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01-01-2018 , 12:57 PM
Hi Everybody!

I'm a 34 years old student I have finished University in 2009 and have a degree, but I wanted to learn more. I decided I apply for an another course. I'm interested in psychology and self development and I read a lot about them. I entranced to University in 2016.
I will start my 4. semester on Psychology BA.

I have started play poker in 2008 (I guess ). I was a cg palyer without pretty good results and I switch to HUsngs in 2014 and I tried Spins in 2016. In the end of 2016 I switched back to HUsng. I really enjoy that format and I have better results. I'm not a top player, but I'm a hard worker person.

Here is my result from 2017:





As I mentioned I'm interested in personal development, but still I have a maine mental leak. I affraid of loosing and I play less higher limits, but I think I can win on 20-30 HU. This is one of the reasons why I started this thread. I want to inspire myself and I want to write and follow my development. I really want to leave my comfort zone and I want to push myself through my fear.

My main goals for 2018:

[] Pass every exams
[] 20$ abi
[] 4-5% EVRoi
[] Read 30 books
[] Do fitness programs
[] Develop my game and my personality
[] Do voluntary work
[] Start to learn Italian language
[] Buy a new computer for work

I going to write some summary about my results every one/two week. I hope I can do it.

gL
PeAAce
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01-08-2018 , 12:59 PM
Hi!

After 1 week here is my first report. I have 2 more exams on the University, but I had to move the first later, because I caught a bad cold. I feel pretty bad and weak. I have 1 more week to study my exams. 1 of them is evolution psychology which is pretty interesting and I have learned a lot of useful things.
I couldt play too much neither.
Here is the result:



I started to play on 36, but it wasn't good. I hope I feel better soon, and I can start to grind harder.

I started to read my first book this year which is Olympos by Dan Simmons. I have read a couple of books from him and I read Ilion which is the first part of this duology. I'm looking forward to this week.

Take care guys!
peAAce
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01-09-2018 , 04:11 AM
Gl gl, it's always hard to go up the stakes in huSNG. It gets way harder. Do you play the hypers or turbos?

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01-09-2018 , 07:01 AM
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Gl gl, it's always hard to go up the stakes in huSNG. It gets way harder. Do you play the hypers or turbos?

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I aggree with that. It's not easy, but I hope I can do it. 30$ limit is reasonable for me.
I play hypers and turbos too, but mainly hypers.
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01-16-2018 , 02:40 PM
Hi!

Last week was pretty busy. I learned a lot for the exams and I tried to play as much as possible, but I'm just a human

This is the result of last week:



I'm glad my game, but ofc I have to learn more a lot. I played between 11-36$. Not much on 36, because I could win just only 1 match.

This week I want to play more and I want to spend some time with some pokerlearning stuffs. Finally I will have time for reading and other activity.
I will go to my high school reunion, it will be pretty good, because I haven't met with some gusy for 10 years. I'm looking forward to it.

gL
peAAce
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01-23-2018 , 03:32 PM
Hi!

Another week ends. This time I don't post graph, because I don't want to check my graph until end of the month.
I passed my exemas, so I'm pretty happy. I have more free time and I want to concentrate to my game. I want to watch some videos and I will make a video about my game.
I finished The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett and I started an another fantasy. I think I will finish in this weekend.
Olympos is good, but at the moment I prefer fantasy books.
I'm still sick, but I hope I can start again my fitness program soon.

Thats all!

gL guys!

p.s.: Sorry for my english!
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01-31-2018 , 08:10 PM
Hi!

