Hey readers. A bit about my self and what I'm doing here:

My name is Mantas (screen names later on), I'm 25y/o, living in Lithuania. I was thinking about my own blog some time, when I saw my ex-colleague blog on facebook. Till this day I didn't know how my blog will look like, just pure tree months of thinking what to say? And here I am, sitting on my couch writing. Okey, lets talk about my career (or should I say careers?)


It's 4years as I'm working as a bartender in the same company in Lithuania.. These years was.. Let's say that was lots of changes in my life during that time. Before that I broke with a girl, went to live in Scotland, found a job at a bar as a barsupport. Had all the week free except Fridays and saturdays, and what did I do? What would you do? )



Haha, then I found online poker started with some video packs, found huhypers. In our local poker forum found a skype group, we studied the game, talked about hands, I played from my own money (imagine me, changing my Doritos pack to one buy-in that time ) ) than I got staked. I grinded a lot, every free evening out of work I worked on my game, had really busy day schedule for grinding, sleeping, napping, eating, really pushed my self.

After a year or so, I decided to come back home, I rented a flat with a friend, and guess what.. He was a huhypers crusher So I got staked by one of the biggest these days hu format families, started working in the bar as a part time job as a bartender. Grind, friends, alcohol, parties, girls, looks awesome right? Then I met my girlfriend, thing were awesome but I couldn't manage 3things in my life these days. So I dumped poker, asked for more shifts at the bar, moved together with my girlfriend.

I was really passionate about bartending, talking with customers, making drinks so after one year I decided to go to European Bartenders school in Milano Italy, came back after that, won my first bartenders competition and went to Paris represent my county. Didn't go well, but I came back with feeling I'm missing something, so started to watch videos from all over the world, hired a bar coach to help me. After few more competitions went to most serious one.. Worldclass. It's like a wsop for poker players Top5 Lithuania, top12 Baltic countries (LT, LV, EST), not so bad, huh? Never won first again, but gained respect in bartenders community, my employers. I was a manager at my bar that I worked, I felt I'm doing everything right.


One and half year ago I broke my wrist and... I found poker again


Still reading? Good. Because now things going serious.

Started to play mtts 2-3-4tables at the time. On my coach. On my big tv screen. Yeach. Dind't have a monitor, my laptop was pretty small. So played just the way I felt. No coachings, no videos, nothing. Then hitted my first $500 or so (I was playing $1-2bi) and things went really good. From money I won, hired a coach, started watching a videos.. Another win.. Had one coaching a weak, learned a lot.. And then I remember my school times, I met a guy, who dated a girl from my school... (another long story).. So I wrote him (PS, and p5s nick name arbaarba), maybe he knows a staking group, because I have no referral, no one knows me.. And he took me under his wing I had 5 coaching sessions a week, 1-2hours every day two months or so. Few months later I could sing a song: LOOK AT MY HORSE

And then... I had to choose, what to do (like 3years ago), because I couldn't manage 3thing in my life.. So I choose poker career and girlfriend.

Things went really cool, I studied a lot, had -2k downswing, didn't understad a varience of poker that time.

So so so.. I played a lot, and my coach arbaarba and benasg (they coached and staked me together), asked me if i want to move to bagodart (bagoch and dartazz) stable and I said YES! But first had to clean my mu ant give them back their money. Next week I hit a tournament, making profitsplit and moving on '18 January I started as a bagoch and dartazz horse, and arbaarba was coaching there. I was so happy, that things moving such a good way that I didn't realize -1k..-2k..-5k...-7k.. downswing.. And mental downswing as a bonus.. Really dark times, 5months or so I didn't have a job, playing 5-6days a week (realods every week needed!), studied a lot, hh, videos, meditation..

Had to do something with money, because my savings was gone after 6months with no job.. I thinked about that 3weeks, to make a call or not.. And one morning just woke and realize that I have to do it. I made a call, made an apointment with a bar manager that I left, and went back to work as a part time bartender. So from now, my fridays and saturdays nights is is the bar, working

Then SCOOPS started. As a tradition, all the group going to resort and grind all together. Got my motivation and self control back, won some tournaments, had really funny BIG deep runs that didn't go well.. Came back to homegrind, had heater again, like Gus said "It's gonna be a great summer". And it was. Lots of grinding had +++ two months in a row, worked on weekends, grinding on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. Things went really good again, 30+final tables in 2months.


