who is mainly an older guy who plays tournaments but will mix it up in cash here and there.
Next to act has ~400
BB has ~750
Hero covers
Flop (62) 874ss. BB checks, Hero bets 35, old guy flats, now BB makes it 225. Hero?
02-14-2018
, 05:52 PM
A5o definitely a limp OTB. A raise incurs RIO and folding is a no no in live, where passing up on equity at a clip of 25 hands an hour is blasphemy.
Quote:
Hero opens 10s10c from utg to 20, next to act older man flats, folds to BB who is mainly an older guy who plays tournaments but will mix it up in cash here and there.
Next to act has ~400
BB has ~750
Hero covers
Flop (62) 874ss. BB checks, Hero bets 35, old guy flats, now BB makes it 225. Hero?
Next to act has ~400
BB has ~750
Hero covers
Flop (62) 874ss. BB checks, Hero bets 35, old guy flats, now BB makes it 225. Hero?
I would bet 45$ on the flop, but no biggie ; as far as the raise goes, when it is close, I always fall back to blockers. Holding the 10
here is pretty terrible insofar as blocking some of his draws and thus becomes, alas 
, a fold, imho.
02-14-2018
, 05:59 PM
Quote:
Gotta start by playing 32o
you like A5o as a raise on B?
Hero flashed 2s
__________
I've had a busy month so far as I have been buried in school work and grinding poker in my free time. I've also been watching Peaky Blinders on netflix and so far so good! Had a midterm this week already, and have another one friday + another assignment. Monday went okayish, so cannot really complain too much. Rewarded myself with a live sesh Monday night that ended abruptly due to standard coolers essentially. Came back Tuesday night and vindicated my loss. Now until Friday night, I will be grinding school work so that I can enjoy a nice chill weekend!
Another hand of note.
Hero opens 10s10c from utg to 20, next to act older man flats, folds to BB who is mainly an older guy who plays tournaments but will mix it up in cash here and there.
Next to act has ~400
BB has ~750
Hero covers
Flop (62) 874ss. BB checks, Hero bets 35, old guy flats, now BB makes it 225. Hero?
you like A5o as a raise on B?
Hero flashed 2s
__________
I've had a busy month so far as I have been buried in school work and grinding poker in my free time. I've also been watching Peaky Blinders on netflix and so far so good! Had a midterm this week already, and have another one friday + another assignment. Monday went okayish, so cannot really complain too much. Rewarded myself with a live sesh Monday night that ended abruptly due to standard coolers essentially. Came back Tuesday night and vindicated my loss. Now until Friday night, I will be grinding school work so that I can enjoy a nice chill weekend!
Another hand of note.
Hero opens 10s10c from utg to 20, next to act older man flats, folds to BB who is mainly an older guy who plays tournaments but will mix it up in cash here and there.
Next to act has ~400
BB has ~750
Hero covers
Flop (62) 874ss. BB checks, Hero bets 35, old guy flats, now BB makes it 225. Hero?
02-14-2018
, 06:49 PM
Quote:
A5o definitely a limp OTB. A raise incurs RIO and folding is a no no in live, where passing up on equity at a clip of 25 hands an hour is blasphemy.
I would bet 45$ on the flop, but no biggie ; as far as the raise goes, when it is close, I always fall back to blockers. Holding the 10 here is pretty terrible insofar as blocking some of his draws and thus becomes, alas , a fold, imho.
I would bet 45$ on the flop, but no biggie ; as far as the raise goes, when it is close, I always fall back to blockers. Holding the 10
here is pretty terrible insofar as blocking some of his draws and thus becomes, alas , a fold, imho.
I specifically mentioned 10s for that reason because earlier on I had seen villain play a pair and flush draw aggressively but given my exact hand I block a lot of potential combo draws.
Essentially, given him being in the BB I folded, the other guy called. Turn was 10h lol, they got it in for another 200 or whatever it was, river was 9x. BB showed K8cc...other guy mucked I was like jfc
02-27-2018
, 03:31 PM
Online this month went decently well. I really felt tuned in to my decision making process and have been making proper adjustments. There was absolutely zero tilt in my game whatsoever. There was one sesh where I was getting run over, I made one questionable play against my better judgement and it didn’t work out so I cut the cord on the sesh. I’ve developed solid mental game and discipline over the years and am rather proud.
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
✫ 60$ Hypers ✫
Finally caught some heat in these. In the past, they have not gone too well, but my game is very good right now and running well never hurts either.
✫ 120$ Hypers ✫
These were mostly vs some weak regs who were annoying me at 60s and I have an edge vs them so decided to play them at 120s and punish them.
