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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
Im very satisfied with my game. I reached all goals without any big trouble. Unfortunateyl I dont follow my rule to repeat the visualisationexercises 3-4 times a day. I just repeat them 1-2 times a day. In the coachings we have a new format. We select problem villains and analyse hands. We find reads and adapt. I like it very much.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) Would you b/f the turn or even b/AI the turn on such a semi-drawy board?

My thoughts:
(1) I think I would go broke with TP3rdKicker (QT+) on such a semi-drawy board. Villain could do it with worse Tx and some draws.

Your thoughts:
(1) ……

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

BB: €243.68
Hero (SB): €256.04

Hero posts SB €1.00, BB posts BB €2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €3.00) Hero has T A

Hero raises to €6.00, BB calls €4.00

Flop: (€12.00, 2 players) 8 5 T
BB checks, Hero bets €10.00, BB raises to €30.00, Hero calls €20.00

Turn: (€72.00, 2 players) 2
BB checks, Hero?

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week in review
Im very satisfied with my results. I realized that I got lazy in repeating the visualisation exercices. 2 weeks ago I repeated them at least 3 times a day. In the last days I just made them once a day. Luckiliy I still could feel the impact of the fist week so that I could control my feeling. But in the last days I was getting worse and worse. So I have to focus next week mainly on this goal. When I fine in this the other two goals are also no problem.

I could improve my game alot by this new system which I use in my coaching sessions with gordon. Im much better in adapting. In the next week I will also get another student which I will coach permantently. Im thrilled to this new challenge and will try my best to make a better poker player with much better results than now.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
I played too fast yesterday because I had too much action and wanted to play as much hands that I can to get a great month. That was bad and I shouldnt do that again. My villain selection was great and I didnt get on tilt.

hand of the day (Villain is unknown)
First now - than yeah - than now again *lol*

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

SB: €33.55
Hero (BB): €130.45

SB posts SB €0.50, Hero posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has 8 8

SB raises to €3.00, Hero raises to €130.45 and is all-in, SB calls €30.55

Flop: (€67.10, 2 players) 2 7 6

Turn: (€67.10, 2 players) 8

River: (€67.10, 2 players) 7

SB shows 7 7 (Four of a Kind, Sevens) (Pre 18%, Flop 87%, Turn 2%)
Hero shows 8 8 (Full House, Eights full of Sevens) (Pre 82%, Flop 13%, Turn 98%)
SB wins €66.10
Hero wins €96.90

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
Im getting better. I make more visualisation exercises and are more prepared vs tilt. I made great villain selection but are not so good in take up time sometimes. When I played a fish who wants to play fast I sometimes play some more minutes after beating the fish in this fast style which is not good. Something that I have to improve.

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week in review
I had a great month in profit. I also improved a lot in adaptions and had great progress in reaching my goals. I took up enaugh time which was great for thinking deeply and avoid tilt. I also had a great villain selection. Private I started with gym and my body feels much better.

Well done on your great villain selection

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection
I was great again in villain selection and avoiding tilt. Just played sometimes too fast (mostly vs fish). All in all Im satisfied. I should sleep longer to be more focused and concentrated. Im sorry for posting no hands in the last days but I dont have any hands which I can post.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) take up time (3) Villain selection (4) analyse showdowns Im great in villain selection and dont get on tilt since some weeks. I try to take up my time and think deeply. So its time to add another goal. So the goal which will bring me much more money should be to analyse showdowns to get some great reads from villain.

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learning goal: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) apply thinking proces on 1 table
I thought about my thought process when beeing in the gym. I will change my learning strategy which means that I will focus on 1 table with all thought process and on all other tables I just use the process of planning the hand. When Im able to manage all my thoughs on 1 table I will add a 2nd, 3rd,... table.

hand of the day (Villain was bad passive)

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) What is the weakest hand for going broke vs passive villain for 40bb?

My thoughts:
(1) I thnk I would go broke with Q9+.

Your thoughts:
(1) .....

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

Hero (SB): €125.81
BB: €39.71

Hero posts SB €0.50, BB posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has 3 9

Hero raises to €2.00, BB calls €1.00

Flop: (€4.00, 2 players) 8 9 2
BB checks, Hero bets €3.00, BB raises to €12.74, Hero?

