9/27/2014

POKER

Had another solid day today and am now at $58,999.94 on the month.



Got a little mad at times at the tables today, but overall ok with it, just still am struggling with eliminating that. I played a LOT of HU today. When I get someone on the ropes I try to needle them in the chatbox, but sometimes I end up tilting myself.

I saw what people were saying above. Honestly, 4.5bb/100 is 1bb under what I think I actually am, and ACTUALLY if I were to get my sh*t together and clean up my mental game up it would be higher that that. There is plenty of bad play in that sample above, some REALLY bad hands that I butchered while on tilt. It's not like there is some secret, there are a lot of 5ptbb winners, they just might not put in the volume that I do. And I hear stuff all the time about how non american sites are going to be this or that....I'm kind of tired of hearing it. I play HU against every reg in my games starting tables and I beat them to the point where they won't play me anymore. And that's just because I keep learning and improving. I'm going to get on stars, or the Euro sites, and I am going to see what those guys do, and adjust and improve and do my best there too, and I am going to have a winrate there too. I know if I play good solid poker, don't spew, and work on my mental game, I will be competitive in most any lineup.



WELLNESS

SHOULDERS
arnold press 3x10
side delt raise against wall 3x10
heavy side raise 3x10
trap rows 3x10
front raise 3x10
rear raise 3x10

Amazing stats OP. Keep crushing.

I'm not sure there is a single stake on any of the American sites that isn't considered "soft", especially compared to Stars. Besides the scummy sites and ****ty software we have to deal w/, we actually have it pretty good right now when it comes to cash games.

Nice work, OP!

Sick stats, I dont have time to read everything but what size are the tables you are MTT'ing? HU, 6 etc. Do you have any method to table choice or moving around if the tables don't seem soft enough? Keep on with the crushing.

Everything's always relative. There are good players on every site, just a ton more of them on stars because there's a million times more volume. IMO one of the best regs anywhere is leatherass and he is always playing on ACR

Very true, though I disagree on Leatherass. I haven't been very impressed with his play on WPN, but maybe it's because he's grinding the Beast. He plays extremely straight forward, at least VS me he has. His book is still 1 of my favorite poker reads though.

9/30/2014

POKER





Had my best month yet, very happy about that obviously. Still have a ton to work on. I've kind of taken the end of the month off, have played a couple sessions, but haven't really been there mentally and actually played quite bad in the last one. I think I coast sometimes when things have gone well, and sometimes I need a reminder that I need to work on my game in order for it to go well.

Since I am very focused on my productivity and the amount that I can make each month, I like the feeling of a new month. It's almost like the pressure is off in a weird way. Eventually I want to not be putting that pressure on myself at all, but I think I am still a ways off from that. However, for now, it works for me, because being unsure of myself motivates me. I use all sorts of things as motivation, even when I am aware that the source of the motivation is negative. I have mixed feelings about doing stuff like that. Michael Jordan used negative memories to motivate himself higher than any normal person could have gone (for example, he remembered every personal slight throughout his life and always kept it in his mind to motivate him). It surely was an unhealthy mental space for him to be in, but it propelled him to reach the heights that he did.

Eventually, I want to be able to find motivation from positive places. I'm looking forward to making the transition and as always working on tightening up my mental game.

I am going to get on the craigslist grind tomorrow and try to get a bunch of my stuff up for sale, but I am definitely looking forward to re-focusing on work.

I am taking care of a ton of administrative things for the move, and I've been pleasantly surprised with how productive I've been in that arena. It has felt good to be productive and away from the felt, but I am ready to start anew for October.

WELLNESS

WORKOUT: LEGS (9/29)
Leg press 3x10
pendulum squat 3x10
glute kickbacks 3x10
calf raise 3x10

Incredible month man. Wp.

Sick month, well played.

10/1/2014

POKER



I wanted to get some hands in today because I wanted to start off having a good month, it's just good for me mentally. It went well and that's that I suppose. This month will be a lot of getting things done for the move, but going to definitely try to get good volume in again.

It keeps going well, so I keep playing a lot, but today I had a skype group session with my coach and some other guys where we went over hands and it makes me realize how much I have to learn. My strength in poker lies in watching what people do, and trying to exploit that best I can. As far as the overall strength of my game, I think actually from a nuts and bolts knowledge perspective there are many guys in my games that are superior to me. I have wanted to read a couple different books here for awhile, but since poker has been going well, I've had a hard time justifying stepping away from the tables. I figure once I go through a breakeven stretch I'll take a step back and work on my game. I know that's a bad perspective to take, but I have had a very high hourly for awhile now, and I did start off from scratch financially, so I know if I were to do it over I would do the same thing....that being said once I get settled in Mexico I DEFINTELY want to focus on getting to be a better player.