✫ All Hypers ✫
Decent number of these games were vs regs/weak regs. Overall volume is actually decent considering how many other things I had going on this month.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[x] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 3195$
Rakeback: 162$
Total Profit: 3357$
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Challenge: 47029$
✪ Live Poker ✪
However, live is a different animal and I find myself unravelling much too easily. I find myself being one of those miserable pricks I hate playing with at times - cursing under my breath, berating players, rolling my eyes, tilting/spewing, not quitting when I should, and adopting the “if I’m beat I’m beat.” No. That is not how I have ever approached poker and hate that it has come to that. I’ve always said **** it, I’ll make the right play regardless of what others may think. Although, I have been finding myself trying to justify plays to myself and others. My mental game for live is terrible at the minute, simply atrocious.
It’s one thing to be tilted online and snap close sesh, but being tilted live and having to physically leave or drive home just seems so wasteful. It needs to be done though. It reminds me of something I heard a while back with regards to changing bad habits and how someone should start working out. The person said, even if you just drive to the gym and don’t work out. That’s fine. That’s already a bigger step than you took yesterday. That has always resonated with me. Perhaps it seems as though I have been too idealistic and not pragmatic enough. Well I’ve had enough.
This month went well to begin and then I just tilted away stacks and made terrible plays as well as put myself in bad spots. In part, it’s due to my desensitivity to money, my forever unsatisfied ego, and my competitive nature to try and win every pot. Discipline and rational thought need to balance it out. That has not been the case for the latter half of the month. With that said, I’ll chalk this month up as a wash for live (even though I profited after all was said and done). I plan on downloading/buying a new app Poker Analytics 4 to keep track of all my live data. Therefore, March will mark a starting point for my live tracking - yet again. I hope to conquer as well as correct my mental leaks moving forward. If that means snap leaving a sesh or talking a walk, it will be implemented.
March should be another relatively busy month for me as I do actually have five classes to finish off. So far, I have stayed on top of them and the reason for this early update on the month is because I have dedicated this week to school work and am taking it off from poker (at least until Thursday). The life grind continues!
Thanks,
Elliott
Last edited by Everest17; 02-27-2018 at 03:37 PM.
03-27-2018
, 12:48 AM
Been a while since I last updated. Essentially, live poker took a bit of a backseat recently. Ran badly in the few times I did play, but no serious volume so likely won't even update live this month. Although, planning on playing live a lot after I graduate, so will likely create new challenge at least for live.
School wise been an absolute grind! Still not closed it out, but today was good completed an entire assignment start to finish. Now have a couple long essays to write :/ and a bunch of small things for the semester until my 5 finals lol. All good though, can see the light at the end of the tunnel and plan on finishing strong!
Health wise, cleaned up nutrition as of late and been working on getting physical activity in. Still rather cold here considering it's officially Spring, but will not hinder me too much. Pretty satisfied with this. Also gave up drinking after St. Patties day weekend until I graduate so that's a solid 6 weeks sober for me which should help.
Poker I've been mainly playing online as it's more convenient with my current schedule. It's been going well, although one fishy player has absolute sunrun me to death as of recently. Pretty painful one too, pretty crazy. I just hope he stays around long enough for it to turn around! Anyways, will do a proper online update at the end of the month, but here's the graph from sunrunning fish lol.
School wise been an absolute grind! Still not closed it out, but today was good completed an entire assignment start to finish. Now have a couple long essays to write :/ and a bunch of small things for the semester until my 5 finals lol. All good though, can see the light at the end of the tunnel and plan on finishing strong!
Health wise, cleaned up nutrition as of late and been working on getting physical activity in. Still rather cold here considering it's officially Spring, but will not hinder me too much. Pretty satisfied with this. Also gave up drinking after St. Patties day weekend until I graduate so that's a solid 6 weeks sober for me which should help.
Poker I've been mainly playing online as it's more convenient with my current schedule. It's been going well, although one fishy player has absolute sunrun me to death as of recently. Pretty painful one too, pretty crazy. I just hope he stays around long enough for it to turn around! Anyways, will do a proper online update at the end of the month, but here's the graph from sunrunning fish lol.
04-01-2018
, 03:23 PM
Another month in the books. This month was essentially split in two for me. The first half of the month I basically played a few live seshs and focused on a lot of school work. As for live, I am not even going to update about that or set any goals until I start playing that with a good mindset and proper volume. I also did a fair amount of drinking and continued with unhealthy ways. Then after St. Patrick's Day, I turned it around. The focus was still on school, but rather I decided to go sober until May. For the most part, the poker that I did play was online. I also cleaned up my diet and mixed in more physical activity. Still working on that and now I got hit with a minor set back as I tweaked my hamstring playing rec league soccer ffs. Anyways, the timing is not horrible as I still have loads of school work to do. First, I will update with the poker and then I'll recap/discuss ideas moving forward.
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
✫ 60$ Hypers ✫
✫ 120$ Hypers ✫
This was just pure heat. Once you win the first ones, might as well continue and push your luck! Will continue these when possible.
