The 16 Zoom Poker Goddess is definitely being kinder to me than that moose at 25 Zoom was!!!



Couple of $ more (or coins) and will test the old girl at 25z out again

P.S. Volume bit crappy and work is still pretty yuk!!!

I didn't do anything poker related on Wednesday night... I went training for the first time in two months and then as it was Valentine's Day I spent the rest of the evening with my wife. She cooked us a lovely meal and we (I) polished off a nice bottle of the fizzy stuff!

I did get time to play some hands last night. I sat down $6 short of my "target" to take another shot at 25 Zoom.

As the last part of my warm-up I play a few hands of the stake below my current stake so I fired up a 10 Zoom table and had this hand almost straight away...

Hand 1 - Unknown



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So, within a few seconds I was ready for another 25 Zoom shot!!!

Time to find out if the 25 Zoom Poker Goddess has still got her knickers in a twist!

Hand 2 - Fish with super fast flop raise...



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Seemed like people wanted to spew money off last night, something was in the air!!!

Session ended like this...



This is basically just another lesson about variance for me. I had that bad run last week that finished my previous 25 Zoom shot and now I get a good run as soon as I move back up again!

It will be interesting to see how I handle the positive variance!!!

Good luck with your studies amigos! Keep going!!!

Nice session. What is yout BRM to shoot 25nl?
Hope you can stick to 25 now, gl

Hi! Yes, I would like more sessions like that one!!!

I shoot at 30 buy-ins and usually 3 buy-in shot. Never more, sometimes less if getting killed!

WRT A3dd hand, why flat the 3bet OOP? Why not 4bet or fold? That hand should play pretty poorly OOP, even against wider ranges.

Struggling with volume still. Desperately trying to sort work and IRL stuff out so I can move on...

Shame as feels like I am playing well (and running well) so would like to build on it.

Hopefully things will start getting clearer later this week...

Here's February so far...



Just got back into positive numbers!

I hung around in this hand to see what the 13bb open might be...

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $25.55
UTG: $4.79
MP: $35.53
CO: $39.16

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 Q

fold, MP raises to $3.25, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to $25.55 and is all-in, MP calls $22.30

Flop: ($51.20, 2 players) 2 J J

Turn: ($51.20, 2 players) 3

River: ($51.20, 2 players) 7

BB shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 86%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
MP shows K T (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 14%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
BB wins $49.20

What the hell???

I am calling most of my AXs there and using a couple of KXs as bluffs.

Hi amigos!

Unfortunately February has been a bit of a non-poker month for me.

Volume was terrible at 15670 hands.

As mentioned before this is due to my situation in my full-time job. I need to leave there due to work conditions that are not suitable to me. Also the company is struggling and, seeing as nobody seems to be doing anything about it, it makes sense to get out before it falls apart in due course.

I was looking at going into teaching in primary school or taking over a prechool but I don't feel I can get the required training and work full time at the same time.

So I am going to go after a dream that I had a couple of years ago... I am going to try to become a Wing Chun Kung Fu instructor!

Anyway, more on that in future...

Let's look at February's small sample...



I made $38 profit in February (including a little rakeback).

Overall I am very happy to be in profit as I took two shots at 25z this month! One failed in dramatic style and the second shot is going along nicely. I am around 7 buy-ins above the threshold of dropping back down.

I have done very little study this month (spent so much time sorting my future) other than watching a couple of videos passively. What I have been able to do is to cement some strategy that I have learnt at BTS so far.

I do feel at home at 25z and *am confident that, variance permitting, I will continue to progress through stakes.

If I am honest I can not see March being too different to February wrt poker. Just while I make things a little more stable for me regarding future income.

I will write about my Wing Chun adventure too... I might start a separate blog for this but will put a link in at least for anyone who is interested to follow!

Good luck with your studies amigos!

Hi guys!

Poker is still taking a back seat I am afraid. I have played a few hands in March but most of my time is taken up on my new adventure into becoming a Wing Chun Kung Fu Instructor...

Here is the link if you would like to read my blog all about my journey from beginner to well, wherever it takes me!