Here is the end of the month.
My result:


Unfortunately January was my one of the worst month in HU. My EV isn't the best, but so-so. I ran pretty awful every higher limits and I ran below EV my lowest limit too, but its a little bit better. I hope it will be better.
After my exams I can concetrate to improve of my game.
I made a 90days plan for it. It started on last Monday.
I made a video for my coach, and we will analyse it tomorrow.
I want to increse my volume, my focus and quality of my game. I'm pretty sure I can improve a lot in the next 90 days.

gL guys/girls!
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02-02-2018 , 09:09 AM
Just a fun hand from yesterday

No Limit Holdem Tournament
PartyPoker
2 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter

Stacks:
BTN Hero (24BB) 24bb
BB Gymwear (26BB) 26bb

Blinds: 0.5BB/1BB

Pre-Flop: (3BB, 2 players) Hero is BTN K 9
Hero raises to 2BB, Gymwear raises to 6BB, Hero calls 4BB
Flop: 9 9 5 (13.5BB, 2 players)

Gymwear goes all-in 20BB, Hero goes all-in 18BB

Turn: 8 (51.5BB, 2), 2 all-in
River: 7 (51.5BB, 2), 2 all-in

Final Pot: 51.5BB
Gymwear shows
6 J
Hero shows
K 9

Gymwear wins 52BB (net +26BB)

Hero lost 24BB
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02-02-2018 , 11:42 AM
Ah you play hu at party as well? Do you only play party or a mix? I love how even the regs at party are playing weird tbh. Gl man on the progress
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02-02-2018 , 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DonutCop
Ah you play hu at party as well? Do you only play party or a mix? I love how even the regs at party are playing weird tbh. Gl man on the progress
TyTy!
I play other site/sites too. I don't play too much with regs, but some of them can show some interesting moves I guess I can do crazy things too...
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02-23-2018 , 08:53 AM
I tried to work on my game lately. I haven't checked my results. I think my game is better, but my avg bi is lower than I want.
I have played a lot of pretty suspicious account on higher limits and I avoid to play with them. Some of them seem pretty good and some of them pretty bad but all of them beat me unfortunately.
Its not to fun to grind back on lower limit what I lost on higher.

In the end of the month I will make a bigger post about my monthly results.

peAAce
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03-02-2018 , 12:49 PM
Hi guys!

As I promised here is my result from Frebruary:



I played much better, than before, so I'm glad my game. I studied a lot and I would like to continue that in March. Unfortunatel I'm below EV, but at least its just about 10-11BI.

I started a storng March. I try to play on 3 tables, but its a little bit difficult, because of registration. Play, check lobbies and registration in same time not really easy for me, but I want to adapt well every situations.

I read 4 books in February:
1. A monster calls by Patrick Ness and Shioban Dowd (This is brilliant)
2. The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (pretty useful for my studies. A lot of psychological things are in this book)
4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (this is a nice bedtime story with some weird things)

I played a lot of pretty weird hands and I've just picked this:



I guess, he missed the draw

gL
peAAce
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03-20-2018 , 08:27 AM
Hi Everybody!

I was a little bit busy and I rested in the last weekend.
I'm happy because my abi is 17$+ in this month. I sit only 20-30$ lobbies, so thats why my volume is pretty low. (Ofc I don't war much with other regs) I started to play some turbos too, but I have played pretty low amount of them.
Here is the graph:



I decided to read 3 fantasy book in this month. I finished 2 of them:
1. Patrick Rofhfuss - The nam of the Wind
2. Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth (Pretty light story, but its really relaxing)

I'm reading this: Rick Riordan - The Last Olympian (This is the last book of the series, so will see )

I want to do more stuffs in the school and grind more, so the last 10 days of the month will be exciting!

gL
peAAce
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04-08-2018 , 01:41 PM
Hi!

This is the recap of March

Result:



I'm pretty happy because of the result, but a little bit unhappy because of the volume.
I had a big upswing and I ran a little bit above EV finally... <3 I played some turbos and regspeeds and it was totally insane. I won almost every matches (upswingrulez)

I finished The Last Olympian. It was an action orgy Not the best I've ever read, but fairly good.
I'm reading Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton. Its a very long book and I don't have too much time to read, so will see.

I will be really busy in this month because of school and grind. I have to write a lot of applications and I have to start to learn to exams. I have a lot of exams. I haven't counted yet

April will be the month of study and grind! Go ahead!

gL
peAAce
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04-08-2018 , 02:31 PM
Nice smooth graph. =]
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05-05-2018 , 04:37 PM
Hi!

