Discipline Challenge

Same as last week, took Monday off.
I'll probably do that every week now, mind needs to rest from a poker at least once a week

SLEEP TIME:

• April 13th - 00:00
• April 14th - 00:50

Sessions:

• NL25 [550 hands] -222.3$ (Pokerstars, are you freakin kidding me? )
• NL25 [540 hands] +55.2$
• NL25 [550 hands] +34.9$
• NL25 [560 hands] -59.6$ (EV adjusted: +5.5$)
• NL25 [560 hands] +33.8$
• NL50 [530 hands] +66.8$
• NL50 [550 hands] +78.9$
• NL50 [540 hands] +90.8$
• NL50 [560 hands] -46.4$
• NL50 [560 hands] +76.9$

Positive hand of a day: Tripple up! 9♣:9♥:

Bluff of a day:

• K♠:J♠: - felt like a good spot, against a weak delayed cbet. Was only worried about the fishy player in the middle.

SLEEP TIME:

• April 15th - 01:00

Sessions:

• NL25 normal [1010 hands] +106.0$ (was completing Pokerstars challenges)

HALF APRIL SUMMARY

NL25:

• 7711 hands: -238.17$ (EV adjusted: -134.92$), winrate: -12.35 (VPIP: 29.3, PFR: 24.0, 3bet: 9.1)

Again, everytime I raise my red line in NL25, overall results go down. I guess this limit is just too fishy. Also was running really bad.

NL50:

• 34952 hands: -302.48$ (EV adjusted: -791.22$), winrate: -1.73 (VPIP: 26.0, PFR: 20.3, 3bet: 7.6)

Potential loss with EV adjusted is really scary. Although it was a really bad month so far, tons of coolers. My stats are almost identical as last month, where I had a profit, so hopefully this is just a downswing.

BONUS:

• $200 VIP Reward Bonus [15400 FPP] +200$
• VPP Stellar Reward [5000 VPP] +50$

OVERALL: -390.7$

I'm feeling good about the rest of the month. Time for the upswing!

Missed a few days, due to GTA V release

SLEEP TIME:

• April 19th - 01:20

Sessions:

• NL50 [520 hands] +14.9$
• NL50 [540 hands] +12.7$
• NL50 [540 hands] -31.2$
• NL50 [540 hands] +38.4$
• NL50 [590 hands] -114.0$

Bluff of a day:

• A♥:9♦: - since it was an aggressive regular, he would have bet the turn if he had a 77.

SLEEP TIME:

• April 21st - 01:15

Sessions:

• NL50 [530 hands] +171.9$

SLEEP TIME:

• April 22nd - 01:10

Sessions:

• NL50 [530 hands] +32.3$
• NL50 [530 hands] +4.8$
• NL50 [520 hands] +191.9$
• NL50 [530 hands] -17.7$

Yesterday tried a bunch of tournaments, just to be once again reminded why I prefer cash games.
Every single one of them ended up in a bad beat or a cooler Frustrating and waste of time.

SLEEP TIME:

• April 23rd - 01:15

Sessions:

• NL50 [520 hands] +8.7$
• NL50 [220 hands] +45.6$

Tournaments:

• 5$ Spin & Go [6 tournaments - 4 small wins] +10$
• 9 various tournaments -55$

Nothing more frustrating, than playing your A-game and getting constant coolers, just one of those days

SLEEP TIME:

• April 24th - 01:20

Sessions:

• NL50 [550 hands] -29.5$
• NL50 [530 hands] -46.9$
• NL50 [530 hands] -189.6$
• NL50 [530 hands] -33.9$

Bluff of a day:

• 6♥:4♥: - when a suitable river hits, just gotta do it

As usual, one bad day follows another

SLEEP TIME:

• April 25th - 01:10

Sessions:

• NL25 [540 hands] -13.1$
• NL50 [550 hands] +4.7$
• NL50 [540 hands] -93.2$ (session mistakes: not sure what was I thinking)
• NL50 [550 hands] -70.0$
• NL50 [550 hands] +7.4$
• NL50 [540 hands] -23.8$

Bluff of a day:

• A♣:Q♥: - not the best spot, but felt like I can get enough of folds against a tight regular.

