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(SS+) 2019 & Beyond: Summer Full-Time Grind (SS+) 2019 & Beyond: Summer Full-Time Grind

06-17-2019 , 01:53 PM
What’s good 2+2,

Creating yet another thread as I return to poker to reflect updated goals and retain accountability after a 6 month+ hiatus from poker.

Current info:
Limit: NL16z
BR: $500
(Intended) BRM: 25BIs

About me:
21 y/o student, UK. Looking to attempt full-time play to support myself financially over the summer break.

Weekly goals: (summer)
[] Play 8k(+) hands (online)
[] Play 20(+) hours (online)
[] Play minimum 1 live session
[] Regular (daily) study
[] Update thread

To elaborate, I intend to play 2-tables for a minimum of 4 hours p/d 5* p/w = 20 hours/8000 hands (400 hands p/h) weekly.

Plan to stream sometimes @ https://www.twitch.tv/dollarwill1.

Glgl.
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07-01-2019 , 04:57 PM
Just to update, I fell quite ill soon after creating this thread, and have just returned to normal (or close to normal) health. Over the last couple of weeks I managed to fit in some study time, but little in the way of volume.

I have decided to dedicate this week simply to warming into gameplay, as I have found I am feeling very rusty @ the tables. I'm going to limit myself to 1-table during this period and aim to play a minimum of 10 hours for around 2000 hands (busy weekend + 0 vol. today). Also I won't be checking results over this period. Glgl.
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07-09-2019 , 05:03 PM
Week 01
Only got to play 3 days last week (Tue-Thurs), coming in slightly under volume goal. Happy w game overall, confidence is definitely returning - feeling very good in the 16z pool. Made some more progress w study, and achieved my discipline goals sticking w one table and avoiding results through the week.



1361/2000 hands played
7.3/10 hours played

This week I will be re-introducing 2-tabling as std, aiming for 4k hands. Glgl.
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07-14-2019 , 01:42 PM
Week 02
Managed to put in some sort of session Tue-Sun, with volume largely focused around the Wed-Fri period, achieving volume goal of 4k hands. Not the most happy with my game play for the most part - some mental game issues showing up + slightly neglected focused study.



4110/4000 hands played
13.9 hours played

Looking to attempt original weekly goals for the coming week (onward), feeling fairly happy in achieving what was intended from the last two weeks and confident moving forwards.

warm-up period (week 01 + 02) overall results:


Glgl.

Last edited by DollarWill123; 07-14-2019 at 01:50 PM.
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07-14-2019 , 01:59 PM
Good luck man! Stay strong!
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07-14-2019 , 02:13 PM
Gl dude. That's some swingy graphs man.
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07-15-2019 , 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by danufcs
Good luck man! Stay strong!
Quote:
Originally Posted by ukbilly
Gl dude. That's some swingy graphs man.
Cheers guys!
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07-22-2019 , 09:22 AM
Week 03
Took shots at 25z on Wednesday, and played some amount of my volume there Wed-Sat (took Sunday off). This is the primary reason for clocking <8k hands on the week, as I spent some of my time playing 1-table @ 25. Ran super well which is always nice during a shot.
Study is going well, focusing on mental-game aspects + strategy development using GTO+, specifically SBvBB SRP as PFA, as well as the normal stuff, HH reviews etc.

STAKES:


GRAPH:


- 4868/8000 hands played
- 17.3/20 hours played

Same goals for this week, lets get it!
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07-28-2019 , 11:23 AM
Week 04
Played majority of my volume at 25z this week w the continued run good! Coming in again under 8k hands, at around 5k.
Won't be able to spend much time on poker this coming week as have family visiting.


STAKES:


GRAPH:


- 5106/8000 hands played
- 21.6/20 hours played

Will hopefully start to upload some HHs to make this thread a little more interesting when I get chance Gl.
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07-31-2019 , 03:51 AM
End of the month update?
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08-05-2019 , 11:11 AM
July
July went pretty smoothly - I played 60 hours for just under 15,000 hands. Study went well and I managed to invest a good amount of focused time (30+ hours).
My BR has me more comfortable and well established at NL25 around $1k (shot went well).
My volume ended fairly evenly divided between NL16 and 25z.

STAKES:


GRAPH:


I want to play 60+ hours for 20k+ hands this month. Glgl!

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Originally Posted by danufcs
End of the month update?
I got you
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08-05-2019 , 11:16 AM
glgl!! Nice results!
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08-11-2019 , 08:09 AM
Week 05
First losing week! Played majority of my hands back at nl16 this week; returning from just the short 1w break has been kinda rough - not at all happy w play through mid-week for the most part, experienced quite a bit of negative varience/mistake induced tilt & mental game issues I thought I'd largely resolved (naive!), thus the low volume.
That said, study has remained good, and the short 1-tabling sessions I've put in these last couple days have been solid, using a much clearer thought process/approach again (seemingly no signs of accumulated tilt after I took a little time of for IRL stuff through Fri/Sat).

STAKES:


GRAPH:


- 2784/8000 hands played
- 13.7/20 hours played

Super motivated to push into next week and continue recovery!

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheVenturiEffect
glgl!! Nice results!
thx man - lets hope we can keep it up over a larger sample!
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