Gl hedge!

I'm super burnt out but feeling a bit motivated after reading this thread.

Thanks!

That's good to hear

Always happy when i get some feedback in my thread especially if its helping others.

Best reset for me when feeling burnt out is always a full day off with no poker content in that day. It works for me anyway. Sometimes it can be hard to not consume anything but it's always worth it as it leaves me hungry the next day to do my best in poker

Results will be posted again in 5 days once finish exclusive RB challenge

in mean time life has been good, i'm moving to london on saturday and super pumped for it. Once i get there im going to really try and GTO myself up, i slacked in gym last week and only went 3 days, but i think once i get to london and move in with my mate we will motivate **** out of each other to be best versions of ourselves and i'm looking forward to that!

So last night i finished my 16k exclusive rb challenge, and thus calculated my results for this period.








We did okay, my results ended up being + $13316 after RB and $173.32 per hour

I would rate my game as a C+ for most of the month. I moved to london couple days ago and everything has been quite hectic getting settled in. There's still a few things im waiting for like a proper office chair which should arrive today, and my food shop but im getting into the swing of things.

The last day of the grind was quite big i had to put in a 7 hour shift and play 342 tournaments and sadly the 500s went very poorly which reduced the EV i would of made this month significantly

Theres really no sure thing as a 500s fish anymore so it was questionable playing them, but i needed to because i was behind schedule for RB challenge.

But now im settled in i'm looking to have a very good month and maintain my A game for much longer.

So lets see what we can do. I also need to a bit more study as i felt quite rusty towards end of grind but that could be down to fatigue from moving and partying alot lately.

But now im going to try to everything GTO again such as meditating and gyming alot so that i can have a sick month

7 days into my London living and I’ve been struck down by coronavirus, despite having had two AstraZeneca jabs. Symptoms started about 4 days ago but I’m doing fine if things remain how they are then it’s just been a bad cold for me. I think that is very much down to having been double jabbed which I believe even if doesn’t fully protect you it does reduce symptoms significantly. My last two sessions I played i played terribly but I put they down to the sickness really affecting my decision making. Now I have ten days of isolation I will study slot I guess but still try grind too but only if I am playing my best game.

Any updates? Thanks for keeping the thread up btw, it's been an awesome read.

There will be a results update around the 7th September as i need to combine databases first. The last "exclusive RB" challenge period i rode in the negative, i played so bad alot of the time, especially on the days i had corona, so that reminded me of the importance again of playing your best when playing the high stakes for as long as possible. I also fell into some bad habits like playing 12 tables which watching TV shows on side, but i got to into the amazon tv series underbelly

for last 4 days i have been at Reading music festival and had a really sick time. Immune system is broken from 4 days of drink and drugs and im suffering a cold with a hella blocked nose. The lineup was sick, saw some of my favourite artists like Sea girls, Gerry Cinnamon, Post Malone, OFB, Master Peace, and also introuduced to some new and awesome bands. Was really good to take a 4 day break from poker im now feeling so pumped and ready again.

I'm also going on a hell of a detox now and going to get fresh meals delivered to my house everyday to help with this. As i have been slacking due to this big blow out and really want to get back on track now.

My current priorities as it lies now is to focus purely on health and fitness and then put poker on the back foot

GLGL all

Who are the best regs on high stakes spins atm in your opinion?

I can only speak for on stars, Nicetomeet is the GOAT, everyone else is lesser and bows down to the supreme leader, N2M no.1, Everyone else No.2

Forgot to add Stoian777 no.2002

Update time:

So i lasted updated on 3rd August, and i just finished my second RB challenge for the month, so i will now tally up results for since the 3rd which was when i did my last to now

In the mean time life updates are im still living in london I went to a couple music festivals, Reading and Isle of white and they were both so good! I just love the festival vibes of listening to music all day, then going back and having campsite parties till 6am, then sleeping till 8am and rinsing and repeating!

I'm back in the gym but just doing cardio atm, im running 4k most days with a couple days off and hope to keep upping the distance or speed each week. Im going to physio tomorrow though because i have knee pain and deffo a trapped nerve in my shoulder so thats why i haven't been doing much strength training but the guy im going to see seems to be one of the best in London so im looking forward to getting that sorted.

So since last update we lost $16962, which is meh! in August i played like a monkey and this could easily been a BE two months imo if i was giving a fair opinion on how i felt i run. So far though since 21st September im running like GOD and looking forward to this next period crushing, also i had a lot on in these months so grinded alot of very meh games. "meh" meaning poorish. I'm super happy with how i'm playing atm though and am warming up on $100s everyday and seeing much better results. I am disappointed with my $100 results though as i think i should make 25 cev easy but sometimes i forget how much you need to adjust against the hundos pool from the $250.

