My MSNL Online and HSNL Live games journey
04-23-2018
, 07:07 PM
Here are some proper stacks...
This one was a decent one in LV 2 years ago or last year, not sure...
And this was I think my biggest stack and by far my biggest winning session!
And now, my plans for the following months...
Today is my last night in London for the next 4 months, and tomorrow I'll start kind of a roadtrip which will go like this:
-Tomorrow I will fly to Spain to visit my family for a week and i'll mainly just enjoy the sun, workout and do some sims.
-Then i'll spend a night in Barcelona, and from there i'll start my official "holidays". I'll first fly to Singapore and spend 3 days there. Booked a nice Business Class flight with a super nice deal I found. The plan in Singapore is to just do some tourist stuff, go to restaurants, and so on.
-After that i'll fly to Bali for about 3...3.5 weeks. My plan there is to workout a lot to get in shape and lose 6 more kg before Vegas, and study a bunch... I've done some new sims with a friend and my plan is to just study 3-4 hours every day while I'm in Bali. And most importantly I just plan on enjoying my time there with my wife. Both Singapore and Bali are two of my favourite spots on earth so I'm super excited. Also the plan is to be there on holidays but I will study as it's something I enjoy a lot doing, so it won't cause any stress on me, quite the opposite I believe. The most important step to go there without stress was to leave china apps in the past and I did that already.
The benefits of this intensive studying will be a lot: I'll first of all become a better player, will be super prepared for Vegas while having rested at the same time, and it will be the perfect way in my opinion to return to the online felts, as I will first study, then apply it on live games and then finnally apply it on the online felt which I plan on returning on September. Last but not least, as I enjoy studying way more than playing I want to start coaching at some point and all the stuff i'll study now I want to organize it in excels and word docs and this will make coaching a lot easier in the future.
-After Bali, i'll spend another 3 days in Singapore, and from there i'll fly back to Spain for another 10 days. My plan there is again to enjoy the sun, workout, keep studying and play some live poker even if it's really low (i think highest is like 2/5) just to warm up for Vegas.
After all this I hope to be back in sick shape and super prepared for a month long grind.
-After Mallorca i'll go first to Mexico for 5 days for an event and from there to Vegas. I'll be there a month, and I plan on playing 3 tourneys: the 3k WSOP 6max, 1.7k Venetian 6max and the Main Event. Aside from that i'll just be grinding the cashgames anything from 10-20 to 50-100, and maybe just maybe 100-200. I plan on working out, because it would be super stupid to get in nice shape just to stop working out for a month before returning to Spain and get fat again.
-So after Vegas i'll be back in Spain until EPT Barcelona, and during that time I plan on doing exactly the same I was doing in Bali, but maybe start to study some PLO and play a little live poker there.
-Then i'll go to EPT Barcelona to grind cashgames and some MTT's depending on the action.
-After that i'll finnally return to London, where I plan on making my return to the online felts and also play live poker.
So this are my plans basically!
This one was a decent one in LV 2 years ago or last year, not sure...
And this was I think my biggest stack and by far my biggest winning session!
And now, my plans for the following months...
Today is my last night in London for the next 4 months, and tomorrow I'll start kind of a roadtrip which will go like this:
-Tomorrow I will fly to Spain to visit my family for a week and i'll mainly just enjoy the sun, workout and do some sims.
-Then i'll spend a night in Barcelona, and from there i'll start my official "holidays". I'll first fly to Singapore and spend 3 days there. Booked a nice Business Class flight with a super nice deal I found. The plan in Singapore is to just do some tourist stuff, go to restaurants, and so on.
-After that i'll fly to Bali for about 3...3.5 weeks. My plan there is to workout a lot to get in shape and lose 6 more kg before Vegas, and study a bunch... I've done some new sims with a friend and my plan is to just study 3-4 hours every day while I'm in Bali. And most importantly I just plan on enjoying my time there with my wife. Both Singapore and Bali are two of my favourite spots on earth so I'm super excited. Also the plan is to be there on holidays but I will study as it's something I enjoy a lot doing, so it won't cause any stress on me, quite the opposite I believe. The most important step to go there without stress was to leave china apps in the past and I did that already.
The benefits of this intensive studying will be a lot: I'll first of all become a better player, will be super prepared for Vegas while having rested at the same time, and it will be the perfect way in my opinion to return to the online felts, as I will first study, then apply it on live games and then finnally apply it on the online felt which I plan on returning on September. Last but not least, as I enjoy studying way more than playing I want to start coaching at some point and all the stuff i'll study now I want to organize it in excels and word docs and this will make coaching a lot easier in the future.
