Let's start with Turbo STT's again.

Originally posted by Ramble

Originally posted by stameninho
My main goal is to keep it simple and improve step by step.

I love how you re-emphasize your MAIN goal at the start of every post - great reinforcement. I hope it is not just a cut-and-paste but something you physically type out each time!

Thanks for re-re-emphasizing it Ramble. The last time I copy-pasted it, but not any more : )

Originally posted by Ramble

2. Analyze every played session. I gave up analizing push/fold situations with ICMtrainer, it just takes too much time. From now on, only 15bb+ hands will be analized from the sessions. As for push/fold stage, I will practice on ICMtrainer until bying a software for this is affordable.

Why not check out my free ICMizer 2.0 1-week trial? There isn't much competition for it right now (i.e. NONE), all I ask is that you post about a study practice you have. (the link to it is in my signature below.)

So my Bankroll is $22 and I plan to make it $200 until 8.2.2015!

Many people have goals tied to bankrolls and timelines - I'm not a big fan of them since, in my opinion, it puts the emphasis on the results and not on the process. Your goals should be on the actions that you can control (like improving certain aspects of your game, hours of study, etc...). If you do, the results will eventually come.

As for your bankroll management - I play single table tourneys and my BRM is 75 buy-ins to start taking stabs at higher level, 100 buy-ins to move to higher level, 50 buy-ins to drop a level. I agree with previous posters that MTT's would probably require much higher number of buy-ins before moving up.

Enjoying the blog so far and good luck!

Thanks for the time Ramble, it's great reading what you say through your experience.

It looks pretty messy with the way I deal with quotes, but I will fix this soon

Nice to see another mtt grinder in the field. Keep going and improving! Gona follow this!:f_thumbsup:

Originally posted by stameninho
It looks pretty messy with the way I deal with quotes, but I will fix this soon

I just fixed it for you, I hope you don't mind.

Originally posted by stameninho
I have some experience multitabling, but that's not what I need for now. 2 tabling is fair enough with the 40buy-ins that I have for these format of the game. I want to be certain I beat my limit, to move up as you say I play sessions of one hour 2 tabling. "|what are successive tournaments and what are sets? I use the tiled table layout, so I can observe what's going on the whole tme.

Playing successive tournaments means that you immediately open up a new game once one of your tournaments ends. If you play a set of tournaments, you wait until all of your games are done, and then open up a new batch of tournaments.

You should definitely be on the safe side if you play only two tables at a time. Feel free to add a few more if you're confident enough, just don't drive yourself crazy. Playing 6-9 tables, as you originally planned, might be a bit tough at the moment.

This old article might be helpful if you haven't read it already.

Best of luck!

Originally posted by Vainis
Nice to see another mtt grinder in the field. Keep going and improving! Gona follow this!:f_thumbsup:

Thank you Vainis, good luck to you!

Harrier,
I don't my at all fixing the post
I play sets of tournaments, thanks for explaining and also for the article. I will stick to 2-tables play for now.

Have fun

Update: My main goal is to keep it simple and improve step by step! (typed, not copy-pasted)
1. Read the book of Collin Moshman > reached page 85.
2. Analyze every played session > no alayzed session for today. Will do tomorrow in the morning
3. Play at least one hour > played for around one and half hour.
4. Write in my blog > done.
5. Try to be specific > Read about the Mid-Blind Game Play, learnt some new stuff. Happy with myself.
6. Stop thinking too much and take more poker action > Poker action in action!

Didn't wake up at 7pm.
Didn't read motivational book.
Didn't go jogging to the mountain
Didn't train.
Eated small meals, also eated honey. Didn't drink much water.
Was positive, calm and innerattentive the whole day. Thanks

Cool and Calm >

Hey there, I'm on track! My main goal is to keep it simple and improve step by step! Yeah : )

1. reached page 95 from the book.
2. analized around 20 hands on pokertracker. Tomorrow will try to look at some stats and identify leaks of my game and overall performance by stats.
3. Played for around 3 hours during the day. Made 3 sessions. Some bad-beats and some smiles
4. I write in my blog before I go to play a home game with some friends : )))
5. Glad with myself being spesific, but the time spent for learning was too little.
6. Poker action taken!

