Bit of a brain dead day, couldnt really maintain focus and made a couple of marginal call downs where I should of folded. Decided to put in more study and only 2h of poker.



Bait



Nearly two months since i started the thread with 400 at 25nl, now at 4k and 100nl. Setting some big goals for next year.

Wow man, you just print money - superb stuff! All the best.

Absolute boss, next stop to the moon.

What were some of the biggest leaks you had while moving up?

@Zen - My leaks? i have plenty haha

Thanks bro! glgl

A game today, 4h pokers 2h off the tables work. Lost a few pots toward the end while closing tables vs the recs.



solid bet sizing by reg



one of my favourite ps regs





gl this coming week bros!

Played my B game today for this first time in a while. Peeled a couple 3bets and 4bets a little too wide and spewed a bit.

5h grind 1h work











whale, still not using any software for bwin and clicking bet sizes sometimes when timebank goes



tight reg



tilty river vs meh reg





gl

Only got in 90mins today due to real life things to do. Put in an hour of warm up too.



reg





gl

What's your warm up?

Something to get my brain into gear, either going over notes + hh or a video.

Nice to see you doing so well dude!
Soon you will be batling otb and linus if you keep crushing like you are.

Ps: Bwin is the same as partypoker right? just another skin?

Thanks bro, how you doing? Yeah its the same pool as party just barely any RB, cant play party from where I am. Always find it strange playing there as the player pool plays so differently, I understand the stars regs games a lot better. But games are definitely good too.

Got messy today, lost about 400 on party to absolute whales and ran over some regs on ps. Maintained a solid A game though even tho it was frustrating.



regfish



reg, think he missed a good river jam if hes gona play it like that



ok



reg trying to make adjustments (not the best way to counter), exploiting the re-exploit





glgl

In, gl!

Lol @ that K3 hand.

In, good luck OP!

Thanks bros!

Just had my worst day, got coolered a ton. Maintained a solid B+ game considering how things were going. Heading out tonight so its an early wrap up.



vs regfish



whale



aggro 3 handed game



whale



same whale



threads def needs saving now



glgl

Only put in a couple hours 3 tabling today due quite a bad hangover. Could feel that I was missing some spots so I took the rest of the day off to chill. Hadnt been drinking for a while and it hit me pretty hard. Was a cool xmas party tho at one of the nicest restaurants in the city.

2h poker, 1h study



Biggest pot






gl brahs lets finish year strong

Played A game today, dealt with a bit of crap earlier in the first session but then managed to even bink an AK v KK. 4h poker 2h study. Picked up a few xmas things for the family which included some Hennessy among other things haha.



Since moving to 100nl, 95% ps 5% party/bwin. Left Bwin for now, i get enough good tables on ps.



No iso here since BB also rec type



regular rec



Keeping with the saver tradition



gl

QTo hand is sick XD epic thread keep up the crushing

Yeah had quite a few hands like that lately, thanks bro


Very frustrating day, games very super soft most of the day tons of fish. Kept getting it in good and losing and nits kept binking lots of mid sized pots.

3.5h poker



nut whale



Heading to see family for xmas eve celebrations, happy holidays bro's.

Took yesterday off for Christmas and pretty much all of today. Also had to cash out 300euro to buy some things.

Sick volume today, hoping to close the month strong. Been break evenish for a week now. Really want to make a 200nl push in Jan.




glgl

B game today, 6.5h poker and 2h study. Breakeven stretch still going unfortunately. Although kind of glad to pull back today after how it started.




got em



2x pot river, got em



Lost like 10 spots of this



and these



biggest chest so far lol



gl

1h warm up and 2h morning session, A game. Heading to a party which is starting at 2pm with some chics, apparently goes through till the morning but I have my doubts ill last that long haha.



This kind of got to me for a couple min after the past week but brushed it off quickly.

nut whale



similar nut whale, decided to deviate from my normal strat and x/r flop vs him, lol fail



nut whale again, standard



I only beat the regs






glgl

threadsavers have been on point. gl op.

Thanks bro, glad youre enjoying them

Incoming tldr.

A 2017 reflection and 2018 goals.

Sup bros, since 2018 is around the corner iv been doing a lot of thinking these past day reflecting back on my year of poker, and of course setting goals for 2018. Iv learned a lot through experimenting this year and iv had a bit of success and a lot failures along the way. Well, I was at a breaking point 3-4 months ago before starting this PGC with a small roll left after cashing out too much to support myself and I didnt study at all. I was stuck grinding
25-100nl on small networks chasing rakeback and bonuses to support myself. I continued to fail and go round in circles for a while. But it wasnt the productive type of failure where you experiment - fail and try something new again. It was that same dumb **** over and over that wasnt doing anything good for me mentally or my game technically. Until one day, I think it was about a week before I made this thread, I gave it all up. I was at my worst with frustration. All of what I thought I knew about the game, my perspectives, everything I was either going to quit or do something radically different and quitting wasnt an option for me. Im a persistent fuker.

I took a week off researching what direction I was going to take. I promised myself I would never mass table for rakeback ever again and that I would study every single day. I found this video on youtube with a quote which really stuck and I still listen to everyday. "To get something you never had, you gotta do something you never did". I decided to start playing on PS and instantly mailed support to table restrict me to 5 tables. 4 + 1 for when a table breaks or I see a good rec and switch them. I found some content which really got me going in a certain direction and applied myself to quite an extreme level, something which I hadnt done before. I made this thread for accountability purposes and to a degree it also helps me stay focused.
Since I made this thread I have radically overhauled my game, started with $400 at 25nl beat it for 18bb, moved up to 50nl beat it for 8bb and im now 10bb at 100nl so far. My plan is to keep pushing forward intelligently and with extreme discpline with regards to study. I am excited for what 2018 is going to bring. I feel confident and very competitive and will keep moving forward with my technical game. I have also thought for a while about applying for CFP or a coach. Even though im happy with what im doing alone, I would really like to build a network and accelerate my learning. Quite a few of the blogs I read of the guys who play higher with success seem to have either got coaching or completed a CFP. So I decided to send in an application for a CFP and if I do get accepted my goals will slightly change, but not drastically.

2018 Poker Goals:

-2 hours of study per day and 4.5 hours of poker per day - this is the right balance for me. I have kept a diary and more play combined with study burns me out and forces me to rest more days.
-5/10 reg by December.
-1 full day off poker per week and one half day, basically 1.5 days off per week. Probably Monday off and Thursday a half day.
-Aggressively shot take and learn to embrace the variance that comes with playing higher.
-Jan/Feb upgrade laptop so I can buy PIO and some other bits and pieces I want.
-Stay humble, accept failures along the way and never stop experimenting with strategy development.

Since thread started:





Gl to everyone closing out this year and a big 2018!

Care to elaborate on your poker studies ?

What things to do go over ? , certain spots, opponents etc ?

Good luck in 2018 .. seem to be on the right track going by results !

Great thread, very inspiring! Can you say something more about that content you found? Also what would you suggest yourself if you would start again beating nl25. Keep it up man gl!