-After Bali, i'll spend another 3 days in Singapore, and from there i'll fly back to Spain for another 10 days. My plan there is again to enjoy the sun, workout, keep studying and play some live poker even if it's really low (i think highest is like 2/5) just to warm up for Vegas.
After all this I hope to be back in sick shape and super prepared for a month long grind.
-After Mallorca i'll go first to Mexico for 5 days for an event and from there to Vegas. I'll be there a month, and I plan on playing 3 tourneys: the 3k WSOP 6max, 1.7k Venetian 6max and the Main Event. Aside from that i'll just be grinding the cashgames anything from 10-20 to 50-100, and maybe just maybe 100-200. I plan on working out, because it would be super stupid to get in nice shape just to stop working out for a month before returning to Spain and get fat again.
-So after Vegas i'll be back in Spain until EPT Barcelona, and during that time I plan on doing exactly the same I was doing in Bali, but maybe start to study some PLO and play a little live poker there.
-Then i'll go to EPT Barcelona to grind cashgames and some MTT's depending on the action.
-After that i'll finnally return to London, where I plan on making my return to the online felts and also play live poker.
So this are my plans basically!
04-24-2018
, 06:48 AM
Regarding the monster stack in Barcelona, that was 2 years ago in a private 100/200 game with a lot of 400 straddles, like 60-70% where straddled... my biggest game to date.
05-13-2018
, 12:22 AM
What's up guys! Been mainly chilling in Bali this last 2 weeks, and still got another 2 weeks between Bali and Singapore! Just love it over here, it's always like a fitness retreat for me.
I've made a lot of progress, training every day, eating healthy every day, waking up early, sleeping 8h, etc. I started exercising and dieting 2 month ago, and the last time I weighted myself was just before leaving Bali and I had lost 7kg. Now I would say I might have lost another 2-3kg and I'm near my "ideal weight" again, and pretty happy overall with my body. I'm the kind of guy who won't go to the beach if I'm not comfortable with my body, which is super stupid but I just can't avoid it. Right now I would at least go to the beach.
Aside from fitness and holidays I also have been studying and planning, and also found a huge mental leak of mine which I will go into later. So I've been doing some PIO stuff, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. I've been looking into 3BP OOP and I'm pretty happy because I think I've found a pretty nice simplified strat which is humanly possible to apply. My plan is to finish 3BP OOP before Vegas. I've also looked into some other stuff, and while studying I'm actually super motivated for both WSOP and returning to online. By the way, just when I thought King10Clubs retired I see him back at the tables and apparently he's crushing like always, what an absolute beast! I think I've said this before, but aside from the usual suspects like Llinus, OTB, Limitless, etc this is the guy I admire most, he just has such a sick work ethic!
On the other side I'm super sad of not playing the SCOOPs, this time zone is just horrible and I told myself I would relax over here, but I might play the Main Event 1K lateregging like 3-4 hours.
I've also been planning my WSOP, I plan on playing the 3k WSOP 6max just the day after I arrive, in case I bust that one I might play the 1.6k Venetian 6max the day after or if I don't feel like playing MTT's after busting the first I will just go straight to grinding cashgames and probably not playing any more mtt's until the Main Event.
The daily routine should be like waking up at 7am, go to the gym at 7.30 until 8.30, shower, go to breakfast at 9.00, and head to the cashgames at 10am until 8pm. The reason for the early schedule is that often when you arrive later than that you just have to wait an eternity to get a seat. I also made like a scoring system to evaluate the game I play to decide if I should stay 2 more hours after 8pm or even more, but if I play longer it has to be only based on the quality of the game, not because I'm stuck (which is my specialty, to grind more when I'm stuck). After finishing my session I will be having dinner and chilling 2-3 hours and go to bed. Also I want to force myself to take breaks every 2 hours for like 10 minutes. Regarding my diet, I will basically have some scrambled eggwhites at the morning, order a healthy meal from AllAmerican Dave for lunch and have a nice dinner somewhere if I play until 8pm which will obv be healthy, or if I play longer just order another AAD meal. And I also ordered some supplements.