Woke up at 6.42
Didn't read motivational book.
Went on a walk to the mountain with my father. Amazing!
Didn't train.
Eated one big meal and some nuts!
Was positive and continuing being positive. KEep up the good vibes people.

Enjoy the moment, problems don't exist! Only opportunities exist> it's up to the point of view>

Thank you.

Originally posted by stameninho

The things that help me alot in keeping track of my everyday life are:

1. Waking up at 7pm every morning.
2. Reading motivational books.
3. Jogging to the mountain and back.
4. Training for being fit.
5. Eating small meals, few sweets and drinking a lot of water.
6. Being positive and enthusiastic.
and maybe some more ...

Originally posted by metza

Originally posted by stameninho

The things that help me alot in keeping track of my everyday life are:

1. Waking up at 7pm every morning.
2. Reading motivational books.
3. Jogging to the mountain and back.
4. Training for being fit.
5. Eating small meals, few sweets and drinking a lot of water.
6. Being positive and enthusiastic.
and maybe some more ...

HAHAHA YEAHHH Waking up at 7am every morning!
Thanks brother

7pm is probably less likely to be typo for poker player than 7am heh.

Hello friends,

It's been a while I spent much time playing and less studying and analizing. The daily program is abandoned and the motivation for success is at low level! Now I know the jogging in the morning is really helpfull and the training also. Hard work is getting payed with good results everytime.

From tomorrow I turn back to the habbit of being focused of my goals for this month.

My main goal is to keep it simple and improve step by step!

Reading the book "Sit n' Go Strategy" of Collin Moshman > Reached page 120.
Analizing played sessions > no focus in this area lately >> needs lot of improvement!
Playing poker for at least one hour per day > a lot of hours spent playing. I am pleased with my overall performance. Really need to improve my bubble play and especially heads up play!
Write in my blog every active poker day and make a quick update. Share things that can be interesting for others and spots where comments can be shared. > will work on this from now on. I think it will boost my overall performance of being spesific and quick in summarizing things.
Being spesific and doing what has to be done! > When there is a daily plan which is being followed step by step, automatically there is accuracy!
Stop thinking too much and take more poker action! Here comes the daily plan again. It is so important. It is something like the way the whole universe is moving in balance and accuracy!

Waking up at 7am is on from tomorrow again!
Reading motivational book is on from tomorrow! (Here's a link to the book > http://www.amazon.com/experience-fool-epiphany-about-glasses/dp/9549589986
Jogging to the mountain in the morning is on from tomorrow back again!
Training is on from tomorrow also!
Eating small meals is helping for the balance of my body and life!
Being positive and enthusiastic is often mistaken by me! Telling NO with positivity and enthusiasm has to be learn soon!

Thank you .................!

Hey there, today is an amazing day!

I realized that keeping it simple and improving step by step is like the rocket which is preparing for the flight!

Today I saw the difference between wanting to play alot-making lots of money and taking it easy and working on the game!

Playing just one tournament works great for me. Then I can review all the spots I am not certain about and focus on them so I can improve my overall performance. I find it much more helpfull than playing lots of games and having my mind on the side of the money-profit.

Working with ICMtrainer and Equilab is amazing.

Here's the way I do my review for a hand:
1st I open the hand in the PokerTrackerReplayer
2nd open the Equilab
3rd put every opponent on a range for push according to position and BBs.
4th open ICMtrainer and put in the Calculator the exact positions and amount of BBs for every opponent on the table for the hand I am reviewing
5th calculate the push ranges and compare them to the ones I have guesed
6th try to make a logical conclusion about position-stack-push range!