So ill take this in my stride and i look forward to having a 60k month now :P and then the last two won't seem so bad


Results in calculator


Part 1 of Audit i had to do it in 2 parts because it kept crashing


PArt 2



Real spin and goes Results


Donkey BS spin and go results




I also just rememebered im missing like 300 games of mainly flash i played when i was visiting home but whatever


So heres onto a big month, ill write an update after 7 days and see my results and check in on if im holding myself accountable for my goals

I won't lie i am slightly confused though, i get 60% flat RB on stars + LB i thought anyway

The only stake i slightly lost at over this period based off 60% is $500 assuming i get flat 60% rb which is based off 40% for doing the RB challenge, and then 20% on chests



then at $500s here i lose $30,909 but with %60 rb its $28,080 RB because thats 60% of rake paid on 1872 games so thats just a loss of -$2829 and everything else i am winning with 60% rb.... so either the audits ****ed, or i'm not getting 20% rb in the chests, my chests are 35k points for black btw, and they were even at 25k points for a bit, weird one, are 35k blacks not 20% anymore?

AHHHHHH NOOOOO Ive typed in the 250s spin and go Ev and games in the 250s Flash ev and games aswell NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And i did for every single flash game TROLOLOl what a fish!

Well for all of you who thought MR WinterHedge could have two loosing months, it is untrue!!! Just a calc error


Here is the true amouunt of EV we lost
And the amount of RB we made was $77087 meaning $77087-$64765 gives us a very fine $12322 for the last two months, in which i am rather proud considering the monkey playing of August i spoke about. Well there we go i will still try make the $60k this month though because that would be nice

GLGL

You should check your calcs again. Pokerstars changed chests rewards, everyone will be getting 25% rb from black chests from now on.

SI SI!! meaning i will be getting 65% RB from now on which is even better!!! checking old calcs before changes makes no sense though so dunno what you mean by checking calcs again......

I mean the last picture, 100$ amount is 10.83 and cev is empty.

FFS well spotted, this is why i post the pic so people can correct it. SOoooooo we gotta take $8384 off so we got +$3938 for the two months, not so sexy. Dam 100s regs stop being so good at poker

Great thread - just gave it a read from start to finish as I'm debating adding some spins volume. I come from hypers so I have a fairly strong background playing 3h/HU (obv with antes/ICM considerations which don't exist in spins). Where would you recommend someone start re: learning spins? Courses? Ideally I want to avoid a CFP as I have a healthy bankroll for pretty much any level of spins.

TY and great thread!

Thanks, i'm glad you enjoyed the read, comments etc are what keep me motivated to keep posting. Honestly most the good stuff is behind a paywall. Theres not a single good one off course you can buy out there for spins, other than maybe coffeyays course if you want to beat $25s, i haven't personally seen it but thats the level i guess it applies too. I would buy GTODB and start working with that, imo its the best spins solver. I don't get these people who get a hardon for every single new solver that comes out and yet still misapply **** or study bad and are stuck at low stakes.

So for $50s+ you deffo want to do some solver work, but you also don't want to go down the rabbit hole of getting stuck on something and wasting time. I would find a stable which offers you the shortest contract, rinse the videos, learn how to use spin solvers effectively, then go solo.

I am still part of a stable because i give a low percentage of profits away and still find videos, especially from N2M such high value. I do alot of solver work on my own, but its always good to not get too stuck in that, and make sure you are node locking spots, adapting to population etc. Also he can make things which might take you 20 hours to learn on your own, simplified and you learn them in 2 hours.

So sum it up, coffeyay pack for $25s, solver work/stable for $50s+ but don't do **** solver work because that will take you backwards rather than forwards

Thanks! The CY one was actually the exact one I was looking at. I spent enough time spinning my wheels in SNG's to realize the investment up front is worthwhile. Will also take a look at GTODB. I don't really have any plans to go high - pretty content to grind somewhere in the range of $1/game which seems like it's about breakeven pre-RB at 25's.

Thanks for the response and GL!

yeah im pretty sure $1 a game is very capable at 25s with especially with the RB you get now on stars.

Been on a bender last couple days in London but now back on the grind for the next RB Challenge, planning to do two this month.

The physio was great, i had some acupunture done on back of my leg and arm in first session and the pain relief is unreal how much better i'm feeling after just one session. The guy is fantastic!

Going to get back to GTO lifestyle gyming and eating the healthy meals i have delivered to my house this week, and then at weekend im watching the NFL at Tottenhams stadium, the Jets are playing the Falcons so saturday will be another write off of terrible decisions and abusing my body so till then its a temple .

Juicy easy to read graphs from todays first session back lets go!

Life update:

I'm currently back home (3 hour journey) from london visiting my family and seeing friends.