So, one more thing I wanted to say, is that I figured that most of my stress is because of thinking of my future or my past, and not really focusing on the present moment. I (this is real) stressed because I didn't know what I will do this October, or because I want to play more Live Poker, but having a wife makes it difficult to travel, etc. It's just super stupid to think so much ahead specially in Poker where everything can change in a second. Suddenly there is a new profitable online site, or a new tournament series where there are nice live cashgames or whatever. I've been trying to try to fix this mental leak, and started reading "The power of now" and will also start meditating, it seems meditation is good anyway, but specially for this exact mental leak of mine.
Last but not least, some pics from Bali and Singapore:
So, my plan is to finish my last PIO sims of 3BP OOP flop strategies, I will try climbing today, because I want to be accepted my the UK Poker Crew, and I won't be accepted until I learn to climb or at least that's what I heard... nah, jokes aside, I wanted to do some cardio aside from training and thought this might be fun. And tomorrow I'm heading to Ubud, and will post pics from there soon!
I've made a lot of progress, training every day, eating healthy every day, waking up early, sleeping 8h, etc. I started exercising and dieting 2 month ago, and the last time I weighted myself was just before leaving Bali and I had lost 7kg. Now I would say I might have lost another 2-3kg and I'm near my "ideal weight" again, and pretty happy overall with my body. I'm the kind of guy who won't go to the beach if I'm not comfortable with my body, which is super stupid but I just can't avoid it. Right now I would at least go to the beach.
Aside from fitness and holidays I also have been studying and planning, and also found a huge mental leak of mine which I will go into later. So I've been doing some PIO stuff, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. I've been looking into 3BP OOP and I'm pretty happy because I think I've found a pretty nice simplified strat which is humanly possible to apply. My plan is to finish 3BP OOP before Vegas. I've also looked into some other stuff, and while studying I'm actually super motivated for both WSOP and returning to online. By the way, just when I thought King10Clubs retired I see him back at the tables and apparently he's crushing like always, what an absolute beast! I think I've said this before, but aside from the usual suspects like Llinus, OTB, Limitless, etc this is the guy I admire most, he just has such a sick work ethic!
On the other side I'm super sad of not playing the SCOOPs, this time zone is just horrible and I told myself I would relax over here, but I might play the Main Event 1K lateregging like 3-4 hours.
I've also been planning my WSOP, I plan on playing the 3k WSOP 6max just the day after I arrive, in case I bust that one I might play the 1.6k Venetian 6max the day after or if I don't feel like playing MTT's after busting the first I will just go straight to grinding cashgames and probably not playing any more mtt's until the Main Event.
The daily routine should be like waking up at 7am, go to the gym at 7.30 until 8.30, shower, go to breakfast at 9.00, and head to the cashgames at 10am until 8pm. The reason for the early schedule is that often when you arrive later than that you just have to wait an eternity to get a seat. I also made like a scoring system to evaluate the game I play to decide if I should stay 2 more hours after 8pm or even more, but if I play longer it has to be only based on the quality of the game, not because I'm stuck (which is my specialty, to grind more when I'm stuck). After finishing my session I will be having dinner and chilling 2-3 hours and go to bed. Also I want to force myself to take breaks every 2 hours for like 10 minutes. Regarding my diet, I will basically have some scrambled eggwhites at the morning, order a healthy meal from AllAmerican Dave for lunch and have a nice dinner somewhere if I play until 8pm which will obv be healthy, or if I play longer just order another AAD meal. And I also ordered some supplements.
So, one more thing I wanted to say, is that I figured that most of my stress is because of thinking of my future or my past, and not really focusing on the present moment. I (this is real) stressed because I didn't know what I will do this October, or because I want to play more Live Poker, but having a wife makes it difficult to travel, etc. It's just super stupid to think so much ahead specially in Poker where everything can change in a second. Suddenly there is a new profitable online site, or a new tournament series where there are nice live cashgames or whatever. I've been trying to try to fix this mental leak, and started reading "The power of now" and will also start meditating, it seems meditation is good anyway, but specially for this exact mental leak of mine.
Last but not least, some pics from Bali and Singapore:
So, my plan is to finish my last PIO sims of 3BP OOP flop strategies, I will try climbing today, because I want to be accepted my the UK Poker Crew, and I won't be accepted until I learn to climb or at least that's what I heard... nah, jokes aside, I wanted to do some cardio aside from training and thought this might be fun. And tomorrow I'm heading to Ubud, and will post pics from there soon!
05-13-2018
, 01:27 PM
05-14-2018
, 01:28 PM
05-14-2018
, 01:29 PM
yuck! Also, high stakes on China doesn’t count
These boys got nuttin’ on us