I hope this is how it works

Please leave a comment if you have anything to add-correct.

Thank you and keep on working!

Hey there,

Today was an unproductive day pokerwise, but still I played 5mtt's. My game is pretty solid but I become undisciplined when reaching tha paid places. Making -EV plays when having a stack between 25bb's to 15bb's.

The plan for today will be adjusted for tomorrow. Now is time for Sunday relax

See you next week with positive vibrations and much much productivity!

:f_thumbsup::f_thumbsup::f_thumbsup:

Halloooo

From unproductive to overwhelming productiveness leading to black-out!
Balance is very important in life!!!

Thank you! : ) : ) : )

Originally posted by stameninho
Halloooo

From unproductive to overwhelming productiveness leading to black-out!
Balance is very important in life!!!

Thank you! : ) : ) : )

Sounds like there is a story there...?

Yes Rable, there is a story.

I putted 8 hours of poker studying for the daily plan two days ago. I thought "what am I doing...". Stopped reading and observing ICM shoves and went out! Then I had fun with some friends, whatched a movie and laughed alot.

The movie is called Link Text...

I have alot of thoughts lately, considering my everyday life and goals for the future. Also my moody conditions and what really makes me happy. Poker is so time-consuming. If I really want to put 100% focus on learning and improving, climbing limits and making a living from poker, I should start living on my own and having a job in the beginning! Psychological freedom is very important I think : )))

Thanks alot.

Hey there, nice to be in the productive poker world again

> reach page 130 of the book "Sit n' Go Strategy".
> Worked one hour with ICMtrainer, analized and kept notes for push ranges.
> Played for two hours, 4tournaments overall. 2 turbos and two regulars. (found some leaks in my game :)))
write in my blog again youpiii ....

At the end of the month I will make a summary of everything that happened this month in my poker world!

Thanks!

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

Today I managed to do all the things from the daily poker plan and also most of the things that help me be focused on my goals.

> Early in the morning read the book of Collin Moshman :Sit n' Go Strategy" reached page 136 High Blind Play Concepts.
> After that I alalized some hands with ICMtrainer. I found a way to track some statistic over the push/fold situations gone through ICMtrainer, so I can get into what's going on with ICM!
Here's a picture of the graph I made today.
> Then I managed to review some hands from yesterday. I played two turbo fifty/fifty stt and was pretty impresed of the type of this game. It is for big grinders haha
> Played around 1 and half hours 2turbo stt's and 2turbo fifty/fifty : )
> In overall I am happy with my game and improvement, although I still have spots where I am pretty lost.
Here I post two hands from yesterday:

PokerStars - $1.32+$0.18|80/160 Ante 20 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 I wonder what is my range here... something like: 66+AJs+AQo+KQs??? or too tight?

CO: 5.5 BB (VPIP: 9.30, PFR: 9.30, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)
BTN: 14.24 BB (VPIP: 39.53, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)
SB: 14.15 BB (VPIP: 9.43, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 54)
Hero (BB): 15.2 BB
UTG: 35.29 BB (VPIP: 20.45, PFR: 16.28, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)

5 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.13 BB) Hero has A♦ Q♥

fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 14.03 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 13.03 BB

Flop: (28.68 BB, 2 players) 6♥ 5♦ 4♠

Turn: (28.68 BB, 2 players) 2♦

River: (28.68 BB, 2 players) 9♣

I think that here a raise/fold with QJ is the best play ... but still not certain.
PokerStars - $1.32+$0.18|80/160 Ante 20 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 14.84 BB
BB: 12.95 BB (VPIP: 11.90, PFR: 7.32, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
UTG: 11.45 BB (VPIP: 11.40, PFR: 8.85, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 116)
MP: 26.42 BB (VPIP: 36.59, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
CO: 13.86 BB (VPIP: 9.52, PFR: 2.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
BTN: 4.86 BB (VPIP: 26.83, PFR: 13.16, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has Q♠ J♦

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 14.71 BB and is all-in, BB calls 11.83 BB and is all-in

Flop: (26.4 BB, 2 players) K♦ 2♠ T♦

Turn: (26.4 BB, 2 players) 8♥

River: (26.4 BB, 2 players) 8♠

I know my productiveness and overall performance is not on high level!

