Introduction
Hello, my name is Kristaps, I'm 19(Turning 20 in 2 weeks) and I'm from Latvia.
Right now I am taking a year in between High School which I graduated and University because I was quite in a slump so I decided to figure myself out and sort all of my thoughts, and now I'm stoked to start Uni in September, but until then, I'll work on Poker and a few other things which I will discuss further in to the blog.
I first started playing Poker and got introduced to it by a bunch of friends in 8th grade, of course it wasn't anything serious, but hey, winning some extra lunch money was nice ♦, losing? Not as much :). I stopped playing in 10th grade and almost three years later here I am, studying articles on PokerStrategy and playing online on PokerStars! I started playing on a more or less day to day basis around 2 weeks ago, even though I'm still playing only 2-3hours daily I feel like I am slowly progressing as a player and developing a better mindset towards the game and while in session. Do I expect to play more and perhaps, make a career out of it? Yes, I expect to play more in due time, but I'd rather not discuss the career question, because I feel like dreams are a mental lubricant which is unnecessary and weakens the mindset of a person, sure, everyone has dreams, but dreams aren't goals, you can keep dreaming forever, but it takes a strong personality to strive and achieve your goals, so what I will do is set short-term goals that are doable with my current skill level which will also be written below, also applies to RL goals.
What do I play?
As stated in the Subject, I am playing Micro SnG's($1.50 9-man standard) on PokerStars under the tag "raprockl0l"
I also have to add that I play Freerolls from time to time.
I chose SnG's because I feel like they're easier for a new player as opposed to NL cashgames.
I expect to branch out to NL Cashgames in due time though.
Starting Bankroll: $70
Short-Term Goals:
*Double my bankroll($140) (Deadline April 1st)
*Study and do the Theoretical part for driving school(Deadline April 1st)
*Do an entry exam in English(Deadline 15th of March)
*Apply to a University in Copenhagen,Denmark(Deadline 15th of March)
*Don't fail eating right(2 Weeks in)
*Study Poker more often
So far...
During the first few days I started playing I dropped 8 tables in one day -$12
And a few more during the first week, which in total made around -$21
In between week one and two I studied a bit of Poker and started making the right calls and currently my bankroll is $72.40(+$2.40), I still undoubtedly make bad calls, but I am slowly eliminating the amount of them. Right now, if I feel like i'm tilting I'm just gonna stop and review and be done with the session for the day. Also, if I drop 3 tables in a row I'm taking a break.
All in all, I will try to update the blog at least once a day, meaning I also might update it more than once a day :).
Hope you'll stick around with my journey, so yeah, stay tuned!
I might also drop some questions in here for more experienced people to answer if they feel like it.
My playlist for grinding:
