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I think so too.

week in review
It was an interesting week. In the first days I played poker well. I took up my time and thought deeply enaugh. Handreading was also fine. In the last 2 days I had to find a place for holiday. It took 2 days of my time, so I had no time for poker. Next week I will play like always.

In chess I try to fix a thought process when I play (1) mail games (2) 5 minute games and (3) at least 15 minute games. I will try my thought process next week and report about it in the next week. Have a relaxed weekend.

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chess position of the week
Its a strategic task. What are the plans for both players?

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learning goals: (1) take up time (2) analyse the hand
Im not very constant and disciplined. Next week I will start to write my playing time down again. I didnt take up enaugh time and was too lazy too think deeply. I will also try to implement an process where I pay attention permanently. More about this when I have a concept.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
How would you play the turn?

Winamax - €0.50 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): €54.78
SB: €34.57

SB posts SB €0.25, Hero posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has K T

SB calls €0.25, Hero raises to €2.50, SB calls €2.00

Flop: (€5.00, 2 players) 7 T Q
Hero bets €4.00, SB raises to €8.00, Hero calls €4.00

Turn: (€21.00, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, SB bets €10.50, Hero?

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[B]week in review[/B]
I had a week of thinking. First I played too fast and had to find the cause which was that I was angry on villain. So I had a hidden tilt which I try to eliminate next week. I will also add some visualisation exercises to improve in thinking in photos. I hope to get more reads and that I can remember faster than before.

In chess I will just focus on tactics and play some live games at the weekend. I will also improve my endgame and strategic skills. I also add the philodor opening to my chess opening knowledge.

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chess position of the week
Its a tactical task. Its from the same game like last week. White has to move.

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learning goal: take up time
The most important goal is take up time. So I will concentrate on this goal mainly. I also have some side goals like handreading at the river, analyse showdowns, pay attention to the betsizes and plan the hand. In the next days I will be on holiday so that I will blog again next week. I wish you gl at the tables and have fun with the wm.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
What is your plan for the turn (and why)?

Winamax - €0.50 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): €50.00
BB: €49.88

Hero posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has T T

Hero raises to €1.50, BB calls €1.00

Flop: (€3.00, 2 players) 6 4 8
BB bets €3.00, Hero raises to €9.00, BB calls €6.00

Turn: (€21.00, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero?

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week in review
In the last week I just had a few days for poker. I tried my best to improve and was satisfied. I also thought about improving my worsed part of the game. I think I should be focus on making desicions and trying to avoid bad thoughts which cause tilt. In the middle of the week I started my short holiday and feel relaxed now. I will start playing poker today.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) increase my attention (3) beeing more disciplined
I discovered that I have some tilt which lead to not reaching my goals. I think the main reason for getting on tilt is how you judge a situation. When you play a hand well and you are aware of it its not very likely that you get on tilt. Often I just see that I run well a lost a pot without evaluation the situation. I will try to eliminate this big leak.

How can I increase my attention? My biggest leak in the past that I didnt get enaugh sleep. So I get tired earlier I dont play my a game and the danger to get on tilt is much higher. So I will try to focus to get enaugh sleep every night. I have discipline but not on every field. Sometimes it happens that should switch off the computer but I watch a chess game or read something. That is not good and very productive. So I wll try to eliminate all 3 goals a keep records everyday.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
What is your turnplan?

Merge - $0.50 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 100 BB
SB: 86.18 BB (VPIP: 84.21, PFR: 5.26, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 39)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T T

SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, SB calls 4 BB

Flop: (10 BB, 2 players) 5 2 3
Hero bets 10 BB, SB calls 10 BB

Turn: (30 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero ?

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week in review
My week was ok. I try to focus to new goals to improve my game. I also discovered my main leak for beeing break even on nl50. I call sometimes too much. I will try to eliminate this leak. Next month I will try to beat my best month. I relaxed and are ready to attack.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) increase my attention (3) beeing more disciplined
To reduce the danger to get on tilt I add another method. I smile 1 minute when I run bad. I influence my feelings in a positive way. Try it and you will see that Im right. You can also use this method for privat things when you are upset. In the last 2 days I got about 1 hour less sleep than planned (watched the german game on monday). I also got just 1 hours distraction but that is ok for the beginning.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
How would you play the turn?

PokerStars - €2 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: €120.13
Hero (BB): €351.19

SB posts SB €1.00, Hero posts BB €2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €3.00) Hero has T T

SB raises to €4.00, Hero raises to €16.00, SB calls €12.00

Flop: (€32.00, 2 players) Q Q 6
Hero bets €18.00, SB calls €18.00

Turn: (€68.00, 2 players) J
Hero checks, SB bets €86.13 and is all-in, Hero ?

I would fold at the end. I personally think that villain had AK or made his flush, or hit queens from th flop.

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I think he could have float a lot of hands. Betting the turn is not good. So what is better (cc Turn or cf). I think cc is fine. Villain is a fish and they cant valuebet thin and with a weaker PP he would check.

week in review
I was not satisfied with the week. On almost every I had a great start and played fine. After some hours I was disctracted by some suck outs and got not concentrated enaugh and made some stupid mistakes by bad villain selection and some stupid calls. At the weekend I reread the book "Understand feelings and remove problems" and discovered that I dont apply (1) the ABC of the feeling and (2) the health thought enaugh and that I should repeat my visualisation exercises not just 1 times a day instead I should have done it at least 4 times a day. I will try to improve in these things and give a detailed report when I was successfull in following this goals.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
By making visualisation exercises Im much better in avoiding tilt. In this exercises I prepare by imagination of the situation. Im very satisfied with my progress. I will also try to take up more time in which I can constantly check my mental questions and of course my thought process. In the last weeks I also had some problems with villain selection so that I will focus on this goal.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
How do you react to the river cR?