I like to keep it simple and improve step by step. Thank you all. Have a great day, everyday! And a great night, everynight

Hey there,
Yesterday I wrote a big update, but everything was gone before I post it due to browser issues.

Small updates seem +EV : )
From yesterday I am pretty glad with my level of focus and overall performance.
Here are some hands to share with you:
Fold Preflop???
PokerStars - $1.29+$0.21|15/30 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 49 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
MP+1: 90.17 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 28)
CO: 43.83 BB (VPIP: 41.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
BTN: 54 BB (VPIP: 13.79, PFR: 3.45, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 29)
SB: 40.37 BB (VPIP: 72.73, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
BB: 49 BB (VPIP: 17.24, PFR: 10.34, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 29)
Hero (UTG): 65.63 BB
UTG+1: 58 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♥ T♣

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, MP calls 2.5 BB, MP+1 raises to 9 BB, CO calls 9 BB, fold, SB calls 8.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 6.5 BB, MP calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (46 BB, 5 players) 5♥ 8♣ J♣
SB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, MP+1 bets 30 BB, fold, SB raises to 31.37 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 1.37 BB

Turn: (108.73 BB, 2 players) T♦

River: (108.73 BB, 2 players) A♠

From this hand I realized that I rarely put good players on a bluff.
When thinking logically abouot this hand, my opponent has few hands that beat me and more bluffs. What to you think?
PokerStars - $1.29+$0.21|50/100 NL - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 34.1 BB
BTN: 17.3 BB (VPIP: 34.04, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
SB: 67.05 BB (VPIP: 20.24, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 13.04, Hands: 85)
BB: 16.55 BB (VPIP: 9.76, PFR: 6.17, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 85)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♣ 5♦

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, SB calls 1.5 BB, fold

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 9♠ 2♠ 6♣
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (5 BB, 2 players) 5♥
SB bets 5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 5 BB

River: (25 BB, 2 players) 3♦
SB bets 25 BB, fold

It seems like calling here is the best option, although pushing has fold-equity value. I am not certain at spots like these. It is maybe that I am scared to play postflop with players who I know that are solid regs.
PokerStars - $1.29+$0.21|100/200 NL - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 22.68 BB
BTN: 8.23 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 1.98, 3Bet Preflop: 2.38, Hands: 110)
SB: 36.6 BB (VPIP: 28.14, PFR: 22.09, 3Bet Preflop: 10.81, Hands: 175)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♠ J♥

fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 22.68 BB and is all-in, SB calls 19.68 BB

Flop: (45.35 BB, 2 players) 5♣ J♠ 9♠

Turn: (45.35 BB, 2 players) 8♣

River: (45.35 BB, 2 players) 4♦

Today I reached page 203 from the Sit n' Go Strategy book.
Now will play for two hours four tabling turbo stt's.
Then read from the book again.
Analize some hands or exercise on ICMtrainer for a while.
Play a second session of two hours. If I feel focused enough will play four tables again. If not, 2 tables.
I managed to deposit a bit, so now my Bankroll is $90

I really like some blogs of you guys around here. These days will try to make a schedule for next month, so I can bust my focus, productivity and overall organization.

Thank you and Enjoy : )

TT hand is an easy fold for me after MP1 3bet. I think it is not worth invest 6 BB in early stage and being out of position.
And about QJ hand, i think u must insert one more stats in to your hud. It is attempt to steal from late position. It is very usefull stat. But in general, with 22BI i would be calling instead shoving. U are in position and QJ plays good after flop