Unfortuantly it seems i have the super lag bug with stars on my PC here and can't seem to find a way to fix it i run everything on low and updated all drivers, and use carbon theme, if anyone has any ideas let me know. Untill then i will just grind flashes while i am here which isn't my fave format but means i can grind less hours and not get titled as much from this lag.

I was looking back on my blog and reading goals i set and reached and those that i failed and realized how far i've come and how long it and how many retrys it took me to fully stick and commit to goals. One of the things we as humans struggle with alot is sticking to goals, i don't know exact figures but something liek 60% of people fail goals they make on NYE in the first two weeks.

But i feel finally i'm at the point that through rinse and repeat i stick to and fulfill 9/10 goals i set myself. And i think everyone who is able to stick to daily rituals or goals etc, has failed many many times before they stick.

So things i do ALMOST everyday are warm up, study hands, stretch, some form of mindfulness, some form of exercise.

BUT it took alot to reach that point. At the beginning of my career POKER and only POKER and to be the best at spins was my main target, and that caused me alot of sacrifice in other areas of my life, and i came very close to that goal. And i have reached the highest stakes that exist and established dmyself as a solid reg here.

One other thing ive learnt is that taking time off or playing different hours, can greatly increase your Hourly over just grinding the toughest line ups, and there is more things to do than poker so i am now grinding and working hard but also finding more balance. I don't know if this is something which comes with experience, or something which comes with being very financially stable. But i truly believe poker is here for along time and to stay, and bots AI etc aren't going to take over so there is no rush to win all the money quickly and play every hour like i used to believe.

I'm going to upload some life photos from what was a great, but short summer here in UK as the sun did not shine for long here in UK compared to last year when we were sadly locked down.

Next week i start volunteering at the local foodbank packing food for those who need it the most and i am really looking forward to it. I still LOVE poker and have a HUGE passions for the game, but during this i also stopped appreciating the value of money and have spewed of many things in my life also living in london i have seen alot of homelessness and some guilt for the life i have for myself and who the money may of come from.

I still think poker is an amazing game and offers so much to people like me and others who are hardworking and i think something especially those bless in UK like myself who don't pay tax on gambling winnings is that we should give back to those less well off.

Back home also being a very well off area has backed my thoughts up even more.

my life is very good atm and i am working out a decent amount and fixing issues with my body. i'm hoping to be back in top shape by february and be travelling my feburary and to keep trying to be a better person and poker player everyday

Taking a friend to her first casino



playing some live 1/2 this night i degened BJ from 200 up to 700, sat down with 200 and ran that up to 800 then went to the 2/5 game and cashed out for 2.5 i haven't studied 1/2 but games are soft coming from a online background without study im pretty sure i crush 99% of live 1/2 pop, i dont play 2/5 though because i give off too many live tells maybe one day ill study and try it but this was just a very drunk fun night
5th my hat after reading music festival and many mosh pits


a lamb my mate was lookign after pooing on her
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/sY7U0e[IMG]


8th my hat that was passed down off a guy i met at a previous festival before being destroyed at reading

a candid photo i took while watching the red arrows display at isle of white music festival

Mini update:

We have finished one RB challenge and now have 9 days to get 150k points for the second one to be completed.

So far things are on track for a very profitable month. Results will be posted once i finished second challenge.

I lost the weight loss prop bet to my friend, i had a relapse in london and got set off pace to reach the target so stopped working so hard, but its great that he managed to loose 4.7 in 4 months which is very impressive and shows how much weight you can loose quickly if you stick to it.

Fortunately i have postponed moving to Bali untill January so i have more time to get into shape. I'm actually a member of 3 Gyms atm, but going to cancel one of them. I found one very nearby which has a swimming pool and i've been doing alot of that. I love swimming because it's very mindfull, unlike running on a machine or being in a gym etc you can't take phones/music with you. So its just you yourself and the water for an hour and its great. On my first proper swim in years i was forgetting to breath out underwater and ended up with a massive headache but i think i was basically giving myself carbon dioxide poisoning

They also have classes and a really nice gym so i have been doing one hour swimming then hitting gym after for 30 mins to an hour and its great.

Got a Yoga class booked in for saturday to help me get ZEN for the big grind i need to do to finish the challenge Hopefully this last challenge won't be in vain as the games are very reggy atm but im pretty sure i can make it decently profitable.

I actually just weighed myself and i am 91.4kg which is so much less than i expected, i started the year at 100kg and i thought i had relapsed to like 97kg lol so that is a very nice thing to see, maybe i shouldn;t of given up on the prop bet so soon I think these meals i get delivered are deffo helping because i am working out 4 days a week and only eating like 1.2k calories a day and feeling full which is great, i have been having a couple sneaky beers a few nights but ill try go back to vodka fresh limes and soda

GLGL