anyone curious whats the biggest adjustment I made lately?

one hint ................ itm 33% is not really a good thing

I dare say I was highly due
... no badge though



year so far



cheers

Lock

ol man srsly getting better at this game

my stars winrates the last 2 months (played a lot on stars lately trying to unlock the 400.- exclusive challenge):



stars graph for this period:



cheers

Lock

Gongratz on the results! keep going!

ty sir

10 random successful bluffs from lately - pokers all about balance => will also post failed bluffs in a couple of days

Gonna keep this simple, if anyone is curious how the action went, Im happy to discuss it

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cheers

Lock

Nice to see people crushing without playing tight ABC poker. Looking forward to see more results!

a smaller bink - brought back my month to +1k (including rakeback) ....... scoop afterparty with loads of 55s to 215s was expensive



cheers

Lock

as promised some failed bluffs

1. "uii - right away one of my most idiotic punts"
i call the cr from a strong reg (we still ahead of his draws right? just fold ffs), call a small turn bet (same story as flop ffs) - river he suddenly snapchks ..... oh, we dont rly have bluffs here and regs usually just go for value on river face up (playing 10-20 tables early stage they are usually quite face up) ...... lets try to make him fold a small flush and shove ....... the only thing that made me feel less stupid for the hand was the fact that he tanked quite some time before calling off


2. "just loose fancy blocker plays vs random fish"
peeled light pre vs random (cause its a pko and i coverrr), call cbet 3 way, cr turn: to believable rep the nuts on river if i dont hit ....... and he cant push me off cause i have a nutblocker - right? ......... lol, nah - he snap ripps (wtf does he have there?) and we have to fold all our equity ffs


3. "always the coolers on the bubble" :P


4. "how to get lockers chips? just chk back a board that favors his range and let him blast off his junk" :P


5. "blockerlocker my chips into the abyss"
he bets 3 streets, I ship over his river bet and he snaps me off


6. "just dont try to bluff a random fish in the milly bvb ffs" - they be like "all the draws got there on the river, except the one we block (qj)? we dont care, we dont fold pairs bvb in a limpd pot"


cheers

(monkey-) lock

gotta share this one - felt sooo goood - call small cbet - cr biggish turn bet big - snpd - tank overshove river huuugge - aaa snapped me off

hi

last weeks have been a bit difficult, but today i binked the big 11 for 2.8k



year so far:



cheers

Lock

Hi BoyznGrlz

I have to admit that my confidence is going through the roof these day (lets hope I wont fall hard, but I should be oldnexperienced enough to stay realistic).

I feel so comfortable at higher stakes, playing tons of 55s daily now, occasionally up to 200s. Im reshoving super aggressive, either short or as bigstack suited wheels and broadways go in even vs strong opens up to 40bb, especially in pkos. I float and take away so many 3 bet pots with bluffs (smth I didnt really do ever).

My most exciting hand lately: Villain was super agressive and I felt a timing tell, so I 5 bet shipped 120bb eff. on him (nearing the bubble, his range there are mostly raggy ax which is huge if kjs folds them out and he had an huge bounty) - he quite snapfolded:



Graph going up nicely, even when I was quite unlucky on fts lately (over 1k in rakeback / bonuses prob. not tracked):



Cheers

Lock

P.S.: The only bad news are that I dont work out at all lately, which sux even more as the beach season is starting and I smoke like a chimney ffs

ahh - PSPS:

somebody at the table yesterday called me a "****ing idiot" - sadly he is only half right :P

yess, I did it!

what?

I worked out the first time in almost 10 months! Publicly admitting it here and reminding me bout the beach season finally made me move my lazy ass.

Im gonna put myself out here and post weekly updates at least for the next couple of months, basically a "can I make a sexy beach biest out of this chainsmoking old nerd in 2 months" challenge

Easy first workout:
- one yoga "sun salutation" routine
- one set squats bodyweight 20 reps
- one set sidesteps bodyweight 10 reps each leg
- one set pullups (with leg help obv. :P ) 10 reps
- one set pushups (on knies obv. :P) 10 reps
- one set abdominal press 10 reps
- planck 10 sec one set

this is how we start (fotos always after workout to make me look less bad :P )



cheers

Lock

hi

workout today:

as my legs are a bit sour from yesterday, i did only upper-body.

2 months is short, i am super motivated this time (shout out to my discord boys for the laughs yesterday, really gave me a boost. so i will go the risky route and start with ONE-SET-HIT (high intensity training) methods right away (dont try that if you dont train for at least 6 months or have many years of muscle memory on your side). rest times in the beginning i will do by feel => hit the muscle group hard until its sour, then give min. 2 days rest.

routine:
- warmup / stretch: one yoga "sun salutation" routine
- lat / back / biceps:

- warmup: one easy set each 15-20 reps pull down undergrip & rowing undergrip
- HIT set: reverse pull ups full bodyweight 3x very slow + 8x pullups with leghelp + ca. 10 each pull down undergrip + row undergrip + pull down overgrip (all close to muscle failure..... full failure would still be too dangerous), everything without break

- chest / shoulder / triceps / belly:

- warmup: one set each 15 reps easy chestpress over-/undergrip
- HIT: 3 sets pushup full body weight without break and slow negative rep after failure ca. 7/4/2 reps, bodyweigt triceps push same ca. 7/4/2, lower weight (ca. 10 reps) each chestpress over-/undergrip, light weight ca. 10 reps shoulder press and sidelift, 2x plank 30s+ ...... whole routine without break (fk me my hands are shaking i can hardly type this )

now a whey protein shake and some carbs drinks - mbe beer, but rather not before the grind (hence also no hard food that makes me tired)

cheers

Lock - Arnold

P.S.:

talking muscle memory, why i take the risk of going (almost) full intensity right away: a foto from my 20ies. like this+ i looked every 3-5 years my whole life, with hard partying & smoking phases in-between :P



psps: earned myself imho a beef tartare i will order takeaway and indulge after the grind