I am actually going to be teaching some classes this week as the Instructor is away skiing for the week. I am feeling a bit nervous about it but mostly excited!

I have not played poker since 20th March.

I am still in my job but long term prospects are not good.

I have started a Wing Chun School and have got 3 students. I am yet to start marketing it properly.

I am hoping to take over another Wing Chun School any time within the next couple of months. It is a small school with 12 - 14 students.

We have just been to Lanzarote for a vacation. It was my kids' first time on a plane and we had an amazing time!

I am learning a hell of a lot about myself just lately. Really interesting ride I am on.

I hope everybody who reads this is having fun and enjoying life.

Best wishes,

Chris.

Life is so so good for me right now!

Things are really changing a lot for me and it just gets more and more exciting day by day.

I feel that all of the hard work I put into self improvement over the past ten years is really starting to pay off in a BIG way.

I don't play poker any more and I don't think I ever will again.

I will post in here again from time to time with things that have been particularly useful to me on my journey of growth and fulfilment, purely in the hope that I can help someone else find the "secrets" to a great life.

Thanks for reading, good luck to everyone. We all have greatness inside of us, it just needs teasing out...



Chris.

glad you are doing well - keep it up.

yeah, poker can be such a drag. perhaps for some recreational fun one day. much more fun when not trying to be a pro and without the pressure.

This was a spur of the moment VLOG I just made...



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Thank you for the kind words Sir.

you bet!

some hater (lol) linked this thread from reddit, hope things are going well!

https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comme..._said_he_will/

kp made a great effort. at some point he realized the grind wasn't for him. he took a shot and it didn't work out. human condition. with his work ethic, i am sure he is fine.

ya this is easily one of the more successful PG&Cs

Amigos!!!

Thanks for sharing the link Aesah, it was kind of weird!

I ignored it for hours and hours as I expected pure negativity and wanted to be in a position to try to answer that in a way that wouldn't come across as a *****!

Anyway, I just this minute clicked it and (almost) everyone was pretty sensible and positive.

What can I say?

I tried hard to make the big moneyz at poker. I have no doubt I could have tried harder.

Look at Linus. He was once my study partner but he sacrificed it all for the game and I did not. I did not have the balls or self belief to do that and he did.

Decide what you want about whether that is talent or grit.

I carried on trying a lot longer than 99% of people imo. I'll take that.

I did not take enough risks. I learned that I am weak in that respect. I require too much certainty. I am still working on that.

The other thing I learned is hard to explain...

I have always been the type who is searching for MEANING. And I could never find meaning in playing poker. I even feel ****ty writing this as it sounds like an excuse but that's seriously a part of it for me.

It's nearly a year now since I quit poker COMPLETELY.

My property portfolio is going nicely...

I still have the same job (somehow) and make a nice and easy income there...

I have 38 Wing Chun Kung Fu students now which equates to around an extra £12,000 income per year which I do PURELY because I love it.

Life probably could not be better for me.

I am definitely GROWING and I believe that is one of our most basic needs.

I wish the best for you all. Haters, lovers and indifferent.

I will be back. But not for poker.

Chris.

GL KP.

I read your thread a few months ago over the course of a few days and your work ethic is incredibly admirable. I wish I had 1/10th of it.

lol Linus was this dudes study partner at one point?

Chris is one of the nicest people I have met though poker. The only pathetic thing in this is the person who started the reddit thread.

And to the poster above, yes Linus started out just like everyone else, I'm super proud of all the guys from back then that are now crushing it. Some of us went in different directions away from poker, Chris was always going to go the martial arts route imo as the way he spoke about it it was obvious that was his passion.

I was in a group with these guys for a short time back then. Got talking to Linus and all he talked about was stuff like "but what's the GTO move here?" and I was like "lol what's this idiot going on about?!".....

I did follow you KP24!

Respect for the effort! I'm pretty sure it was an interesting experience in life and you definatley learnt something new!

P.S - Don't forget to eat your peas!

So, how the hell is everyone!?

I hope you're all doing fine in these strange times?