youre studying, preparing and making good desicions + you have a great team behind you, keep your head up!!

cheers man. yeah trying really hard to keep strong and minimize mistakes

Yeah def not a game making alot of mistakes combined with run bad. D& said keep grinding hard. My stats are solid.

ty you to bro



Firs winning day in a week

hey guys, after my first winning day in 7 days I proceeded to lose again, a further 4bi approx the day after. I dont think ive ever experienced this many coolers in my 1m hand sample of playing online poker. I dont want to whinge etc because a part of my current downswing is suboptimal decision making.

Im currently on a 40bi ds but only -35 in ev. My worst ds was at 50nl zoom with 43bi. During that swing i really tilted like a mofo however this swing is different. There was some tilted decisions which account for perhaps 15bi approx but the rest were in my opinion unavoidable to a degree. Of course if I was a better player im sure this could be minimised but when you are losing 400bb pots with AA vs fish who flopped sets (4b pots) there is not much you can do really.

Anyway, enough crying about my problems because who the **** cares right! After having a good chat with D7 im really just going to focus alot on more productive poker study time. Each day im reviewing hands and dissecting ranges. I think this is so much more valuable rather than continually clicking buttons like i am. I always have been studying but i mean using pio daily and spending more time breaking hands down than watching a RIO or sweat vid. Now, ill do both on a more consistent basis.

Today is my first day without playing poker for ages. I started running pio sims while having breakfast and will do some more tonight. I think resetting mentally with some time off (at least 1-3 days), eating well, exercising and more valuable study is what i need to do. The very difficult part of mixing poker in with my life is my career. I run a business turning over more than $1m pa and with 9 staff. So my current schedule is generally waking at 5-6am, grinding for 2hrs approx, working all day, and study/grind at night. Getting in volume, allowing time for real world stuff and my fiancee plus exercise is hard. But when you love something and are passionate about it plus have the drive to apply yourself to become a very good player it can work!

My goals are still the same, move up to 200z by the end of 2017 which i really think is realistic. This DS is an opportunity to implement more of a strict regime of study to reach that goal.

So in spite of being down 4k (month around -2k from memory) I see this as a positive. A moment where I can reflect and build a plan of attack to reach my goal aided by some of the best crushers around.

Thanks for reading and have a good day

Good post max. I think that's an issue when you have full time commitments, we all know we should study but when you have 2/3 hours to play and study it's very easy to click buttons.

I am guilty of this all the time and it's definitely hampered my progress, you seem to have a better balance than me but by playing everyday you burn out a lot easier than others we know as you have more other things to do. Think about it would you go to office every day for 3 months?

Keep plugging away and you'll get there and if you don't then at least you know you've given it a great shot.

Gl coming up bro.

Lots of respect to you Max!
How you combine you work, family and poker. With this motivation and discipline you will get there for sure! Keep it up.

i WILL get there bro and tyty

cheers bro wouldnt be at this level without your help too! see you soon for many beers

ok pio work today. 2 hands per day to be posted

hand 1
utg open vs btn cc

flop khjd6d

hand 2

utg vs mp cc

flop jc4d8d

plus looking at many different turn and river cards

Hey, nice thread. At the end of the day it's poker, you can't focus on results! You just have to focus on improving everyday and making sure you're playing your A game. Not sure how you manage to fit all this in whilst running a business, I certainly couldn't! Keep grinding it will turn around

Love the determination! Good luck!

great post max
your taking something positive out a of a bad situation

keep your head and you'll pull through a stronger and better player

goooooooood luck mate

Wow, you never mentioned this before! Why are you wasting your time grinding out a pittance at poker, when you run a business turning over $1m a year?

Keep going max your approach to this downswing is really great. Things will turn around!


Because he enjoys it...

Doesn't seem that way! Looks like it's causing him a lot of unnecessary stress and heartache.

Thank you for the post, appreciate it mate

TYTY much love

I dont know why i did mention it, i suppose im just telling a story here of a normal guy whos not a pro trying to move up to a level where there are professionals. FYI - turning over more than $1m in a business is not entirely difficult, however making a NET profit from that is very hard. Many small business's are lucky to make even 10% net profit of total turnover amount. Wages each month are a huge killer.

When i was younger (started at around 9) i was heavily into motor racing. I raced karts professionally and even travelled to Monte Carlo to race in an event called the Monaco Kart Cup. I raced against Kubica, Rosberg and several other big names you see now. I was very good and talented however didnt have wealthy parents to propel me though to open wheel cars like F3 etc. In my later life I went back to karts because I had a job and payed for racing myself. The costs were huge, around $30-50k pa to fund. I dedicated myself to it. Testing every weekend, practicing, fitness (i was 75kg at 6,1, now 91kg ) because I wanted to win and be the best in Australia. I was doing it all myself, but when younger we had a team with full time mechanic etc. But, I couldnt afford that so I prepared the kart and had my dad help lol. ANyway I was top 5-8 in australia for a few years but unless i was full time with crew i couldnt ever win.

