The funny thing is it you seriously dedicated yourself to poker, within a year you could be making a living from it at decent stakes and basically living the life of most people’s dreams, doing what you want, when you want. Saying “time is precious” is an lol excuse as you will be sacrificing considerably more time in basically any other job you end up doing.

I’m not saying this is you (i haven’t read your posts) but the most familiar trope on all of 2+2 is people who couldn’t cut it as a poker professional giving reasons why they can’t do what it takes to succeed at it

Great post

Pssst what does this guy know?

Poker is dead dude. Haven’t you heard?

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Makes sense. I think you should set realistic goals. Someone new to golf doesn't expect to get a PGA tour card right out of the gate. You can study as much as you want, but if you're never applying it practically, you won't actually learn it.

If you like studying poker, then just play it like a video game. Keep score with your winrate. I'd suggest changing your tracking software to bb, and if your site supports it, change it to bb instead of $.

If you want to be a hobbyist, playing micros is a nice place to play and get some enjoyment out of it, like any hobby. If you later want to be a semi-pro, those skills will carry through. If not, you still have an enjoyable hobby. Either way, it isn't a waste of time.

There's a lot of mental game issues that you can only overcome after you've experienced them. Better to get those out of the way when you have $25 on the line and not $500.

You may be underestimating just how difficult it is to play small stakes and be a winner.

Here's the latest:

On the work front, I have been working a lot and been busy, so not able to put in as much volume as I like on the road. I have been playing as much as possible. Still, the results have been good.

Here's my total Ignition graph:



Here's my August stats:




Really working on ramping up the aggression in some spots and toning it down in others. I was really punting away a lot of stacks early on. I think a lot of it had to do with running really bad and then not compensating with it well. I am still not running at full EV, but running reasonably well. I can't complain.

When you get all of your lines in the positive, it really makes it where you can take a few bad beats and not really feel it, because you are winning on all fronts.

Last month was really disappointing, because I put in a ton of volume and time, essentially playing full time, and not getting the results I want. This month, I am playing part time and crushing. Go figure.

It’s because both samples are meaningless sizes. People hate hearing this but I can’t tell you how important it is to fully come to terms with variance in poker.

Even 100k hand samples can vary greatly depending on your distribution. Once you start to get to 2-300k hands you’ll start to have an idea of how you’re doing overall. But don’t get too wrapped up in these smaller samples, just focus on playing well. I remember reading in your thread a few months ago how blasted you felt after having some ‘ridiculous stretch’ of variance when you lost 5 buyins in 45 minutes. Over time, depending on how many tables you play, you will get really accustomed to stuff like this.

It’s not to look down upon your results at all, you seem to have a good head for this all and will no doubt succeed if you keep at it. But just remember, you will inevitably have a month where you will have lost 32 buyins in 22k hands rather than won it.

There’s nothing wrong with being excited about results, but make sure the focus is always on playing your best during your session. Master that and you will always be able to study enough to find an edge in poker.

**fwiw you are spot on with what you say about your redline making your overall experience smoother because you will be less dependent on showdown distribution. You can run good/bad in redline as well but it will have much less fluctuation. For me, redline is very dependent upon how focused I am and how many tables I am playing. If you are slowing down with each decision and thinking about each spot, you will find more calls and bluffs, and your redline will automatically improve.

GL

Thanks bud. I totally agree that it's a small sample. I just think it's funny that the amount of work you put in doesn't always directly correlate to the results at the table. It pays off long term, but not always directly. I've obviously made a few good changes in my last set of hands and have been more focused with less volume.

I have no doubt that I am a winner in these games, but my winrate will take a while to converge.

Made a new video on SB vs BB in SRP and strategy simplification.

Went on a bit of a downswing/correction at the end of the month, but have already started off September well.


August:




The 200z games have been really fun. Lots of fun players and weird hands, but also lots of swings. This is due to you playing a strategy that you know is good vs the pool, but may be the absolute worst strategy vs the exact player you're up against. Hoping to be rolled for 500 regular tables by the end of the year.

Nice, glad to see that you're doing well! Gonna have a glance at your strat vids when I get a chance

Made another video. This is more for beginners, as I noticed GTO+ was my main search term in the analytics.

I hate online poker in USA. WSOP.com wasn't bad.