I started a journey thread a while ago and give it up almost immediately. So here we go again, for real this time. My english is not the best but f*ck it.
About me
I'm a 22 years old from Argentina, been playing poker since I was 18. I play cash 6-max, have blue/green hair and f****ing love the original Star Wars trilogy.
My origin story
A year ago I was playing NL25. One day I said "F*** university!" and moved out of my parents house to play poker full time, completely sure that by now I was going to be rich, playing NL200 and f***ing Margot Robbie in a yate.
But playing poker for a living turned out to be so much more difficult than I had imagined. Especially with all the new responsibilities of living on my own. I did almost no study, didn't review sessions, tilted a lot, played in autopilot and tired way to much. On top of that I also wasted a lot of time and energy staying up late, smoking weed, and being depressed.
This year
I realized how bad I am and started to study again. Changed bad habits. Lost interest in smoking weed / drinking. And fell in love with poker again.
I have to thank the JoeIngram1 podcast for my change of mindset. Especially the episodes with Doug Polk, Sauce and Lex. SHOUTOUT TO JOE!
This month
This month I ran bad at NL25, here's the graph:
I understand variance and that 20BI below ev is not a big deal, but it started to affect how I played. Also, after those bad sessions I really didn't want to study for other 2 hours.
The plan
I'm gonna go back to NL10, to play in easier almost stress-free games.
The plan is to play 100k hands there. Study a lot. Move up to NL16z, play 100k hands there, study a lot, move up to NL25z, study a lot, etc, study a lot, etc, study a lot, and shot Nl100z by September.
Is it possible? Probably.... Will I be able to do it? I hope so. I'll try my best.
Long term goals- May: NL10 - 100k hands
- June: NL16z - 100k hands
- July: NL25z - 100k hands
- August: NL50z - 100k hands
- September: shot NL100z and hope for the best
Short term goals- Hopefully improving my english
- Not abandon this thread immediately
- A two digits winrate in Nl10 would be nice, not sure if it's possible though.
About the thread
I'm gonna post weekly updates, probably on wednesdays.
Updates will include graphs, hands, thoughts and
maybe a
(vaguely) poker related song.
I'm starting this thread to keep me motivated. I don't want to look like an idiot in front of the whole internet.
If nobody cares it's fine. I like the idea of having a record of my journey to success/failure.
All criticism, advice, whatever is encouraged!
Thanks!
Last edited by twisterk; 04-27-2017 at 10:01 PM.