August decided to make morning sessions, because wanted to have summertime, evenings with my girlfriend, friends. Really really lot's of final tables, lots of winnings, like 4final tables at the time time, 2 tournaments won another day.. But all in all finished month in minus profit. Poker is cruel game leaving you with nothing and smiling at your face when kicking your balls same time ))


Moved to offise from home grinding, with few players and my coach arbaarba. Wcoops, powerfest and other series.. Bankroll reload needed.. And now I'm ant the same stage before bootcamping with teammates.

All years I'm playing mtt's I never asked my self, do I really want to play this game, or can I beat this game. I just know that I want, and do everything to kick back.

Now I'm managing not 2 or 3 things.. Now I'm playing poker, working as a bartender, managing 5bars once a week (just going there and checking them, making manu changes and so on), attending sportclub with my girlfriend, being with her. Thanks to her patience and trust in myself. Never been so high as I am now

Okey, I'm at my crutial point of my MU, not that high? but this blog is not about me crying about variance or how my AA breaks up on ft bubble in chip pot. It's about.. Um..




JUST KIDDING!!

It's about to help understand myseft what is missing in my game and improve that. Learn from my mistakes. Sorry, this blog is for future me, to read everything I wrote.

Ye. I started missing something in my game, in my daily routine, in my everyday normal life.. Happiness I understand that happiness is not coming with success. Opposite - success comes with happiness!
Watched few podcasts with top-noch players. Grabbed few ideas for my dailylife and poker.


Lets start with goals. My main goal is to think about goals and set them correctly. I want to find a system, to learn, live, work and play, and... put all these things together

I made a plan for every day till next monday starting tomorrow 25/09/2018.

25/09tuesday - morning meditation, checking 5bars in few hours, coaching session with my coach, cash night with boys.

26/09wednesday - 7.5hours of night sleep, morning meditation, postflop analysis hour (have really good coaching videos, want to watch them AALLL), sport club (x-fit). Grind session at the offise (not much than 8tables)

27/09thursday - 7.5hours night sleep, morning meditation, check my preflop ranges, are they correct, do I really play taking them in mind. (1hour). If my couch can, make a coach session. Make dinner with girlfriend at home. Evening grind at offise.

28/09friday - 7.5 hours night sleep, morning meditation, one hour of ICM spots, that i marked during a week. Podcast hour. Time for my selft till 6pm and bar shift starts Let's meet at Sunday...

30/09Sunday - 7.5 hours night sleep, morning meditation, have a tradition with girlfriend, go to sauna and swimming pool every Sunday after my weeked shifts, to relax, concentrate to my evening session. After that, taking a lunch and I'm goint to offise, getting readdy to sunday grind. Goal for sunday: live play review (30mins).

Monday... next blog page about my all week, my thoughs during my week plan will make a notes all the week, how I felt, about my mood while grindind, about next topic.

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See you soon!

Sup boys

With today's stars I want to apologise for my English. It's not my main language. I think if you understand me, it's enough

soo... 3 grind days last week.

Let's talk about goals that I sat.

Meditate only 2 mornings. Made a note during these days, that these days were more productive, made more deepruns in poker, tilting less.

About sleep... it's like Achilles heel for me... It's like, I wake up 9am after 7-8 hours sleep and still feel sleepy!!! Anyone else??
Maybe it's because of coffee? I'm drinking 2-3 strong coffee cups during grind sessions.

About coaching. Had one session with coach, made 2 coaching sessions by my self. Watched videos, made notes, found few leaks in my stats.


About lest week in few sentences. Not happy about my sleepiness all the time. Feeling like a crap in the morging, or any time I try to wake up. Had pretty good cash game starting the week, and few deep runs on trursday session. 2nd, 12th, 15-20th places, 1,5k euros profit
Two days at the bar, had pretty fun time, relax the mind from poker. Feel free to check my instagram @mantas.un


How our office looks like:




Okey, goals to October and this week:

Week:
*Have 2 coaching sessions with coach and 2 by my self.
*Note every hand that I'm not sure 100%.
*Meditate every morning.
*Sleep 8hours max.
*Ask more questions.

Month:
*Reduce coffee in October. Not even one cup
*Have a good holidays Oct11-22nd. Hell I need that.
*Watch my hem2 stats, spots that I'm leaking all the time, and ask questions.

