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Originally Posted by meale
G'day onste, just wanted to say I'll be following hour progress closely and all the best! If I may ask, what if anything are you doing off-table wise to improve your game, or just grinding volume atm?
Also I'd recommend trying to convert the HH and post in a more forum friendly format as my eyes bleed looking at those screen caps!
Gl and kiu!
Appreciate the comment mate, funnily enough I was about to make a post addressing your point about off-table work. So I'll post that now haha.
I've decided to stop playing for the time being, ultimately whenever I embark on something I don't like half-assing goals and I become very invested in whatever I'm going after. I know that the next logical point is to start doing a lot more hand review and mental game work as I'll need it at the relatively "larger" stakes at 50NL+.
Ultimately I know my mental game isn't good enough, I'm prone to tilt and although I think generally I can cop one or two and have it not affect too much, when I cop more I'm definitely prone to spew play. I'm also not aware enough of certain situations which I think are fairly foundational, I think I learnt a lot over this period of play but in order to increase that rate of learning, I need to insert an extra level of effort.
I'm currently doing University and ultimately feel that I'm not doing a service to either Uni or Poker. I've talked to a friend that used to be a high stakes pro and our conversation basically drummed down to if I'm not able to put in proper hours of study, then I shouldn't continue to play.
I think if I had more discipline around schedules and the ability to dedicate blocks of uninterrupted time to Uni and then also poker, I'd be able to manage all of this right now, but I think being realistic is a worthwhile trait as a human and also as a poker player. The realistic view of the situation is that I know I can't manage both right now, and poker isn't my end goal, Computer Science is, I have more on the line with uni than poker.
I fully intend to come back to the game during breaks and will have a good spot to do this over summer in 3 months, where I will most likely reload and grind it up again, I'll have a proper setup, will be able to post HH's and also dedicate time to doing real reviews. Right now though, it's just not a priority and I can't let myself off the hook in two areas of my life.
Final update:
Yesterday I played some 25NL then decided I was going to finish that day, so I took some of my winnings to 200NL and ran up a 700bb stack after copping a few lost pots and being down a buyin. Played some interesting pots, I didn't think the play was at an insane level I couldn't manage, I'd definitely say I was playing scared money though, I could feel it.
Hands: Played a few
Start of playing bankroll 4 weeks ago: $250
End of playing bankroll today: $1366.44
End result: Pretty alright.
I've cashed out for the time being, got a cheque coming in the mail (I'd take odds on it actually arriving LOL).
Thank you if you read along with me, I appreciate it, thank you if you commented, I also appreciate that.
Sorry if this post comes off as me being a flake, sometimes you just gotta know when to pull the pin and I'm in my second week of uni now and can already feel the pressure. I know I can't do poker properly, so it's time to stop for a bit and come back with a different approach.
I'll still be on the forums, and feel free to ping me. I'll also be playing again in the soonish future but not right now.
Peace.