Hey fellas,

I've decided it's time to get myself a car so I'm gonna use this thread to update my earnings and motivate myself.

Basically choosing between one of the following cars (gonna buy a used one):

BMW 1series:



Audi A3:



VW Golf:



Feel free to share your opinions !

So in order to cover all costs my goal is to get 20k.

I'm playing exclusively MTTs on Stars under the screen name MG10tze.

Time to get myself a christmas present

Wish me luck!

Had pretty decent start yday evening, played 30 games total and I'm up + $623. Had basically two deep runs finishing 22nd in the Hot $75 and making a 4th place in a $27 6-max Turbo PSKO to finish the day with profit. Going to gym soon, then 4 hrs uni and later this evening my gf is coming. We're currently having a long-distance relationship and she's gonna stay for 7-8 days, so volume is gonna be low the next days and next big session will most likely be on Sunday.

Sunday's gonna Sunday..

Just finished a big session getting in around 80 games. Started off with a really nice start having two deep runs:





After that I was off to freeroll the day but things just went super bad even though mostly in standard fashion. Bricked literally every sat I played (can't remember the last time this happened) and went on to bust all HSMTTs and only mincashing a few smaller buyin's.

Besides that I do have a few hands marked which I'm gonna review tomorrow but imo I've played a solid B game for the most part which I'm ofc happy with. Made a few bad bluffs and missed a few shoving opportunities iirc but nothing else worth mentioning. Only downside is that I'm still struggling a bit with table counts and not sure what the optimal # of tables should look like on a Sunday. Feeling very confident with 6-8 tables, feeling good and being used to 8-10 tables and prolly slightly loosing focus with 12 tables.

So results for today: +$41

Overall challenge: +$664

Next session will be either on Friday or Saturday. GL to those still fighting for dollars and glory in the majors!

Decided to fire a small nightly session yday which eventually ended pretty fast. Played pretty bad overall so I've decided to stay away from spontaneous night sessions after having a rly long day already cos concentration just lacks too much. Good thing is that I already realized this during the session and quit regging games early. Played a total of 12 games.

Session results: -$320

Overall challenge: +$345

Gf received the acceptance for her new flat so I'm gonna help her with the movement this weekend. Gonna take my laptop and monitor with me though to ensure my Sunday grind isn't at risk .

gl

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I like this as a PG&C and hope you crush this challenge. Best of luck!!

Also, I would encourage you to adjust your goal to 25k. Use 20k for the car, and set aside the 5k for the inevitable out-of-warranty German car repairs.

Thanks guys.

Will keep the challenge at 20k for now but agree that there are so many more costs to a car than the car itself, especially when buying a used one.

Just finished another session with a total of 50 games. Happy with my game for the most part except for a few slight mistakes (one bad river call which I instantly regret after clicking the call button). Despite a few mincashes and a 47th in the Hot 75 we had the following scores but unfortunately couldn't get much going in late game:





Bricked rest to make this a loosing day.

Session results: -$482

Overall challenge: -$137

Will give my best to get that back on Sunday!

As mentioned before I was forced to play my Sunday session at my gf's new place where I was helping her with the movement on Saturday. Eventually I decided to leave my monitor aside though and just play on my laptop with lower table count and full focus on all majors. The day started off pretty good as we both slept pretty late and then went out for a nice brunch in the city. Feeling very comfortable and excited for the grind we headed to her new home and I set up a nice grinding corner and started my session with a late-reg of the Bigger75.

Unfortunately things weren't going my way and for some reason I just wasn't able to fully concentrate on my games. I don't really know why but I was making way too many mistakes and tbh didn't deserve to win that day. I can't even recall any hands and there weren't any major punts or bluffs I pulled but I was definitely missplaying way too many hands in basic spots. Sadly gonna rate my Sunday game B- at best. In total I played 44 games with the following two tourneys being my best place finishes:





Drove back home today and decided to put in some work off the tables with a bunch of reviews. Then played another session today to get in volume and regged another 57 tourneys with another semi deep run in the Big22 finishing 49th. Besides that I mincashed a few tourneys but overall ended up loosing a bit. Definitely gonna rate today's game with a solid B though!

Overall results: -$2654

Gotta do some uni stuff these days so not sure when I'll be able to put in the next session.

Couldn't resist playing a few games this evening but decided to just play on the laptop and focus on just a few tables so volume was very low. Eventually lost a cooler in the €100 1r1a FCOOP for CL w 150 left getting it in pf AK<AA in a squeezed pot. Only annoying thing was that I already had a great stack (~1,5x average), a pretty soft table and last but not least FCOOP structure gives you enough room to accumulate chips. Anyway went on to 1-tabling the Big55 and eventually busted in 8th 99<AKs:



I played really good today and would def rate it an A game session overall so obv very happy. Playing so much better with less tables makes me thinking again about optimal table volume, but somehow I just can't come to an ultimate conclusion there .