That's how it should be on a normal day without too many coolers

SLEEP TIME:

• April 26th - 04:00
  * Punishment for discipline error: today's sleep time 0AM.

Sessions:

• NL50 [530 hands] +50.7$
• NL50 [540 hands] +216.4$
• NL50 [540 hands] +6.8$
• NL50 [530 hands] +1.4$
• NL50 [530 hands] +40.6$
• NL50 [590 hands] -11.4$ (session mistakes: got provoked by the villain in earlier hands)
• NL50 [530 hands] +105$

Meh.

SLEEP TIME:

• April 29th - 00:55

Sessions:

• NL50 [570 hands] -163.2$
• NL50 [550 hands] -62.6$
• NL50 [510 hands] +15.9$
• NL25 [550 hands] -19.9$
• NL50 [560 hands] -47.9$
• NL50 [530 hands] -47.5$ (session mistakes: shouldn't call pot size bets)

Positive hand of a day: One of the rare hero calls J♦:J♣:

The day started bad again, was probably still tilting from previous day.
At least the evening was really good, managed to reach my A-game

SLEEP TIME:

• April 30th - 01:20

Sessions:

• NL50 [570 hands] +17.2$
• NL50 [560 hands] -97.1$ (session mistakes: there was nothing I beat, even flush draw got there)
• NL50 [590 hands] -97.8$ (session mistakes: actually I knew the first guy is trapping, not sure why I leveled myself into calling)
• NL50 [1030 hands] +58.3$
• NL50 [560 hands] +72.9$
• NL50 [540 hands] +82.1$
• NL50 [550 hands] +37.4$

I will post the summary of the second part of April tomorrow.

SLEEP TIME:

• May 1st - 04:20
  * Punishment for discipline error: today's sleep time 0AM.

Sessions:

• NL25 [560 hands] +23.1$
• NL25 [540 hands] -22.3$
• NL50 [530 hands] +49.3$
• NL50 [530 hands] +20.9$
• NL50 [580 hands] -255.5$ (tilted off)
• NL50 [540 hands] +9.9$

First part of April post is here.

SECOND PART OF APRIL SUMMARY

NL25:

• 2217 hands: -32.34$ (EV adjusted: -21.44$), winrate: -5.83 (VPIP: 27.4, PFR: 22.1, 3bet: 7.0)

NL50:

• 22059 hands: +59.77$ (EV adjusted: +18.88$), winrate: +0.54 (VPIP: 25.1, PFR: 19.8, 3bet: 6.7)

Better than the first part, but still plenty of room for improvement.

BONUS:

• $200 VIP Reward Bonus [15400 FPP] +200$

OVERALL APRIL: -390.7$ (part 1) +226.7$ (part 2) = -164$

In general quite unhappy with the whole month, should have done better job controlling the frustration in some tough sessions. And I have to remember, why I'm doing this challenge in the first place, I've been breaking the discipline rules quite a lot this month, need to work on that also.

Yesterday was actually a great day, kept my A-game for the whole day, even if results don't show it.
It feels better to lose some while playing my best game, than have a winning session, knowing I got lucky.

SLEEP TIME:

• May 2nd - 03:30 (justified - watched EPT High Roller final)

Sessions:

• NL50 [540 hands] -45.4$
• NL50 [570 hands] +51.8$
• NL50 [560 hands] +27.1$
• NL50 [530 hands] -160.5$ (showdown: -150$)
• NL50 [540 hands] +95.2$
• NL50 [560 hands] -15.3$

Positive hand of a day: Not often you get paid off with a set of aces A♥:A♣:

Bonus:

• 3.3$ 6max tournament [4th out 925 players] +191$

Finally understood, why people like tournaments, amazing feeling to reach the final table. Especially as a chip leader. Although a bit frustrating, since I got sucked out with AA.