PokerStars - €4 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: €387.54
Hero (SB): €400.00

Hero posts SB €2.00, BB posts BB €4.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €6.00) Hero has Q 2

Hero raises to €8.00, BB raises to €16.00, Hero calls €8.00

Flop: (€32.00, 2 players) Q 5 8
BB bets €28.00, Hero calls €28.00

Turn: (€88.00, 2 players) J
BB bets €44.00, Hero calls €44.00

River: (€176.00, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets €124.00, BB raises to €299.54 and is all-in, Hero?

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
Yesterday I played very well. Over the whole day I stayed calm, took up enaugh time for thinking and my villain selection was also fine. I will try my best to make this process a permanent process and tilt is history. The visualisation exercises are very helpful combinded with meditation.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
Would you call the river?

Full Tilt - $0.50 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): $52.45
BB: $23.95

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 2 K

Hero raises to $1.00, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.00, 2 players) J 7 4
BB checks, Hero bets $1.00, BB calls $1.00

Turn: ($4.00, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($4.00, 2 players) 2
BB bets $2.40, Hero ?

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week in review
Im very satisfied with this week. I reached almost all goals. My villain selection is much better and I quit not profitable villains instantly. I also took up enaugh time for thinking the best lines and used the time to avoid bad thoughts which cause tilt. My volume is also fine. I could play some more hours but will definetely do it after the world championship. I hope we will get our 4th star. We (I mean germany) play very constant the last years (since 2006) and deserve the title. Argentina played not very attractive and is not a deserved world champion (also argentina is one of my 3 favourite football teams next to germany and spain). Go Germany go take the pot to germany. Muah.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
My villain selection is great. Even if I have lost 1 buy-in I quit instantly when I realize that the edge is not big enaugh. I also toop up enaugh time which is great for thinking deeply about every decision and ask myself questions before getting on tilt.

Hey we are world champion of the world. The final was so thrilling. My voice suffered a lot. In the end I cried like a chicken when we shoot the 1-0. It was a great feeling to get star no 4. I hope Miro feel not resign and play the em in 2 years. Here we go.


hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
How do you react vs the M3Bet?

iPoker - €1 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: €100.00
Hero (SB): €100.00

Hero posts SB €0.50, BB posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has A A

Hero raises to €2.00, BB calls €1.00

Flop: (€4.00, 2 players) T A 6
BB checks, Hero bets €2.80, BB calls €2.80

Turn: (€9.60, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets €6.72, BB calls €6.72

River: (€23.04, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets €15.00, BB raises to €30.00, Hero?

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learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
Villain selection is really great. I take my time every day and feel so great. Im not in a hurry and make less mistakes than in the past. The visualisation exercises are the best to reduce tilt. Im so balanced. I also started with gym and its great. I missed sport so much that I enjoy it so much. I also have aniversary day with gordon. He is my coach for 1 year and I just can say: "thanks for everything my friend". For many sucessfull with you and the rest. Muah

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
How you you react vs the AI?

iPoker - €1 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: €21.60
Hero (BB): €153.45

SB posts SB €0.50, Hero posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has T A

SB calls €0.50, Hero raises to €4.00, SB calls €3.00

Flop: (€8.00, 2 players) T 8 J
Hero bets €5.60, SB raises to €17.60 and is all-in, Hero?

Call obv

How's your month so far? Well above 10k?

yeah, results plz

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Yeah, its an call. What would be the weakest hand for going broke for you?

I post them below.

week in review
I had a great week again. I stayed calm for the whole week and was not on tilt. I played slow enaugh so that I had enaugh time for thinking deeply enaugh and avoiding tilt thoughts. Sometimes I played fast when I had a fish and he played fast (I dont want to play slow like always because they run so often). I also had a great villain selection.

I started with the gym last week and feel much better. I missed sport so much and now Im back. Im not very satisied with my private goals which is getting enaugh sleep so that my head is concentrated when I play. I had some days when I just sleep 6 hours and that is not ok. I tried visualisation exercise and will do it the next days to eleminate this leak. Have a relaxing weekend.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
Im satisfied with my game and reached all 3 goals. Nothing more to add. Have a nice day.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)

Questions (Villain was unknown):
(1) Do you b/f the turn or check it back?
(2) when we bet the turn and villain calls do you bet the river and do you react to a cR?

My thoughts:
(1) I would b/f the turn because villain could cR the flop with a 4x, 55,66. When we check its not very likelely that villain will bet the river and we dont want to give him free equity to improve.
(2) I think we should b/f the river 1/2 pot.

Your thoughts:
(1) …
(2) …

PokerStars - €1 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: €157.57
Hero (SB): €104.67

Hero posts SB €0.50, BB posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has 8 8

Hero raises to €3.00, BB calls €2.00

Flop: (€6.00, 2 players) 7 7 4
BB checks, Hero bets €4.00, BB raises to €8.00, Hero calls €4.00

Turn: (€22.00, 2 players) 2
BB checks, Hero ?