Unreal [marathon] challenge. 500k hands in 1 month

martinemem · 2013-10-31T10:59:52Z

So lately i have been playing 6max, and still although i soon reach the 200k lifetime graph on 6max, it still seems new everytime i start a session. Full ring is a hole other story. I've got some coaching from weazel (op coach) to fix some absurd leaks of mine, so i was able/ will be - able to beat 6max with a bb/100 above 5. But this challenge will have the purpose to teach me consistensy. I need to play 16667 hands pr day on avg. Im playing around 1500 hands pr hour when i play fullring, which this challenge will be about mainly. I need to move into a softer enviroment to boost my br a bit, because i have given my self around 6-7 months to get a hourly that will make a apartment possible. ATM i dont care about what my br is, i havent even looked. Im not going to look when i start the challenge. Unless i will feel a burn, im going to keep grinding 24 tables fullring. Also because 6 hours should be enough for me to reach platinum. And if i get there, i can withdraw som fpp. Also since i have read "treat your poker as a bussiness", im gonna try to not play LOL at all next month. Im wasting waay to much time on a video game, when in reality poker is a video game aswell. Since i probably will have 3-5 days i cant play, or maybe will feel burnt out because of a sick challenge, im gonna aim for ~18k hands each day. Coffee is gonna be my friend. I probably will update everyday. But since i dont care about if im up or down in my sessions, there will be 1 graph, the last day of the challenge. This will almost be a poker/sleep/poker/sleep month for me. But i am committed, and i need to put in volume to actually get anywhere. I also have to decide sometime next month if im gonna take the study opportunity or not. Because i need to reserve a place. And i think although i have been playing for a while i need a backup, if i sometime next year sit in a apartment, with a burnt out feeling because poker will fill a lot. I aim to update everyday the hand amt, and how i felt i was playing, give myself grades. Since i need to put a lot of volume in, im not sure if there will be a lot of time to study, BUT since poker is gonna be inside my head 90% of the time while i am awake, im gonna study in my dreams at night. :f_biggrin: Not only is my plan to learn myself some consistensy. I will also aim after improving mental endurance. So i will start out slow tomorrow, by playing maybe 4k hands, then a eat break, then maybe 5k, and then see how often i need the breaks. One of the reason im playing like a spewtard is sometimes because i am up, and tend to take high variance roads. On a heater you feel like a genius, but regulary and on be streaks it just looks stupid. And that comes down to result orientation. So therefore no graph and no numbers until the challenge is finished. I expect to win a bit benieth half of the above graph, due to long hours, and because im gonna be sitting on 24 tables &diams; But then again, im gonna play more than 13k hands, so maybe around same profit in avg. I dno, and honestly dont care. (isnt my graph btw) Tomorrow i will start out playing the 4k hands. Break, and then open my old evaluation notepad for + and -'es i feel i made in the session. 2nd session i will warmup with meditation. At the end of the day before i go to bed tomorrow i will review shortly what i could do better, and then the day after tomorrow feel out if the warmup made a significant difference besides checking my evening review for what i could do better. This will not be easy, and i WILL aim for reaching 500k. But the most important thing isnt if i reach 500k or not. The most important thing is i get a good structure i can relate to, so i will boost my learning process. Maybe i will get another coaching halfway. But im not sure yet. The purpose is of this challenge besides the written above, is: That i can move up 1 limit to play there and still "dont" care about br. Last time i made a little bit unreal challenge, i succeded (from 10$ to 1337$). My experience tells me, if u aim high, u can actually get a bit further than u honestly within urself believed in. And with hard work im sure this is possible. I have some people i need to prove wrong, and it motivates me so much.

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30.11.2013, 19:36 0

Well done sir!

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30.11.2013, 20:11 0

Well done buddy.

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Ganimator

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30.11.2013, 20:46 0

Good job man ! That volume 0.o hurts my head to think about it lol

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01.12.2013, 10:38 0

well done dude ♠_thumbsup:

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nmilan84

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01.12.2013, 13:55 0

Wow, great job Sir!

Amazing how you managed to keep that sick volume, and update here regularly, and end up the month in profits, you have really raised some limits for marathon grinders...

Congrats

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thazar

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01.12.2013, 14:14 0

nice one, well done. a break down per limit would be nice

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01.12.2013, 17:36 0

Really nice job!

Originally posted by Naghini
This is just playing bad , it doesn't make sense to play almost 400K hands and win that low , honestly you have to work more on your game

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01.12.2013, 17:56 0

Actually amazing you have been able to run above EV for almost 400k hands.

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martinemem

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02.12.2013, 20:11 0

Originally posted by JCSeerup
Actually amazing you have been able to run above EV for almost 400k hands.

GG

yeah i guess. But after i concentrated on only playing super fast, so i can improve to maybe 30 or more tables, i had to make my avg action on all streets on all tables less than 4 sec. After this it really just went 1 way.

Originally posted by mesisification
Really nice job!

Originally posted by Naghini
This is just playing bad , it doesn't make sense to play almost 400K hands and win that low , honestly you have to work more on your game

+1

Originally posted by nmilan84
Wow, great job Sir!

Amazing how you managed to keep that sick volume, and update here regularly, and end up the month in profits, you have really raised some limits for marathon grinders...

Congrats

Thanks. To be honest it was really easy in the beginning. Like up until the 15th or something. I was very calculative about how much time i had to eat piss, and outside on the playground on a swing ♦ Which was 1h 15min pr day. After halfway where i figured to get to 500k i should increase my avg pr day goal, it went okay until my eyes and head killed me literally.

Originally posted by dingostarR
well done dude ♠_thumbsup:

Thanks

Originally posted by Ganimator
Good job man ! That volume 0.o hurts my head to think about it lol

Trust me, if u get used to play ~18k pr day, and halfway the new avg is 20k, then it WILL hurt ♦

Originally posted by Bunn3yB0y
Well done buddy.

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Originally posted by HollyMichelle
Well done sir!

Thanks!

Originally posted by sileekhunt
congrats man, you did well, I couldn't handle my shitty challenge. Good job. Enjoyed following the blog

But u where close right? So next time u can set another challenge u might not complete, just a bit higher? ♦

Originally posted by vuciitis
can u post seperated graphs for each limit? would be interesting to see...

sure:
nl25EURO

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NL25$$$$

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nl16

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nl10$$$$

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nl10EURO(carefull, this is a awkward graph ♦)

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Originally posted by kidzoltan
Sick challenge, very motivating! Congratulations! ♠_biggrin:

Thanks ♦

Originally posted by Veini
congrats martinem on the sick volume and ending up in profits!

Thank you. The volume was under expectations, but i aim high always ♦ But the wr is just to puke @. But again, a 35bi downswing, with some serious spew in bw also destroyed it a little.

Originally posted by jmackenzie

Originally posted by Naghini
It doesn't make sense to play almost 400K hands and win

fyp

Sick job

To me it doesnt make sense spending 1 month of my life, to have a wr of 0.xx -.- But its nice to not just have a perfect month, otherwise, what did i have to work with? ♦

Originally posted by Naghini
This is just playing bad , it doesn't make sense to play almost 400K hands and win that low , honestly you have to work more on your game

I agree, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!! Its gonna be, legen.... WAIT FOR IT ............. :coolface: ....... DARY

Originally posted by tommygecko
how much rake did u pay? That's sick volume

IDK, a lot i suppose. I think i got around 400-500 $ back in points. But more like 600-800 since im waiting until im supernova before i spend them ♦

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