Hi JD, great thread and congrats on 1. Making £10k in a month, 2. Germany winning world cup.

Can you tell me why you call it "The Coaching Project" on each post, I read all the thread but did not see the reason for this?

KP.

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The reason for this is that I get coached by gordon. He will coach me until I won xy amount of money. After reaching this goal the project will be over.

learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) take up time (5) pay attention to showdowns + Bayes inference
I changed again my learning process. I will still have my 3 permanent goals (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) take up time and add (4) plan the hand and (5) pay attention to showdowns + Bayes inference. I will use goal (4) when I will play so many tables as I can and goal (5) just on 1 table.

hand of the day

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) What is the weakest hand for going broke vs unknown villain for 70bb?

My thoughts:
(1) I think I would go broke with any overpair.

Your thoughts:
(1) .....

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

BB: €200.00
Hero (SB): €139.00

Hero posts SB €1.00, BB posts BB €2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €3.00) Hero has A A

Hero raises to €5.00, BB calls €3.00

Flop: (€10.00, 2 players) 3 5 Q
BB checks, Hero bets €8.00, BB calls €8.00

Turn: (€26.00, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets €20.00, BB raises to €187.00 and is all-in, Hero ?

So you fold AQ here?

AA is a call.

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I would also call with KQ and AQ. I forgot to mention both hands.

week in review
Last week was really thrilling. I run 2000 $ below EV and had a hard fight with tilt. Sometimes I played faster than planned, once 1 cried (Ahhhh) and quit 1 session 1 hour earlier. All in all Im still satfisfied that I stayed calm most of the time. Next week I have to make more visualisationsexercises. I also add 1 goal (plan the hand). I will also use the bayes inference when evaluation villains.

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learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) take up time
In the last two days I played very well. I had no problems with tilt, planned the hand, had a great villain selection and took up enaugh time for thinking and avoiding tilt. My bad run seems to be over but I dont get so many action as I thought.

hand of the day (villain was unknown)
Sometimes I get some action on nl1000. Here is a hand I played yesterday.

PokerStars - $10 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): $839.83
BB: $389.50

Hero posts SB $5.00, BB posts BB $10.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $15.00) Hero has 4 K

Hero raises to $20.00, BB calls $10.00

Flop: ($40.00, 2 players) 4 Q K
BB checks, Hero bets $20.00, BB calls $20.00

Turn: ($80.00, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets $65.00, BB raises to $130.00, Hero raises to $799.83 and is all-in, BB calls $219.50 and is all-in

River: ($779.00, 2 players) 7

BB shows A Q (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 65%, Flop 21%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows 4 K (Two Pair, Kings and Fours) (Pre 35%, Flop 79%, Turn 89%)
Hero wins $778.50

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learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) take up time
I played fine the last days but have problems with the ev. Im run already 4000 $ below ev. That is the hardest month ever and I hope it will end soon.

hand of the day

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) What is the weakest hand for calling the river DK??

My thoughts:
(1) I think I would call any 5x and better.

Your thoughts:
(1) .....

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

BB: €55.56
Hero (SB): €50.00

Hero posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has 9 9

Hero raises to €1.50, BB calls €1.00

Flop: (€3.00, 2 players) 2 5 3
BB checks, Hero bets €2.40, BB calls €2.40

Turn: (€7.80, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets €6.20, BB calls €6.20

River: (€20.20, 2 players) T
BB bets €20.20, Hero ?

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week in review
The week was very exhausting. I run about 4000 $ below ev (for this month). I never had such a bad run in poker. The good thing is, that I learn slowly not to get negativ influenced by the results. I was great in achieving my goals and was not on tilt.

Why don't you post graphs?

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Because I achieved my goal (how to make 10k in a month). I cant see any reason for posting graphs. For me its more important to post my thoughts and progress.

learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) take up time (5) handreading
I dont run so well on higher limits and get suck out often on the river or run with my 2Pair, Trips in better 2Pair, Trips,... The good thing is that I dont get on tilt, plan the hand, take up my time (sometimes I play too fast) and have a great villain selection. I also added handreading in my thought process which I will mostly use on the river.

hand of the day

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) What is the weakest 2Pair for calling the river cMR, when river blanks?
(2) What is the weakest 2Pair for calling the river cMR, when river hits straight?