Overall results: -$1334 (numbers not 100% right cos slightly loosing on .fr but will stick with results to .eu for now unless hitting big on .fr)

GG.

Great thread! Subbed! I'm chasing a score for a new motor as well, although it's going to take me a fair bit longer I expect!

Thanks! GL on your goal as well, tomorrow is Sunday so things can work out faster than you'd expect Anyway keep me updated how you're doing.

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I played pretty occasionally this week with one bigger session I just ended. Things are going really well game wise, I've been studying a lot this week and I'm really confident in my game. Would def rate at least today's session with an A. Resultwise things have to catch up a bit though. Been running poorly in most HS tourneys and I'm bleeding on FCOOP, but tbh I don't really care as long as my game doesn't suffer. I don't mind taking the bus yet .

Overall had a few deep-ish runs but couldn't close, finished 5th in $27 turbo ko, 18th in the $55 FO and 19th in the 22 1r1a as well as a few other mincashes.

Overall session: Lost track a bit as of outstanding transfers and .fr, but down around -$4000 if I'm not mistaken (will update with exact numbers asap)

Going to bed now, big Sunday ahead of me! GL all, see u @ the tables

Gl today man.

Are you under stake? If you don't mind me asking.

Thanks, you too. And grats on the Malta cash, keep them coming

Yeah, I'm in a mid-/longterm coaching and staking deal, but that's all I'm gonna say about it.

Let's do a quick summary of yesterday's session where I started my grind pretty early with a latereg of the Bigger33 and finished with the Hotter44. Performance-wise I was totally in the zone from the second I started but around Warmup time I was starting to get a headache (I'm a bit vulnerable to headache) so my focus went down a bit and at this moment I stopped regging new games and I instantly took two tablets which fortunately helped pretty fast so I was back in the zone again after being "interrupted" for about an hour. Again I'm very happy with my game and I'd def rate it my top game for 90% of the session. This time I was sticking to 8 tables max during my whole session (had like 9 once but that was due to sats I couldn't pass on) and it really pays off (shoutout to pads ). I was able to build up decent stacks everywhere and while I don't think I was necessarily running bad overall, my runbad has mostly happened in latestages so eventually I wasn't able to get the scores I was chasing.

Most notable finishes were 17th $33 6-max Turbo, 23rd Bigger33 (AK<AQ for heaps) and 25th in a $55 FO. Had multiple top100 finishes in 3k+ fields too, busted 2nd Chance and S500 both close to money and got coolered twice for what would've been a good shot at two more S500 tickets. So lost a bunch yday but could've easily been the other way around so that's fine.

Oh yeah and I had to skip FCOOP cos my monthly deposit limit was reached (1850 euro/month lol) which was super annoying .

Will most likely be playing this evening again and try to turn that ugly graph around so best of luck everyone !

Graph since start of the challenge

Props for the positive attitude. Keep it up, gg

Thanks man. In general I'd consider my mental game to be pretty strong.

Could write a ton about it but basic points are:

1.) I've been running way worse $ and volume wise in the past.
2.) I'm prolly breakeven cEv, but just -$Ev which obv hurts the BR.
3.) Don't wanna use the term downswing, it's a term which in the past has been abused by bad regs justifying that they don't need to improve further.
4.) I think there are many positive things coming along with a loosing streak just as refreshing your game, improving mental game and getting back focus.
5.) I'm too ambicious for the game itself that improving means much more to me than hitting money goals. That's why I've decided to go with less tables instead of potentially increasing my hourly by multitabling. So I'm fine with loosing as long as my game doesn't suffer.
6.) It's just part of the game. Simple as that. Deal with it or do something else.

My year to date hasn't been overwhelming but most importantly I'm playing the best poker I've ever played which keeps me motivated. I've had 2 WCOOP 2nd chance FT's busting quite early, two FCOOP.fr FT's busting early, 11th in Bigger55 and 3rd in Bigger 109 along with many many other deep runs I can't even name here. So where do you draw the line between running good or running bad? I easily could've had a 100k year already and I easily could be down 50k already.. who knows? I don't care .

Oh and check this new inspiring interview with WSOP 6th place finisher Thomas Cannuli after busting AA<TT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtl276ZpbqA

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Played a tiny session yesterday and believe it or not but I was tilting (more in the sense of loosing focus). Long story short I've played my best game in the Big109 having a Top5 chiplead basically from the beginning until we're down to 50 players or sth and I just put myself in a really good position to go deep. Then it's break time and this is when my gf and I usually talk to on the phone (long distance relationship lol) and all of a sudden we get into this huge fight for some reason and as soon as the game continues I tell her I can't deal with this s*** right now and gotta focus. I never tilt because of poker but this affected me emotionally so I sadly lost focus and ran some super terrific bluff to gift 80% of my stack to some recreational player and busted a few hands later in like 26th after loosing a flip for what would've been a 35bb stack. Anyway not sure what else to add here, this was just super frustrating and a very rare situation imo.

