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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

I've also started staking+coaching program for beginners, nl2/nl5 with my friend. We have 4 students at the moment. I'll update about this too, just less frequently.


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 07.11.2014.

I finished this session today 1 hour early than it was planned. I started of very good, then I made couple of mistakes against fish, and was coolered few times and just when I was planning to quit since I was approaching my 3bi stop loss for day, fish literally gave me 3.5bis and I finished the day slightly positive. After that, didn't want to push my luck...

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 08.11.2014.

Played almost 4 hours today. First session was 3 hours and I finished 4bis +, and then, I started second session few hours later and I lost 2bis very fast. Mostly coolers, I think my game was good.

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 09.11.2014.

Played almost 5 hours day, first hour on nl10 rest on nl5. I will have less time to play next week, but I hope I will be able to play at least 2k hands each day.

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 10.11.2014.

Played almost 4 hours today. All I can say is, this was the session where money loss was inevitable, only thing I could do was to minimize it. Last 1k hands were played on nl10, and that's where I couldn't hit a thing.

I don't have fear of playing nl10 anymore since I know I can beat it. Downswings will come and go, and all I can do is to play my A game and as many hands as I can in a month.


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update L 11.11.2014.

Played 3.5h today, mostly nl5. I'm having some personal problems so I am playing only nl5 since it is not stressful at all. Don't need added stress from poker right now.

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 14.11.2014.

Down, down, down, down...like in a song :)


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 18.11.2014.

I didn't play these last few days since I had personal problems like I said before. Today I returned, and variation is still not kind to me.


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 19.11.2014.

I've played around 5 hours today. Still running like shit...


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 20.11.2014.

I've played a lot today, 5.5h to be exact. First 3.5k hands at nl5, and the rest at nl10. I am very satisfied with game currently.

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 21.11.2014.

First part of session today was great, second one so-so, but still, overall, I am satisfied with how I played. My earnings this month are more than 400 euros without rakeback so good month so far.

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 24.11.2014.

It has been around a month since I am running this blog. As for my earnings, i can't complain really. On micros mostly nl5, some nl10, I am earning around 500 euros, playing only 4 hours a day or a bit less.
As for my shots on higher limits, I am not satisfied with that at all, since I haven't done any. Hoping that it will happen by itself won't get me anywhere, so I'll just have to push myself harder.

Graph for last 3 days :

Srdjan


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Great blog mate, you are doing great, and just keep in mind downswings will come and go! I will probalby start a blog myself in a couple of days playing nl2 for the begining and hopefully i will move up.

GL, keep doing this its great! Poz iz Slovenije :f_biggrin:


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

@bato992 Tnx man!

Update :

Just realized, when I was starting to update mu blog, that I am not really a good writer, I even bore myself to sleep by reading my posts. But, since this should be primarely for motivational purposes I will continue updating.

Anyway, I decided to post my results October + November, mix of nl5 and nl10, playing 13 regular tables simultaneously, and here they are :

I told you that I started Poker staking + coaching program for micro stakes player, and I have to say I am really proud of the guy I am coaching. From being close to breakeven on nl5, I've made him steady winner without using HUD since it is not available on Hive without converter. His graph is here :

Things are going great right now, hope they continue in the same manner.

Srdjan


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Update : 1.12.2014.

I've had downswings in over million hands I've played but never like this one in this short amount of hands. It's just unbelievable...


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mattusko
Joined: 06.02.2010

Hey there,
Good job and solid workethic, BUT work on your redline mate. it looks terrible to me.


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Tnx, but no need to work on it. When I played on Poker Stars my redline was straight line. Now I play on site and stakes where bluffing is useless in many occasions which is the reason my redline is dropping. On the other hand, blue line is very high, and the only line that matters in the end is green one ;)

Btw. the grapf from previous post from 27.11. is not mine it's from my student. Mine are the results in the picture above.


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Prodigy237
Joined: 26.08.2010

Hey Pepe,

Keep up the good work... When I started taking shots at higher stakes, I would play my normal stakes for the first hour and then take some shots, but only if I was confident that I was playing my 'A' game. The transition gets harder & harder the higher you move up due to the quality and / or aggro factor at NL10 & NL25.

Keep #Grindingitup! :f_thumbsup:


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Thank you!

I am playing nl10 regularly with good results just less amount of hands compared to nl5. Roll is not the problem, but I am so accustomed to earning 500e+ a month, I feel anxiety when I think that I could end up a month or two breakeven/slight loss because of taking shots.

I would gladly trade all my mental game problems for some poker related ones... :)


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PepeLeTvor
Joined: 16.10.2014

Can you guys help me find a blog here on pokerstrategy since i forgot the bloggers username or the name of blog.
I know that the guy was playing nl200 regularly and then he started a challenge on nl25 where he lost like 15bis or so at the beginning of the challenge. Do you maybe know whise blog was that?


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