Hi guyz!

Trying to be short.
I am not a professional player, working in a usual work in the office.
I love this game so much(playing for something like 10 years but not very often). But i think always i had a dream to be a poker pro.
This year i started working on my game and i suppose that i got better in many aspects of the game. But still loosing =)
Also now i am spending main time in cash cause it's hard to play MTT when you have usual work.
I see two main problems right now for me:

1. Not enough discipline
2. Not enough big goals and motivation

So i can grind 5-10bb/100 for a long time z50 and then make a shot to z100 and loose everything for a one tilty session.

29.12 the end of the year.
Last working day and i am writing these words sitting in the office.
The end of the year is a good time to decide to change something.
So i decide that It's time to begin winning!
This are my goals for 2019:
Tactic

1. Play z100 with 5bb/100 wr 2 hours a day. Yeah i really think i am already good enough =)
2. Work on my game 30 minutes a day.
3. Apply some discipline rules like not play tired and stop playing when loose 2 BI for some time.
4. Post results here once time a week every Sunday

Strategic:

1. Win 100K profit in 2019
2. Try streaming my game
3. Quit my office work and become a poker pro =)
4. Win some big live event

At this point results are really disappointing.

What do you think? Crazy, isn't it?=)

But this is only z50


I have lost all my BR cause of few tilting sessions on z100
U can see that dispersion was also very unkind to me, so it only increased my tilts.


So now I am making a 1000$ deposit and will try to start a strikingly different period of my poker life.

Let's start!

100k in 2019 when you're losing atm seems a bit crazy lol.
Also you'd be the first player since the beginning of humanity to use (and respect) a 2 BI stop-loss lol.

GL nontheless, playing online poker for a living is a wonderful thing.

PS - Keep in mind that a decent enough sample to assess your level of play is around 200k hands. 20k hds is a peanut ^_^

I think that a 2 BI stop loss is way too conservative if you plan on putting in that much volume. Also, you having a job makes this a little different but a 1k deposit to play at 100z seems really aggressive. Just my thoughts. Good luck dude.

About 2 BI stop loss i agree, but i need something to do with my tilts =)
I don't mean stop playing at all, but make a break for an hour.

About deposit i understand that it could be not enough and i have an opportunity to add some money.
Today i even started from 700$ deposit =)
Need some money for upcoming vacation.

Thank you.
Maybe i am a little bit crazy.
Of course i am a little bit crazy, cause i am an adult guy and still is dreaming =)

I wanna try this **** from books about business, like "You need to have ambitious goals" =)
Of cause it works only when you like what you are doing. And i really love poker.
Sot let's try.

GL with your challenge! Where are you from?

Thanks!

Russia

Good luck OP! Seems very tough to get 100k profit. But hey, wish you the very best! I'll come have a look here.

It' Sunday, so i am posting an update as promised.
Notwithstanding that there is not so much to say.
I think i found out more then 4 years ago that maybe there is no one secret of success, and there is a lot of things to do to come to success, but one thing i suppose is the main: it's discipline.
If you made some decision, if you have some goals you must do everything what you can to reach them.
If you decide go to GYM 3 times a week you should do it without excuses.
If you decide to make a 2 BI stop loss you need keep it.


Despite the fact that i understood it so many years ago, it is still very hard for me to bring it to life.
Yesterday my first short session was -279$ =)
However the day was ok at the end.


There were few hands to discuss.
I was trying to find a balance in a number of tables and now it is 3 zoom tables. And it looks ok, but sometimes i go out of time.
At next hand i missed my cbet cause have some action on other tables and unfortunately the time bank was empty(usually i restart tables without TB but on this table a forgot).
After missed cbet i have no gameplan and not enough time to build new, so i played as i played =)
HardwithAces =))
PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.50/$1.00 - 6 players


UTG: $34.84 (35 bb)
MP: $216.93 (217 bb)
CO: $105.63 (106 bb)
BU: $201.49 (201 bb)
SB (Hero): $100.00 (100 bb)
BB: $116.88 (117 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with A♠ A♥
2 players fold, CO raises to $2.25, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets to $9.50, 1 fold, CO calls $7.25

Flop: ($20) Q♠ 6♦ 2♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $7, Hero raises to $23, CO calls $16

Turn: ($66) 8♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $67.50 (all-in), CO calls $67.50

River: ($201) 4♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $201 (Rake: $2.50)

Showdown:
SB (Hero) shows A♠ A♥ (a pair of Aces)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 83%, Flop: 9%, Turn: 5%, River: 0%)

CO shows 2♠ 2♦ (three of a kind, Twos)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 17%, Flop: 91%, Turn: 95%, River: 100%)

CO wins $198.50

On a such board i think i will loose full stack most of the time.
My usual gameplan is 30% 70% 70% for value
And what gameplan can be if you miss cbet for some reason?
Or maybe we even need some AA to play check here? (i think no, but wanna hear for your opinion)
Also what do you think about deuces? Is it ok to have all pocket pairs in such spot?

Hand number 2
HardwithAK =)
PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.50/$1.00 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG (Hero): $100.00 (100 bb)
MP: $115.36 (115 bb)
CO: $262.77 (263 bb)
BU: $157.24 (157 bb)
SB: $100.00 (100 bb)
BB: $102.20 (102 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with A♥ K♣
Hero raises to $2.50, 1 fold, CO 3-bets to $8.35, 3 players fold, Hero 4-bets to $22, CO calls $13.65

Flop: ($45.50) K♦ J♦ T♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $14.26, Hero calls $14.26

Turn: ($74.02) 8♥ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $226.51 (all-in), UTG (Hero) folds

Total pot: $74.02 (Rake: $2.50)
CO wins $71.52

What do you think about this spot? I don't have enough statistics on this guy so can't give him good range estimation.
I think the call will not be a big mistake or maybe even it is more profitable.
But i was a little bit tired after few bad bits so decided to fold, thinking that there is a lot of sets and in the best case i will stand against flash draws, or chop with AK. And also i decided that he will not have a lot of bluffs cause i have all nuts streets here.

Today i was not playing because there was a lot of things to do for celebrating New Year and preparing for a vacation - in Russia we have 8 days of national holidays till 9th January.
I don't know how much i will play next week, cause i will be skiing in Slovakia, but for sure i will try to play some time.

P.S.: I did not understand ho to use 2+2 converter for poker tracker hands, so i used it from another website. Could you please help with it? what can be wrong? ty

Thanks you!
Nice to meet you here!

Nothing good to tell =(
I catch cold on skiing resort.
Had few tilting sessions anв loosed a big part of BR.
Decided to return to z50 and play until i get stable 10bb WR.

This week was not playing. Was skiing and travelling back home.
I have few thoughts how I will do further.
Tell them a little bit later.

GL Mate.

Use the responsible gaming section on pokerstars and just block access to the higher limits for the time being. Stick to 50$ Max on the cash games, block SNGS/CASINO/MTTS ETC. This should help with your tilt issues and help you maintain focus!

Hope to read in December 2019 that your close to 100k profit!

Thank you!
For focusing and fighting with tilting i also now trying to practice some kind of meditation.
5 minutes before each session i am thinking about small and big goals that i have and trying to visualize them. Like business books says =))

At that moment everything goes ok but in a little bit strange way =))
I played ~8K hands and made only one really big mistake(i suppose)

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.25/$0.50 - 6 players


UTG: $90.52 (181 bb)
MP: $67.21 (134 bb)
CO: $162.68 (325 bb)
BU (Hero): $73.05 (146 bb)
SB: $50.00 (100 bb)
BB: $475.04 (950 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 8♣ 7♣
UTG raises to $2.50, 2 players fold, Hero calls $2.50, 2 players fold

Flop: ($5.75) 8♦ 5♠ Q♣ (2 players)
UTG bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Turn: ($12.75) 7♠ (2 players)
UTG bets $6.06, Hero raises to $22.50, UTG raises to $84.52 (all-in), Hero calls $44.55 (all-in)

Villain has 40 VPIP but no reads on him. I supposed that he will pay with KK, AA, AQ. But now i thinking that maybe call, call(letting him bluffing) was better.

Also because i am trying to avoid tilt i am trying to avoid dispersion calls.
Here i was even thinking to fold flop ,because i felt that it will go like this =))

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.25/$0.50 - 6 players


UTG: $53.35 (107 bb)
MP (Hero): $120.41 (241 bb)
CO: $181.12 (362 bb)
BU: $69.56 (139 bb)
SB: $52.70 (105 bb)
BB: $97.69 (195 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP with Q♥ A♣
1 fold, Hero raises to $1.25, CO calls $1.25, 2 players fold, BB 3-bets to $6, Hero calls $4.75, 1 fold

Flop: ($13.50) Q♣ 8♠ 7♥ (2 players)
BB bets $10.50, Hero calls $10.50

Turn: ($34.50) 5♦ (2 players)
BB bets $81.19 (all-in), MP (Hero) folds

And what do u think about this hand?
I suppose it is rather a call.

PokerStars Zoom, Hold'em No Limit - $0.25/$0.50 - 6 players


UTG (Hero): $50.00 (100 bb)
MP: $63.32 (127 bb)
CO: $36.95 (74 bb)
BU: $63.41 (127 bb)
SB: $40.00 (80 bb)
BB: $65.58 (131 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with T♥ T♣
Hero raises to $1.25, 2 players fold, BTN calls $1.25, SB 3-bets to $2, BB calls $1.50, Hero calls $0.75, BTN calls $0.75

Flop: ($8) 2♠ 3♦ 5♥ (4 players)
SB bets $38 (all-in), BB folds, UTG (Hero) folds, BU folds

Another thing i want your advice in.
I found strange thing in KK versus AA situations.
For me KK is a preflop allin in late positions always, and some times allin in early positions depending on villain.
So, in 8K hands i had KK 35 times and meet the aces in allins 4 times
On other hand i had AA 40 times and there were not a single time i met KK in allinn.
So i have three theories:
1) I had some problems with bluff 4bet
2) KK is not an allin hand in z50
3) Dispersion loves me =)

What is a normal 4bet stat for a usual 23 VPIP 6max?
What do u think about 2 and 3 points? =)

Thank you for reading !
see you guyz!