If you have any ideas about my blog, I'm here to read
Do you want to see my weekly results? Any hand reviews?

See you next Monday, guys!

Subbed, gl gl!

Sup guys long time no see!

So, more facts about me:
*Playing mtts 1.5years from now.
*Playing 20eur/$23 avg buyins, taking shots when series to 55, and playing sattelites to 100+.
*Hitting my biggest downswing, I think -8500-9000eur at the moment.
*Still motivated as f**k.
*Playing 3-4days a week, 20-30hours.
*Learning the game not enough. Will make a study plan after my holidays, with coach ant alone.


10/02 Tuesday. First day of grind without coffee, changed with green tea - 4cups . Had few deep runs for PPko11 7th ($120+) and PPtubomain33 ($780) 5th. Full focus till the end, little exercise during brakes. Pretty happy about my focus playing 9tables.

10/03 Wednesday. Awful day. No deeps, almost no ITM. Played 9tables, felt really bad without coffee.

10/04 Thursday. Felt a bit better, did hh review. Few itm, nothing deep. Still coffee neededddd!!

Weekend out off poker, worked in the bar and 10/07 Sunday grind. Felt really motivated, felt like I’m gonna CRUSH today! 10/08 is my birthday, so played really nice poker, long session 12tables, had few deep runs, 35ev/bb100 in 4k hands ) but not profitable session..

Monday took day off, layed all day in the bed, had dinner with friends, came back 7am in the morning..

Was really excited before holidays, so played 10/09 live in casino 110eur win the button. 12/40. Didn’t make huge mistakes, got 2 coolers at the end.. Cry me a river )

Played 60+60eur 30k 20min in Lloret de mar casino. Pretty easy field, old guys and womans gambling for luck. Finished 11th out of 70. Really weird game, they donk pot, 3x pot check/shoving, cbeting 2xpot. Got to adjust, and find my targets at the table. Unlucky in chip pot:
22bb, i opened 2.1x from CO, SB young aggro player 3bet to almost 6x, i shoved my 99’s and run into AA’s

Still on the holidays now, been in Barcelona and Lloret de mar, Spain, going to visit London this weekend , will come back at grind 10/21 Sunday.

Questions are welcome!

Few photos from holidays )

Long time no see

Forget about blog for a while.. Had really bad mood to write, feeling, there is nothing to say, just grind, food, sleep, repeat..

But but but ) had really amazing last two weeks, not only in poker, but in personal life as well.

Two weeks ago, went to my home town to meet family and friends, took my “mini grind station” with me (table, screen, pc). Day time spend with my little brother, talket with mom, evenings - with poker. Grinded at my friends house, he just signed a contract with spinngo school (he’s a little monster, 2k games in 4days oo ). So nothing special.. Played 12tables, didn’t meditate all week (super bad). And the last evening had really nice conversation with my friend and realized few things.

First of all, my girlfriend told me an idea.. To spend one year learning hard as f*ck, and if it’s not working out, do not waste my time with poker anymore. I understand her, we are 26-27, and life it’s just began. Family planning and so on..

Second, I want to learn more. Because few months without learning, and results speaking… minus minus minus..

Decided to challenge myself.
*Do not sleep more than 8hours, no matter what. Hangover, skyfalling…
*Meditate 6days/week minimum (7 is recovery after friday’s shift at the bar).
*First month learn 15hours/week, later 10hours/week and longer sessions.
*Play at least 4days/week.
*Two months play not much than 6tables, later add one each month till 9max.
*If during 2019 still can’t live or take 70% of my incomes from poker, I can make much more money somewhere else. (There is few backup plans )

So first week results:
*Slept 8hours maximum,
*Meditated each day.
*Got coached 2times by coach, 4days by myself = 15 hours total.
*Played 6tables all week, 4days/w.

3final tables, one of them secoop 4th place for 2.7k eur, (8k+ top ;/) AQvs AJs on Qxx, runner flush. Another 8th, got AA vs KK on J84r, river K in chippot )) And the first time of my life, when I got these suck-outs, I felt that I’m improving my game day by day and I’m not going to stop, I didn’t feel bad that I lost, I felt more motivated to stand up and face them again

Only 6tables… Only 100games this month.. 15hours of learning.. Results speaking, guys I know it’s really short term, but I never felt so motivated.