Hello hello fellow PGCers,

some of you remember my past PGC threads that I started with more than ambitious volume goals (at least for my standards), which I never quite managed to accomplish, some of you dont know me yet.

For those of you who dont, my name is Mike, Ive been playing professionally since january 2013, nowadays you can spot me playing 100nl 6m on stars.

I wanted to post a summary of 2014 but lets just say that I didnt accomplish any of the goals I set out to achieve. Ive been having too much fun (a lot of raging ChicagoJoey style) which ended up not being as much fun when I started downswinging in mid september, not having any savings and being depressed about the whole situation. During this process I let down some people that stood by me all this time and Im trying to make up for it. Right now Ive been making progress in finding balance in my life, ie im drinking/partying way less than before (im still a fan of partying, dont get me wrong, but I experienced the downside of it all and need a break), found a nice girl that im dating (although working on creating a nice rotation, but thats not going to be the MO for now)

Im not sure what my goals should be this year. My dream has always been to achieve SNE and break into mid/high stakes but Im not sure if setting it as a goal this year wouldnt be more counterproductive than motivating.
Im just gonna small chunk it and my main goal is to be a lot more disciplined.

I think lacking discipline and any kind of structure in my life has been the thing that was holding me back the most, so right now im making the commitment to update this thread every wednesday and sunday with goals and results.

Wishes for 2015:

1) SNE
2) break into midstakes (whatever that means, but lets say having a wr of 2EVbb+/100 after 300k hands at 400nl would suffice for me to say Im a reg there (inb4 lol samplesize, your true wr can be -4bb but still be a 2bb winner after 300k yadayadayada))

Goals for 2015:

1) having 50k euros of my own money (at least 30k in the bank + 20k roll)
2) breaking into 200nl
3) 500k VPPs

I will, again, try to put in as much play (I try not to think of poker as work, because It loses the fun aspect for which i started playing it in the first place) as possible, without sacrificing other aspects of my life, because I tend to burn out pretty quickly when I try to go for insane hours/volume and I would also like to take working out more seriously + I want to learn how to make music in ableton/FL, get into music production in general cuz I love dat dirrty vibe (If you have any tips on how to start producing/DJing Id be very pleased with anything you shoot at me).

Ill post the next shortterm goals in a few hours/maybe tomorrow cuz Im waiting for my sister to grab a coffee together, cuz I havent seen for a while.

GL guys and I wish you all the best in 2015!

P.S. I fell 15k VPPs short of the 200k goal in december for those of you who were interested.

ok, here we go, goals until wednesday:

[ ] 18 hours
[ ] 12k hands
[ ] go to gym at least once (have been sick like two and a half weeks this month so im starting all over)

Will post graph at the end of the month.

In, gl. I remember playing vs you; definitely interested in following thread.

Gl man but we obv need graphs and ****

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GLGL tho

Thanks guys for the well wishes, heres my graph for this year so far, as I said, havent been playing all that much due to ****ty health, but thats going to change, im 100% positive about that cuz Im finally feeling good. FWIW I just got back from the gym, so one goal down, 2 to go



Gl to you as well!

my health runbad continues.. I just came out of bed after 24 hours cuz I had some stomach virus and vomitted like 15 times.. So the goals stand but until tomorrow. I just hope Ill be fine cuz I havent been sick for like 5 years and its really starting to annoy me whats been happening to me the past 3-4 weeks..

Hey guys,

I told myself I will not make any cry posts anymore. Been not playing very much which i havent been for the whole year so far. Im trying to find a way how I can have a better work ethic and discipline. Im disappointed that Im getting into these spirals of productivness and straight up lazyness, but I will do anything I can to get out of it.

I know youve heard me saying it a few times before (Im sorry if youre reading this and Im making your eyes bleed blakk), but Im trying.. If any of you raised your work ethic from pathetic levels to where you wanted it to be, Ill be glad if you shared your story, because Its been almost a year since ive been struggling and Im still trying every possible way to have a better balanced life, but I guess Ill just have to shut up and ****ing do it. Im also thinking abt looking for a good psychologist who might help me with this. Ive read somewhere that journaling keeps people more focused so the first thing ill try is to put my thoughts down every day for the next 30 days.