After a pretty successful March I looked forward to April. I was pretty motivated.
I played 128 hours and here is the result?



I lost in hypers and won in turbos. It was a pretty hard month. I was unhappy because of my EV too. I tried to learn a lot and played when I was focused.

And came to May what is a complete disaster so far



The last 500 matches I have lost 47BI and I'm running 60BI below EV.... Thats poker baby... Sometimes its not so funny. I should learn to win with nonsd, because that is 100% EV

I try to play more turbos, but everybody has beaten me since 25th April.
I try to play more focused and sometimes on just 1 table.

I hope it will turn soon.

gL
peAAce
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07-31-2018 , 01:03 PM
Hi guys,

I have to admit I had pretty bad mindset in the past 2 month. I was in a big down, but I played really bad.

Result from last 3 month:



Volume is awful. I played a lot turbo aswell, but I played only 2 sites and I hadn't enough action. May was a disaster, I had a BE result. In June I payed attention to my studies. I started June badly, but it was absolutely my fault. I played really-really bad.
I sat down and I was thinking about my study strategy and my game. I was really weak, and I always affraid of variance.
I read a book about Zen and that was the key of change. I changed my mindset, study strategy. I can put more volume to poker and I play better and I guess the most important thing: I less affraid of the variance. I started to meditate and I go out more often. All in all, I'm happier.
I finished the 4. semester in the University with a good result.
I read a couple of books for example The Compass of Zen by Seung Sahn, Speaker for the dead by Orson Scott Card, Revan by Drew Karpyshyn, City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett.

I made a plan to end of the year. I would like to achive all of them, so good luck for me

peAAce
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09-26-2018 , 06:45 AM
Hi!

I haven't posted for a long time. I want to change it. I'm going to post every sec Sundays to end of the year. I want to fix this time.

Here is my results from 1st August:



I guess 4.4% roi not bad, but I think I can do better. My game improves a lot lately. I'm working on my game constantly, so I hope my EV will be better. My abi is only 15$, I want to increase it to around 20.
I started the 5. semester on the Universty and I'm looking forward to my thesis, I have started to work on it.
I want to read 10 more books to end of the year, so its gonna be a great period.(co Gus Hansen)

peAAce
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10-02-2018 , 08:04 AM
Hi!

Here is my results of september:



I'm happy with the result, but my abi and volume weren't the best. My EV was good. I think I can make this in long term, but I need to work on my game.
The next couple of weeks will be pretty busy, so I have to make a good and useful plan.
Its gonna be a good October!

peAAce

Last edited by NorrinRadd1; 10-02-2018 at 08:13 AM.
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10-25-2018 , 05:02 PM
Hi,

My computer gived up. I had to buy a new one. I'm pretty happy, because its much much better. I need to buy some extra stuffs (monitor and more memory), but im pretty glad with it.

I started to word with it in this morning.



I have run extremly good.

Its gonna be a good autumn.

Long days and pleasure nights! peAAce
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01-12-2019 , 11:45 AM
Hi,

Well, lets see my goals from 2018.
My main goals for 2018:

[] Pass every exams - I passed, so win
[] 20$ abi - Just 17.3$, so fail
[] 4-5% EVRoi - I cant check it, but I didn't reach it, so fail
[] Read 30 books - I finished the 30th in middle of December, so win
[] Do fitness programs - I did 4 programs, so win
[] Develop my game and my personality - These were slow process, so so :I
[] Do voluntary work - I didn't do, so fail
[] Start to learn Italian language - I started, but I stopped, so fail
[] Buy a new computer for work - I bought, so win

9/4.5 I'm not satisfied with this, but good to see what I did.

Here are some graph:

November:


December:


All 2018:



As you can see, my abi is higher, than 2017, but my avg profit just 0.07$ higher, so I'm not happy about it. This is pretty little improve.
I'm happy about my studies. I passed every exams and this is my last year on BA. I do sport a lot, so I tried take care about my health.

