Challenge Days: 472-487 + December 2015 Report
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Well, I think it's somewhat simple. I think nowadays 6max is way better choice long term. Short term HU ofc. It all depends how you see yourself in the poker world. Cliff: Latest Kanu7 interview with joeingram
Now the HU is better and had more success stories then 6max because of the fact that the initial coach is way more suitable for that format and the fact that the nature of the game is most ''predatoric''.
I don't have exact numbers but we can count them quick:
- 2 players who finished(atvars and steezy)
- 4 players that quit( Iron, Whosyadaddy, Nuno,Jimmz)
- 3 player that switched(KP,Nathy,Bryan)
- 1 player still in for 1,5 year(Crazyhorse)
Which overall should be a 20% success rate. Some of these people weren't direct under Gordon but still they were under BPC CFP. There are also probably some people like Scoom or other guys that I haven't followed or know who quit. Also there is a fact that those who succeeded had the highest knowledge prior CFP(vars 100-200 and steezy 50-100 like me while everybody else was lower expect Bryan and the lazy cool **** Whosyadaddy).
Does it mean CFP is bad??? NOPE. There isn't much else on the market just these numbers mean that it's harder to finish the CFP. It's not as easy as some people think. And you really have to stay strong and you have to keep in mind that this format isn't suited for everyone. Like Iron and KP are IMO the prime examples of people who put an awesome and respectful amount of work but they didn't make it(I know Iron reasons only). But I still encourage everyone(send one of my best friends that I know for now almost 23 years in the program and I don't have one single % in BPC share) who is committed and hasn't had any great results to join the program because you are not gonna find something similar on the market.
Hey guys,
Long time no update. Before I start my update I would like to wish all followers a happy and successful New Year. Was once again a nice pleasure sharing my journey with you.
Now what to say about December? Second losing month. I didn't put a lot of volume and I was enjoying a lot of festivities and didn't put any effort in turning things around.
The last 100k hands(December and November) I didn't win anything(actually I lost 2k$, although I'm 6,5k$ in EV) I can definitely say I'm pretty sure it's one of those bad 100k runs that happens every 2million hands but I also wasn't playing really good. I was really poor, almost to a level where I got really really lazy and didn't have any job obligations. I don't know what was the reason(probably very settled with the money) but I'm guessing that maybe reaching some of goals earlier then expected sort of killed my motivation to play. Hate this feeling when I only play because it's my job or because I'm obligated. Guess lesson learned.
So overall I made
2,5k$(post RB) which is OK given my poor performance but still........mehh. Anyway let's see some picks:
At least red line finally normal
and I have to celebrate a milestone for this challenge with a 2 Million Hands Graph:
TOTAL CHALLENGE: 306 409.25$(LAST UPDATE) - 2 642.75$(WINNINGS 16 DAYS) + 5 110.44$(RakeBack) = 308 876.94$/ 500 000$
2015 Report
So let's review 2015. First full year ''on my own'' and I have to say I in the big picture satisfied.
I made over 150k$ overall(had first +30k$), traveled consistently and improved in a lot of aspects. I guess most of my goals for the year were achieved although the end of the year left me a big impact on me. Also health wise it wasn't the best year.
When I look back at year I see that I could have made way, way more. Easy 200k+. I mean if I wouldn't have been so unprofessional in certain parts of the year that number would have been easy to crush.
But asides from the numbers this are the things that for me have the most value:
- I need a routine(can't change consistently places)
- I need to always find some sort of motivation otherwise I'm screwed
- Focus more on health
This very simple 3 things that everybody knows are the 3 most important things that I take from 2015 and start with them 2016 smarter.For you I leave a graph of the year:
So what to expect from 2016?
So 2016 I decided to go back to bumhunt exclusively.In 2015 I 99.99% playing on only 1 very famous site and I could satisfy myself that I played in really challenging line ups, could afford to play on any lineups up to 400 but I don't see that as the most profitable thing in 2016. Already this month report will be screwed because I don't have HH from some network(saving HH is gonna become a crime lol) and it's sort of ridic how big the differences is between the technical levels on top sites and small skins. Anyway I established after a lot of thinking that the most +EV decision for 2016 should be bumhunting. The goal should be to finish this challenge.
Another thing is that I expect to learn a new format either PLO, MTT or another card game. Just to add a new potential source of money. After February I hope I will only play 400+ and I think once I polished my game again I think it's gonna be a great time to finally make a step forward to the ultimate goal ''become an all round'' poker player.
Anyway that's it. It's a long update, I hope you enjoyed it and I'm gonna be back somewhere in February. GL at the tables!