The skype session was super helpful though, I took lots of notes and already noticed I played better today because of it. I realized I was making this one type of mistake often, it's a fairly minor mistake compared to my old leaks, but the way my coach explained it, it made me realize that there are a couple spots that come up often that I am thinking completely wrong about.

That's the great thing about having a coach. In this example, I had a reason for doing what I was doing, and it was justifiable (to me). However, I was wrong, and I learned something, and played better today because of it. I just love that.

WELLNESS

WORKOUT: BACK
3x10 lat pulldowns
3x10 pull ups
3x10 tbar row
3x10 closegrip pulldown
3x10 dumbbell row

wow, i didnt realise american regs could still make this much $$

also your volume is inspiring, really great work man.

ty sir

10/3/2014

POKER



Relegated to the fact that I'm not going to be getting my usual volume in this month, but going well so far and I'm happy about that. Mental game is very good but to be expected when things are going well. Got to go in and see one of my good friends tonight, he used to be a really well known high stakes pro and now is a lawyer, we went to a steakhouse in the city. In a way we are going in opposite directions in our lives, so it makes for good conversation. I was in need of some shoes so I picked up some really cool ones I'm stoked about.

WELLNESS

WORKOUT: CHEST
dmbl incline 3x10
dmbl flat 3x10
incline bench 3x10
flye machine 3x10

10/4/2014

POKER



Some up and down today, for some reason I felt tired the whole day. Didn't feel as motivated as usual. Come to think of it, I did pack/organize a lot of stuff up for the move and maybe I was tired because of that. Did a session review with a friend and talked about some interesting spots, was definitely a good way to start the weekend. I need to try to do that more often, as you're just not going to catch those small mistakes on your own (at least I'm not).

WELLNESS

WORKOUT: LEGS
3x10 pendulum squats
3x10 leg press
3x10 glute extension

*knee started to bother me and I'm a little worried I'm not rehabbing it as effectively as I should be. Going to do some research tomorrow and see if I should either stop lifting heavy weights or just change things up some.

Phenomenal thread Clyde ... very inspiring!! Looks like you've put in the hours to get this far and truly deserve the fruits of your labour.

Wishing you continued success

Thanks LJ, I really appreciate it.

I'm missing btwn 10-20k in profits here because of all the messing around with databases I have done, but on the graph of my hands that I do have, I "officially" have made $100k since the beginning of my thread on July 20th. Pretty pointless as its just another number, but a cool milestone anyways that I'm stoked for.

100K in under 2 and a half months!! Wow!!

You mentioned you're still getting coaching ... Do you mind sharing who that's with plus any other poker books or videos you'd recommend that have helped you take your game to another level.

My coach is skraper on 2+2. I can't recommend someone any higher than I can him; he's been a huge part of my improvement.

Books....to be honest they haven't been a huge part of my story. I have been lucky to have made some good poker friends and have learned from them and reading hands and strat stuff on 2+2 rather than books. I know there are awesome ones out there I should read, I just haven't yet.

How much of your volume is HU?

great thread dude very motivating. nice to see a guy turn his life around.
quick question if you don't mind. how did you go about funding and getting a hud to work on all these different sites? i have 2x30 monitors but am stuck playing 4 tables because im having problems with both funding my accounts and esp getting hm2 to work with multiple sites. im terrible with tech stuff.... sigh thanks

10/5/2014

POKER



All in all having a fantastic month, but very frustrated with myself for the session I just finished. I played like 5k hands and ended up -200 and if I was even close to where I should have been mentally I would probably be up in the neighborhood of 7k. But I played way too long, played tilted, misread hands, watched tv while I was playing, basically did everything I am trying not to do. I ended up throwing my mouse at the end of the session and I'm just pissed at myself for letting myself go like that. Going to take a breather and focus on the big picture.

Rainy day and was inside all day, so didn't get a workout in today.

I would say like 15% is HU or shorthanded. If I could get more action I'd probably play more, then again I still find it stressful even if I'm winning so maybe its better this way

HEM FAQ usually takes care of whatever questions I have

[QUOTE=clydetheglide;44830677]My coach is skraper on 2+2. I can't recommend someone any higher than I can him; he's been a huge part of my improvement.

Couldnt agree more on this.

Anyway, sick moneymaking machine itt!

[QUOTE=clydetheglide;44833816]10/5/2014

POKER



FANTASTIC thread and results.

I'm just getting back at it and stories like yours are the reason why!

Mental Game is for sure the key edge.