Lets see my 2019 goals:

[ ] Pay my full scholarship
[ ] Pass on every exams, my final exams aswell
[ ] Finish my thesis
[ ] More than 20$ ABI
[ ] 1$/game avg winnings
[ ] Read 35 books
[ ] Consistant improve my game and my personality
[ ] Sport 5 times/week
[ ] Voluntary work


I haven't started pretty well in 2019, but I feel strong and focused. I have to learn because of my exams, start to organize my research to my thesis and last but not least have to grind, so these are pretty stressful, but I guess I can handle it really well.

Start of 2019:


This is a super tiny sample and I have played some 55$ matches and I lost most of them. This is my 2nd biggest down, but I'm happy about my feelings and my attitude. Focus, study, grind consistantly.

gL for me!

peAAce
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01-21-2019 , 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by NorrinRadd1
Hi,

Well, lets see my goals from 2018.
My main goals for 2018:

[] Pass every exams - I passed, so win
[] 20$ abi - Just 17.3$, so fail
[] 4-5% EVRoi - I cant check it, but I didn't reach it, so fail
[] Read 30 books - I finished the 30th in middle of December, so win
[] Do fitness programs - I did 4 programs, so win
[] Develop my game and my personality - These were slow process, so so :I
[] Do voluntary work - I didn't do, so fail
[] Start to learn Italian language - I started, but I stopped, so fail
[] Buy a new computer for work - I bought, so win

9/4.5 I'm not satisfied with this, but good to see what I did.

Here are some graph:

November:


December:


All 2018:



As you can see, my abi is higher, than 2017, but my avg profit just 0.07$ higher, so I'm not happy about it. This is pretty little improve.
I'm happy about my studies. I passed every exams and this is my last year on BA. I do sport a lot, so I tried take care about my health.

Lets see my 2019 goals:

[ ] Pay my full scholarship
[ ] Pass on every exams, my final exams aswell
[ ] Finish my thesis
[ ] More than 20$ ABI
[ ] 1$/game avg winnings
[ ] Read 35 books
[ ] Consistant improve my game and my personality
[ ] Sport 5 times/week
[ ] Voluntary work


I haven't started pretty well in 2019, but I feel strong and focused. I have to learn because of my exams, start to organize my research to my thesis and last but not least have to grind, so these are pretty stressful, but I guess I can handle it really well.

Start of 2019:


This is a super tiny sample and I have played some 55$ matches and I lost most of them. This is my 2nd biggest down, but I'm happy about my feelings and my attitude. Focus, study, grind consistantly.

gL for me!

peAAce
Well, you made a fine year. Still from reading and learning the game you made a slight improvement. I think it's a lot of work to use the learned stuff into your game so keep it up
Gz on the year 2018

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01-25-2019 , 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by DonutCop
Well, you made a fine year. Still from reading and learning the game you made a slight improvement. I think it's a lot of work to use the learned stuff into your game so keep it up
Gz on the year 2018
Tyty! I try to do my best. I have finished my exams, so I can focus to poker and my thesis.
It's gonna be a succesful spring! copyright: Gustav H.
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02-04-2019 , 08:28 AM
Hi Guys,

Here is my January recap:

Graphs:




I have some porblem with PT results some rooms, I have many 0$ game, so its pretty inaccurate. All-in all unfortunately it was a losing month. My game was ok, but I didn't have enough time for improving, because of my exams.
I'm relly glad, because I passed on every exams with pretty good result, so the next semester will be my last on BA. I have to thinking about my future, because the MA much more expensive and I have some problem my financial things on BA. I really want to continue, but this is a tough spot for me. I should look for a GTO resolution.

In February I want to concentrate my thesis and my poker learnings. I try to to play higher volume. I hope I will run much better.

It's gonna be a record profit February!
gL
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02-04-2019 , 08:52 AM
hey,
good results so far !
i play the 3,5$-7$ stakes hyper hu @stars, can you tell me how to improve my game or what i should study ?
i already watched nearly all the free content and im not sure what to focus next ?
thanks !
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