My thoughts:
(1) I think we should call w best two 2 Pair (Q4+)
(2) I think we should call w best 2 Pair (QJ+)

Your thoughts:
(1) .....

partypoker - $1 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $111.58
Hero (SB): $100.80

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has xx

Hero raises to $2.00, BB calls $1.00

Flop: ($4.00, 2 players) Q 4 T
BB checks, Hero bets $3.04, BB calls $3.04

Turn: ($10.08, 2 players) 2
BB checks, Hero bets $8.00, BB calls $8.00

Variatioin A
River: ($26.08, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets $20.06, BB raises to $40.12, Hero?

Variatioin B
River: ($26.08, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $20.06, BB raises to $40.12, Hero?

Fair play to you for that JD. It is just unfortunate as ThinkItThrough links your blog for potential students and your blog does not actually show that you do indeed make 10k a month.

I still love reading it though

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I achieved the goal after 4 month. And I hope you will enjoy my blog in the future :-)

week in review
The month is finally over. All in all I run 3000 $ below ev. The good thing was that I had the chance to work 3 weeks on my tilt (I got many suck outs every day). It was hard but I learned a lot . I also achieved my other goals like handreading, plan the hand, take up time and villain selection. Next month I try to focus most on handreading and take up time.

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learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) take up time (5) handreading
On monday I had one day off. I was at the doctor because I had problems with my back. I have to make some gynmastics now. In poker I played well yesterday and followed all my goals.

hand of the day

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) Would you have barrelt the river?

My thoughts:
(1) I think we should barrel the river. We can make Ax, 6x, maybe some 2 pair fold.

Your thoughts:
(1) .....

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

BB: €208.80
Hero (SB): €265.13

Hero posts SB €1.00, BB posts BB €2.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €3.00) Hero has 4 J

Hero raises to €4.00, BB calls €2.00

Flop: (€8.00, 2 players) 6 A 5
BB checks, Hero bets €6.00, BB calls €6.00

Turn: (€20.00, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero bets €16.00, BB calls €16.00

River: (€52.00, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero ?

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learning goals: (1) tilt reduction (2) plan the hand (3) Villain selection (4) take up time (5) handreading
The day before yesterday I played really bad and had a slight tilt. So time for eliminating the leak. Yesterday I played really well and feeled much better. The reason for tilt was that I wanted to try new method on nl50 villain but the rake and villains reaction was not so great for me.

hand of the day (villain was unknown)

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

BB: €100.88
Hero (SB): €100.17

Hero posts SB €0.50, BB posts BB €1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: €1.50) Hero has 4 T

Hero raises to €3.00, BB calls €2.00

Flop: (€6.00, 2 players) 4 8 9
BB bets €3.00, Hero raises to €9.00, BB calls €6.00

Turn: (€24.00, 2 players) T
BB bets €24 , Hero ?

Question (Villain was unknown):
(1) What is your plan on the turn?
(2) When villains bets 24 € on the turn and Hero called, the pot will be 72 € on the river and Hero has just 64 € behind. Would you call the river, when villains shoves and the river is a blank?

My thoughts:
(1) I think we should call.
(2) I think villain will almost never bluff the river. Do I think villain will shove worse made hand? I would guess no and make a tough fold. But its a close decision.

Your thoughts:
(1) .....
(2) .....

what is your flop raise supposed to accomplish?

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I want his equity share, thin valuebet and bluff bet.

week in review
Last week I had problems with my back which influenced my game and hours of play. This week I had some physiotherapy and I feel much better. I do already make some exercises which take about 30 minutes every day. But I feel better every day. The reason for problems with my back is that my legs are different (1 - 2 cm). I also bought a new chair which is very ergonomic.

In Poker I had 1 day where I had some tilt problems. In the end I managed the problem I try to improve every day. I also payed more attention to the calling- and betting frequencies. In chess I improved in tactics.