✫ All Hypers ✫
Have a few things to say. Firstly, a lot of these games were actually vs regs. Had one fish sunrun me to death over 100ish games and have negative EV but +1300 actual or something. Given my sunrun heater month, that's not a big deal though! Clearly, ran really well and played well. Honestly feel like my game has improved and am taking different lines, thinking out some spots better. Although, at times it gets annoying battling some stubborn regs who I am +EV against, but they are just willing to lose money to me in order to keep me out of the lobbies basically. Right now, I do not have that much time to focus on battling, so it will have to wait. This might be my best month of hypers yet actually, as my avg bi was up and I ran hot while putting in decent volume all things considered. Definitely need to work on playing fewer tables at times and concentrating more on spots.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[x] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 5982$
Rakeback: 339$
Total Profit: 6321$
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Challenge: 53350$
The first thing that needs to be pointed out is that I have officially crossed the 50% mark of this challenge! As frustrated as I get sometimes, it is important to look at the bigger picture and realize how much progress I have made. As much as I'd like to start a new thread once I graduate, I strongly dislike the idea of abandoning this before I complete my goal.
It's looking like I will be 100% finished all of my finals and graduated by May. It is pretty thrilling to think about. It feels as though I am beginning a new chapter of my life. I will definitely create a long post touching on many things in another month. As for April, I do not know how much poker will be played as I have a few small assignments, two long essays, and five finals to prepare for/write. I've come this far and need to make sure that I finish strong!
Best,
Elliott
04-01-2018
, 04:26 PM
Congrats on your school goals friend, it must be SUCH a relief to be almost at the end goal 
I remember my Uni days and that feeling of having that weight lifted at the end of each semester, let alone graduation!!!
Planning on playing the Party Millions at all, or cash games, perhaps?
I remember my Uni days and that feeling of having that weight lifted at the end of each semester, let alone graduation!!!Planning on playing the Party Millions at all, or cash games, perhaps?
04-01-2018
, 06:34 PM
Thanks man, depends how much volume I can squeeze in!
Really is a weight-lifting feeling. A culmination of hard work coming to a close. I'm pretty rattled that the Party Millions coincides with all my exams and work that I have to hand in. Therefore, I think I'm going to have to miss out on most of it! Super brutal. Are you going to be playing?
Thanks! I do not know, I think this challenge I have not had a losing month yet actually.
Quote:
Congrats on your school goals friend, it must be SUCH a relief to be almost at the end goal I remember my Uni days and that feeling of having that weight lifted at the end of each semester, let alone graduation!!!
Planning on playing the Party Millions at all, or cash games, perhaps?
I remember my Uni days and that feeling of having that weight lifted at the end of each semester, let alone graduation!!!Planning on playing the Party Millions at all, or cash games, perhaps?
Thanks! I do not know, I think this challenge I have not had a losing month yet actually.
04-04-2018
, 11:53 PM
Yeah, I booked my flight for April 22, just in time to fire a bullet on Day 1A. Will probably limit myself to 2 bullets though. Will also grind a couple nights of 5-10 and 10-20, albeit I heard rumour that the latter has a rake capped at 75$... know anything about the rake in 10-20? GL with your April grind
04-05-2018
, 12:01 AM
Quote:
Yeah, I booked my flight for April 22, just in time to fire a bullet on Day 1A. Will probably limit myself to 2 bullets though. Will also grind a couple nights of 5-10 and 10-20, albeit I heard rumour that the latter has a rake capped at 75$... know anything about the rake in 10-20? GL with your April grind
I don't know very much about the 5/10 rake as it does not run very often. I'll be following your thread for updates when you grind in mtl!
04-30-2018
, 07:47 PM
All things considered, it was a pretty hectic month! I will cut to the point, I did not play live poker, did not party or drink, engaged in virtually no physical activity, and ate terribly. All of this because I was focusing extremely hard on finishing my undergraduate degree. I feel confident and comfortable with the effort levels I put in and expect the grades to mirror that effort. Now, we wait. Yes, I did play some online in my free time and it was essentially a wash. At one point, I was down ~400 and changed some action to another site because I was determined not to have a losing month. I fully expected this month to play out as it did due to my sun-running in March. It is what it is.
✫ 22$ Hypers ✫
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
✫ 60$ Hypers ✫
✫ All Hypers ✫
Decent amount of this action is actually vs bots, regs and weak regs. There also a handful of 120s in the mtd graph, which is why it will not add up perfectly. I did not bother posting a graph for that because I played fewer than 10 games and lost something like 18$.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[x] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 51$
Rakeback: 190$
Total Profit: 241$
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Challenge: 53591$
[x] rakeback grinder
Haha, in all seriousness, I am glad not to have lost this month because there were factors outside of my control with regards to volume and I also did not have that much time either. Honestly, the sheer volume is pretty decent considering how busy I was during the month. Although, the quality of the games was not great. Just going to chalk it up as a wash and move on.
Now that I have lots of free time and no serious obligations, I will be able to reflect and come up with my next move. I really want to set some new goals and discuss future plans, but I will save those for different posts. For now, I am excited and relieved and will take it semi-easy for at least another week.
Thanks for reading,
Elliott
05-02-2018
, 06:16 PM