Anyway the moral of this story or the point im making is when im passionate about something i dedicate myself to being the best i can be because i want to win. I have a hunger for holding the first place trophy and mainly the sense of accomplishment is what drives me. So with poker, i see it as a challenge to win at each stake and much up as high as my talent and work will take me.

Yep sure do

Yes and this too however every champion must go through hard times to end up winning. lol

hand review
co vs mp

I 3b 108dd at 122bb eff
flop ks5c7h

GL bro. Lot of respect for grinding it out and running a business at the same time. Can't be easy.

Cbet 1/3, very bottom range few backdoor straights no bdfd.

You have more strong Kx.

it's tough! but so is life

pio says to triple this hand in jd turn and qc river which was the actual hand.

So I was right?

It is tough running a business and playing poker, I can only do one of them I think.

Just FYI max, crown Perth posted few days ago, 25/25 game buy in $4k to $20k the players would be pretty bad still probably comparable to 50z. Punt some commission next time it runs!

yes you were correct

A wee bit too big for me.....I dont like gambling

Today



Yay 30bb better than nothing i suppose

These hands sum up how im running

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $109.71
SB: $345.54
BB: $94.96
UTG: $102.50
Hero (MP): $101.49
CO: $107.18

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with Q Q
1 fold, Hero raises to $2.20, 3 folds, BB calls $1.20

Flop: ($4.90) 2 Q 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.58, BB raises to $5.49, Hero calls $3.91

Turn: ($15.88) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $11.50, BB calls $11.50

River: ($38.88) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $20.50, BB raises to $59.47, Hero folds

Final Pot: $79.88
BB wins $77.38
(Rake: $2.50)



Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $108.35
SB: $172.91
BB: $436.97
UTG: $104.54
MP: $310.78
CO: $575.12

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with Q A
3 folds, Hero raises to $2.44, SB raises to $11, 1 fold, Hero calls $8.56

Flop: ($23.00) 3 4 A (2 players)
SB bets $7.21, Hero calls $7.21

Turn: ($37.42) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($37.42) T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $18.49, SB calls $18.49

Final Pot: $74.40
Hero shows Q A (a pair of Aces)
SB shows K A (a pair of Aces - King kicker)
SB wins $71.90
(Rake: $2.50)



Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $92.49
SB: $100.00
Hero (BB): $138.30
UTG: $100.00
MP: $123.14
CO: $118.48

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 4 8
4 folds, SB raises to $2.50, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.00) Q 4 6 (2 players)
SB bets $2.52, Hero calls $2.52

Turn: ($10.04) J (2 players)
SB bets $7.25, Hero calls $7.25

River: ($24.54) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13.50, SB raises to $87.73 all in, Hero folds

Final Pot: $51.54
SB wins $49.04
(Rake: $2.50)



PIO hands

Hand 1

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $103.77
Hero (SB): $200.50
BB: $103.50
UTG: $297.18
MP: $105.78
CO: $158.48

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K T
UTG raises to $3, 3 folds, Hero raises to $11.50, 1 fold, UTG calls $8.50

Flop: ($24.00) J 6 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $11, Hero calls $11

Turn: ($46.00) A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $22, Hero calls $22

River: ($90.00) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

Final Pot: $90.00
Hero shows K T (high card Ace)
UTG shows T A (a pair of Aces)
UTG wins $87.50
(Rake: $2.50)



flop and turn are correct according to pio, however turn it likes to xr with ss combos like QTss and also JJ. If we raise turn and villain calls pio is only shoving flush cards and cards that complete the straight, which we have the blockers for.

Hand 2

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $122.46
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $328.31
UTG: $337.21
MP: $109.48
CO: $114.98

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with J J
1 fold, MP raises to $3, 2 folds, Hero raises to $11, 1 fold, MP calls $8

Flop: ($23.00) 7 2 A (2 players)
Hero bets $7.43, MP calls $7.43

Turn: ($37.86) A (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $19.78, Hero calls $19.78

River: ($77.42) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $39.21, Hero folds


As suspected we are betting pretty much our entire range for 33%. Turn we check a large chunk of our range besides AK and FD, turn is a xc with my combo as i dont block Jh fd, on 4d river my combos has a higher ev than folding, slightly. However I expect population to underbluff here therefore folding is higher ev.

QQ hand looks weird, I would believe clubs bet turn if he xr backdoors otf, but you never know what these recreationals are up to Also not sure what to make of him leaving like 20 bb left in his stack.

Ya I'd consider calling there as well QQ

Regards,
nit.


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Changes are he made weird slowplay with lower set or just randomly gets out of line. Leaving 20d behind makes it look less nutty. I would never fold.

it was a really odd line and his river timing was like a snap xr......maybe ive turned into a nit

Today was a nice day. Feels good to book a green session

well played, max!!!

gl mate, you should be doing fine, always thought you decent player