Will go to the city and gym soon and then you'll find me at the tables later. GL guys

Subbed, gl turning it around.

Thanks, you too. Been following your blog occasionally as well, keep grinding!

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Just finished a smaller session after reviewing a few Sunday hh's for an hour before. Played decent but didn't get rewarded. Unfortunately lost two flips for a ST tickets each, other then that finished 30th in the $50 Turbo KO and 35th in Hot33 as well as a few other mincashes but altogether still a slightly loosing session.

Gotta do some uni stuff tomorrow and will prolly take a day off, but you never know .

Good points up there.

What are you studying btw?

Master business economics

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Haven't played much the last few days and just played occasionally a few games on my laptop. Things are still going rough EV-wise so decided to do a few changes on my schedule to reduce variance. I've been basically cutting all hypers, mixing in a few more 180s and trying to play more small fieldsize games in general. Also been cutting a few games on tuesday and thursday due to the 1k's running and therefor HS games being much tougher.

Anyway my two most notable finishes of the last days:





Overall challenge: still around -$7k

As always looking forward and getting excited about the Sunday session . Will again focus on few tables and HSMTTs only. GL to all heroes out there !

GL tomorrow! Saw you at one of my tables I think

It's Monday afternoon right now and as usual I'm sitting in the bed trying to reflect the Sunday session.

Well three things come to my mind. First of all I'm just really happy that I've finally decided to not play more than 8 tables on a Sunday. Of course you could argue why this is worth mentioning but imo when opening the lobby on a Sunday there are just sooo many good value tourneys and sats which I just couldn't resist playing in the past. Now I feel absolutely fine skipping stuff and don't regret missing any tourney if my focus remains on all running tables. So yeah eventually I didn't register a single sat yesterday and played around 50 games total. This of course increases variance and buyins too but I'm fine with it as I think it's worth to sacrifice them in order to increase my ROI in high value/buyin MTTs.

Second thing is my usual game rating. As mostly I've had some ups and downs in my game throughout the session but I'd rate it a B+ altogether. Had a massive punt in the WU where I donated my whole stack to a Brazilian reg. Sometimes I feel like I have that small desire to just completely blast away one stack in order to get some kind of an eye-opener for the session . Sadly this was happening in the WU lol. Well the hand itself was a 3bet pot BvB, where I cbet/call a c/r and call the turn shove with 3rd pair and to no surprise loose to the overpair. But then again this was really the only hand I was getting out of line during my whole session. I think I've played really well in all the other games and I will review a few of them just right after I finished this post. So happy overall.

After all the results are still lacking. I've had big stacks everywhere but unfortunately many hands couldn't hold when it mattered. For some reason this really motivates me to keep improving though. I truely believe that the top top MTT players can reduce variance simply by playing so much better than anyone else.

Anyway had a few mincashes and this one to safe my damages:



FT was incredibly soft and bustout was a bit meh. Basically 4-handed with one bad reg and two scared money fish. Both fish keep chatting about making a deal and the greek player insists to the deal-making and literally confirmed that he ticked the "make a deal" box seconds before the following hand (I'm obv not yet declining the deal in order to abuse that impression). All stacks are pretty even and very short, I get dealt J9o on the button and shove for 10bb just to see the greek guy wake up/tankcall with AKo to bust me in 4th place. Whole situation was unfortunate imo but still happy with the result as I came very short into the FT. Also getting a nice score early in the session is always motivating and made me freeroll a big % of the day. I'm still down around -$500 overall but that's fine.

As mentioned before I'll review some hands now but won't be able to put in another until next Saturday. Hope you guys are doing fine, GL all !

Okay, figured it's time for another summary being exactly one month into the challenge.

To say the least the last four weeks have been pretty brutal. Played another two small sessions last two days and basically I just can't close tourneys in late games no matter how soft they are which is getting a bit annoying. Feel like my game is pretty decent atm, despite having lots of work to do for my uni I've regularly been studying and working on my game.

Had two other deep runs again:





Summing up I've definitely had decent runs since starting the challenge in almost every tourney of my schedule but the nature of MTTs and high variance Sundays doesn't reward simply getting deep if you're not able to close it.

So here's my s***y graph incl .fr (lost bunch thanks to FCOOP):





This month has def put me two steps back from my initial goal and makes me truely question the existence of a "pg&c rungood" .

At this point I'm gonna skip writing some stuff how I'm still really motivated etc as the truth is I'm not a single bit less motivated than the time I started this thread. I've dropped 10k in August this year already and this is far from the first time I've been having a loosing streak so my focus still lays on continuous improvement and getting in decent volume with a solid game. So yeah, basically there won't be any major changes and I'll just keep grinding this s*** out. Can't imagine a better day to start with this than having a Sunday ahead of us!

Gonna watch Real-Barca now and then chill out before the big session tomorrow. Hope you guys are doing better, GL all !

Subbed, glgl op