Show us the secret!

in mtts the money is in the top places, most of the crushers have 12-15% itm

=> reshove wayy more aggressive whenever i see a chance of fe => either as small or as bigstack, generally play (even :P ) higher variance in mid- late stages.

had my 1to1 coaching session today with my crazy hard working theory / math wizardcoach => bvb 1st in, for sure one of the weakest parts of my game still


my rough workout plan for the next 8 weeks:

bulking / building phase (6 weeks): high protein + carb. + unsaturated fat diet

HIT week 1 - 6: HIT session (short) every muscle group 2x per week (mbe 3x the first two weeks still where the intensity is still limited), going down to mbe 1x per week (if i manage to ramp up the intensity to real Intensity techniques) with no / little splitting in the beginning, up to mbe 3-split (legs, back-lat-bizeps, chest-should-triceps) in the end.

Cardio week 1-6: 1-2 h low intensity on every day off, starting with power-walks combined with stair climbs with the goal to manage slow running for 1h+ at week 6 with little effort and no pain, and some swimming.


Cutting phase (week 7-8): medium protein, low carb, low fat diet (with one high carb. cheat day per week)

Muscle training week 7-8: 2x per week full body workouts with lower intensity and more sets and repetitions.

Cardio week 7-8:
3x per week: 1-2h+ (smts prob. even more) low intensity running / hiking / stairs / swimming
2x per week: 1-2h higher intensity running / stairs


today i did cardio: 1h hour powerwalking & stairs through 3 of Rijekas city beaches







after that I treated myself with an adriatic seafood carpaccio / salat and 2 small beers at on of my fav. places in Rijeka





cheers

Lock

Hi

Poker:
- down 600.- last days
but:
- I made day 2 ind the 50.- wpt 2#25 super50 deepstack 300k on party with a huge stack (100bb), day 2 on may 31st.

Workout:

Did only legs today as my upper body is still sour af ( ):
- yoga / leg stretching (im stiff af and need to get flexible to make proper deep squats)
- warmup: 20 easy squads
- 1 superset : split squad 5 each side (slow & deep), deep squads 10-15 (sloww), normal squads 15 (faster), leg extension maschine 8, plank 2x (60 & 30 sec ca) .... no breaks between

as the intensity of my leg workout is still quite low (nowhere near to muscle failure not to hurt myself with my chicken legs), I did stairs afterwards.

up to the top of the tower of Trsat castle (601 steps):



with a stunning panorama view



obligate treat at the gorgeous bar in the castle:



now some whey protein, coffee and on to the grind

cheers

Feelgood - Lock

Awesome views! GL with the day2

tx son

also promised some techno / rave content:

tonight there is an underground warehouse rave in an abandoned paper factory in Rijeka (Hartera)

not sure if i will go though - not vaccinated / antibodied and dont feel like getting shmashed (will keep that for the summer ), but its in an open arcadium and will prob. not be too crowded, so will see how my adrenaline or desperation level is after the grind (getting slaughtered so far ) ..... mbe i will shake that ol ass an hour or two - really miss it



ol technohead - Lock

ola

so no partying yesterday, had 2 deep runs - 22 pko 6 max (out in 42 after bigstack and insannely ul) and big 11.- ft - 9th after reshoving kqs 23bb vs ealry bigstack open <ak........... was a bit too late and too drained, sry for the false alarm

poker:
big day today, gonna play a 320.- and 215.- on party (tickets i won) and generally high abi the rest (bout 40.-)

workout:
my arms and back still quite sour, so chest / shoulder / triceps it was
- yoga / stretching
- warmupset: easy benchpress 15x
- hit:
- push ups 8+4 (failure) plus 4 negative reps and 8/4 on knees (no break) - short
break
- triceps bench press 8+4 (failure) and 8+4 with angled legs (no break)
- shoulder press 12+8 and 8+4 red. weight, each to failure, no breaks
- shoulder side raises approx. (dont remember - pain ) 12+8 and 8+4 red. weight,
each to failure, no breaks
- 2 planks 30s, that felt like an eternity ffs - paiiinnn

cheers

shakyfrompain - Lock

ola

poker:
mammamia sunday was mindbendingly awful
the amount of insane coolers and bad beats uncountable (vs sets with top pair+, topfull < quads, run into aa with jj+) and the worst, that hands not holding itm on the way to a deep run.

7 days graph: it shows -2k from my last highpoint, but im -1,3k in fact (had 700.- of tickets i won in a promo)


=> day two in the super50 today better be gooodd ffs ��

workout:

backlegs still sour, so lat/back/biceps it was

- yoga stretching (legs a looot)
- warmup set: pull downs easy 20-25
- hit: pull ups negative (sloooww) 5x, pull ups with leg help 6x(sloww), pull downs 12+6+6+6 different grips (most pull ups / downs i do with undergrip to have max power and work biceps the most), standing rowing 10x, all in one go, no planks today (abdominals sour)

session was short, so i will go for a powerwalk + stairs + swim at the city beaches now

cheers

slaughtered - Lock

did an 8k+ walk & took a short swim (brrrrr)

obligate a well deserved beer at my fav. city beach bar "Pajol"