Graph ytd:



Goals for April:

1) update thread EVERY DAY
2) 150 hours of poker
3) 15x gym
4) read 1 book

These are the things I expect of myself, I think Its pretty achievable so lets do it.

Gl all, Mike

DAY 1:

Not much has been happening, played a little poker, dropped a few BIs, but thats ok, didnt feel like I was playing badly. Worse thing is I prolly got the flu again for the 4th time this year which really makes me sick lol. Oh well, hopefully Ill be physically ok in a couple of days so I can play with a clear head and go the gym and not have to blow my nose every 20 seconds.

Haha you nailed it there bro

Thing is there is no magic formula or a switch to go from lazy to productive. Having a passion for what you do helps. Having sth that poker replaces that used to make you unhappy is what worked for me. I always say that being lazy is a choice the person makes. So if u don't want to be - guess what don't be lazy. Make a plan make a schedule and go do it. The fact that you haven't probably implies that you don't want to so rather look into that. What u had I had with uni in that I was pretending to myself that uni was what I needed to do only to find myself sleeping through lectures before finally realizing that I was bullshtting myself

Yeah, I always made schedule for myself but after a while I started slacking. Maybe it was because i tried too much and wanted to change too many things and i burned out. I will try not to make this mistake again, maybe go for less than i used to but i will stick to it from day 1 so I dont have to catch up at the end of the month.
I still have passion for poker. I enjoy 6max, tourneys, HU cash, but since I still have obligations and I dont know if im a winning player in other formats other than 6m I have to stick to it. Playing day in and day out without having the chance to move up, thats what makes poker a little repetitive and boring for me.
Also, working on my game and trying to get better has alwyays been a part of the fun aspect of poker, so I will pick a part of my game i want to work on and try to get better at it every day.

DAY 2:

Prolly what I wrote in the reply to blakk is what Ive been thinking abt today. Ive also watched a few videos from elliott hulse which I think were spot on regarding my fluctuation in productivity and I will post the ones that I think were the best here later. Im starting to grind a full schedule tomorrow, I still have a runny nose so hopefully ill be feeling a little better when I wake up.

DAY 3:

Ive been grinding for 5 hours today, had to quit cuz Im going to visit my family. Im expecting it will be a quiet weekend so I will be just grinding and eating out, haha. Will post graphs and stuff after I come back to my main computer after the weekend when I upload all the hands.
Health-wise Ive been feeling a lot better, so hopefully Ill be 100% by when I come back to Bratislava, so I can finally hit the gym as well.

DAY 4:

Been playing only for 2 hours today, Im on my notebook and dont have a HUD and it keeps freezing so it wasnt the most pleasant grind but w/e, im back on monday to my regular grind station.
Health-wise im almost 100% so Im really happy for that, I will be seriously looking after myself cuz this year has been a drag, gonna be eating more of them apples from now on lol.
This may sound a little gay, but seeing my family I really appreciate having so many people around that love you and care about you so Im really greatful for that, makes me appreciate the things I have.
Thats it for now, see ya tomorrow, gl at the tables guys.

Quick update:

Been having problems with my computer.. again, although managed to resolve all the issues so Im back grinding.
Went to the gym twice already and am feeling super pumped up. Gonna go sleep now, will post an update tomorrow or maybe the day after tomorrow cuz im supposed to meet my girl tomorrow so not sure whether ill have time to post one.

See ya guys and gl at the tables

hands/graph

Hey guys,

im here with a mid-month update. I know I made a commitment to update every single day, Ill try to stick to it as much as possible, but as Ive been running kind of awkwardly I simply wasnt in the mood which is not an excuse when I make a commitment, but it is what it is..

Graph:



I played 41 hours so far, so im also making a commitment to play at least 6 hours every day til the end of the month and I will try to average 8.

With regards to my mood swings/the unability to concentrate/commiting to something for extended periods of time without crash and burning Im gonna be seeing a psychiatrist and see maybe if there is a deeper issue I should be working on.

So far this month:

1) 41/150 hours played
2) 4/15 gym
3) working on dat book

Gl yall

Hey guys,

do you have any recommendations for a good mouse? Cuz Ive been again feeling slight pain between my second and middle finger in the center of my palm and I probably might want to switch cuz Im worried it will get worse... Something thats not too big cuz right now i have a mouse for a palm grip and i think a smaller one would be better..
And wireless obv.

Thanks in advance...