Just as I said previous time, it feels better to lose some while playing good, than win some while getting lucky. So yesterday was that day

SLEEP TIME:

• May 3rd - 00:30

Sessions:

• NL50 [530 hands] +18.6$
• NL50 [540 hands] -14.2$ (session mistakes: need a constant reminder to let go pocket pairs)
• NL50 [550 hands] +17.2$
• NL50 [530 hands] -36.8$ (session mistakes: should be good sometimes, but not enough to be +EV long-term)
• NL50 [540 hands] +21.1$
• NL50 [540 hands] +25.5$

Positive hand of a day: When a semi-bluff gets there Q♣:8♣:

Bluff of a day:

• Q♥:9♣: - one of the ways to deal with super-aggressive villains.

It took me a while reading the whole topic and watching all posted hand here, but this challenge gives a lot of mental power, keep it up!

Thanks! Reading the whole topic must be quite a challenge itself

Usually I take the monday off, but yesterday wanted to play a bit in the evening. As it happens quite often, when I just play for fun, without any tension, profit seem to come along

SLEEP TIME:

• May 4th - 01:00

Sessions:

• NL25 [1180 hands] +44.9$ (session mistakes: very expensive note on a fish)

Tournaments:

• 4.4$ The Hot turbo, 3.3$ 6max tournament [busted] -7.7$
• 8.8$ 6max turbo [59th out of 1800 players] +25.0$
• 4.4$ turbo [36th out of 2193 players] +23.7$

Made a couple of mistakes at both tournaments, which probably cost me the final tables. Oh well, live and learn.

Kept it light again yesterday, mostly having fun with tournaments.

SLEEP TIME:

• May 5th - 01:30

Sessions:

• NL25 [530 hands] +17.5$
• NL25 [530 hands] -26.0$

Tournaments:

• Several 6max or turbo tournaments [busted] -34.7$
• 3.3$ 6max [20th out of 780 players] +13.1$
• 8.8$ 6max turbo [19th out of 1686 players] +72.1$

Tournaments seem to be going really well this month, so I'll keep experimenting with it.

Meh. Shouldn't play at all, when I don't feel like playing.

SLEEP TIME:

• May 6th - 00:50

Sessions:

• NL25 [530 hands] -95.7$ (session mistakes: let's give a stack, why the hell not)
• NL25 [540 hands] -3.5$
• NL25 [550 hands] +19.8$
• NL25 [530 hands] -15.9$

Beginning of the day was really frustrating, lots of coolers followed by tilty mistakes. Luckily evening went great

SLEEP TIME:

• May 7th - 02:30 (justified - final table)

Sessions:

• NL25 [1090 hands] -81.7$ (session mistakes: pretty sure it's a mistake)
• NL50 [530 hands] -33.2$ (session mistakes: definit fold on the river)
• NL50 [540 hands] -43.7$ (session mistakes: fish gives me opportunity to save money, instead I shove)
• NL50 [600 hands] +112.0$
• NL50 [540 hands] +11.9$
• NL50 [550 hands] +80.1$
• NL50 [600 hands] -11.1$ (session mistakes: should be an easy fold against a passive regular multiway)

Tournaments:

• A few 6max or turbo tournaments [busted] -27.5$
• The Big 16.5$ [132th out of 1335 players] +15.5$
• 3.3$ 6max [4th out of 783 players] +161.1$

Another successful try in tournaments. If I keep this pace, I'll probably need to switch from cash games to tournaments

Nothing was going my way yesterday. At some point got so fed up with poker, that just closed it for the whole evening

SLEEP TIME:

• May 8th - 01:30

Sessions:

• NL25 [560 hands] -12.5$
• NL25 [530 hands] +7.6$
• NL25 [530 hands] +22.3$
• NL50 [570 hands] -136.8$ (session mistakes: raised with an intention to fold to an all-in, but..)
• NL50 [570 hands] -99.2$ (session mistakes: on such a dry board river had to be a fold)
• NL50 [260 hands] +91.9$

Tournaments:

• A few 6max or turbo tournaments [busted] -28.5$