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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

That's the cool thing about poker. I just read the article about applying EV to real life situations and I totally agree. There are so many lessons from Poker you can applay to your actual life. :f_cool:

Let's get to the new set of goals!

During the last couple of weeks I felt like shit. But because I didn't have any goals really, apart from going to Salsa lessons regularly. To motivate myself more it makes sense to set the goals higher than ever. I will try to reach them and grow as a person on the way a lot. If I won't particularly reach them it won't be that bad as well.

A New Bankroll Challenge - Let's go for $10.000!

That's right. I will go for $10k until the end of this year. I know it's not necessarily smart to set money goals, but this sum motivates me to get shit straight and be motivated enough to go for. To reach that goal I gotta make a switch in many things: My health, my mental game, my playing behavior, my learning process, and so on.

This month will be finished quite soon, therefore I let this stand and elaborate on my goals in a week. For the rest of September I will grind 1,500 Hands / day on 10NL and continue my salsa lessons next week.


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During the last couple of weeks I felt like shit. But because I didn't have any goals really, apart from going to Salsa lessons regularly

What the hell? You were just sitting at home and going to salsa for weeks? No job, studies, whatsoever??? How do you finance your poker habits?!


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

Bankroll Challenge Update

Just re-joined the challenge, therefore I could only bookmark 2 days of playing.

Hands played: 2,273
Profit: +$4,57
Bankroll: $354,57


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

SNAP!-Poker is well known for getting SNAP-Called...

1.
888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) FAST - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 291.3 BB
SB: 182.7 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
BB: 119.6 BB (VPIP: 12.00, PFR: 12.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 26)
UTG: 184.9 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
MP: 81.1 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 11.36, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 46)
CO: 124.1 BB (VPIP: 10.71, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 30)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2♦ 2♠

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 3 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) 6♠ 6♣ 8♦
UTG checks, Hero bets 5 BB, UTG calls 5 BB

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) K♦
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 2♥
UTG bets 19.5 BB, Hero raises to 282.3 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 156.4 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 2♦ 2♠ (Full House, Twos full of Sixes)
(Pre 50%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
UTG shows J♥ 6♥ (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 50%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 349.5 BB

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888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) FAST - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 267.5 BB (VPIP: 14.58, PFR: 6.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
SB: 97.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
BB: 222.3 BB (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 15.56, 3Bet Preflop: 17.65, Hands: 46)
UTG: 100.9 BB (VPIP: 53.33, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 15)
MP: 115.9 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, SB raises to 6.2 BB, BB calls 5.2 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Flop: (18.6 BB, 3 players) Q♥ 5♥ 9♣
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (18.6 BB, 3 players) T♣
SB bets 10.3 BB, fold, Hero calls 10.3 BB

River: (39.2 BB, 2 players) K♦
SB checks, Hero bets 29.4 BB, SB calls 29.4 BB

Hero shows K♥ Q♠ (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 40%, Flop 86%, Turn 89%)
SB shows A♦ T♥ (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 60%, Flop 14%, Turn 11%)
Hero wins 92.3 BB


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In Germany thats quite easy brah? What's that supposed to mean? U're living off of welfare???! And throwing your welfare money into poker? Are u serious?


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

I don't owe you any explanation. Keep moving.


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

Yoyoyo,

I'm right now not doing a lot of hard theory stuff. Basically, I just watch some live-plays until I have Gold-Status again. Tables are pretty good, and I'm on a heater I guess. Will post the graph when the week has finished.

This time I will put my mindset to the top of the priority-list. During the 'off-period' I had some epiphanies that are helping me tremendously right now. Funny thing is, the sessions got better and better parallel to the degree of presence and awareness. Yesterday I watched some stuff from Eckhart Tolle where he talks about the ego, and evaluating situations and circumstances in life. In poker this is evaluating session-outcomes for instance. If you think "this was a good session" (because you won a lot of money) or "this was a very bad session" (because you maybe played poorly and dropped some stacks), the self-judgement mechanism turns on and emotions get involved in the whole thing. I'm not saying emotions are necessarily bad (you can use them to accelerate your learning-curve, or to gain extra-motivation to play brilliant during a session), but they are dangerous.

Mindset Goals

1) To not get discouraged by results anymore, and rather get motivated even moreo by being aware of the learning curve. Skill will decide if you make money or not, everything else doesn't matter.

2) To not evaluate my sessions, or playing days, with labels like "good" or "bad" in terms of results. I feel good about poker right now because I am playing well, and my opponents pay me off, but there are down-days as well, in which poker puts me to a test.

3) Hold to stop-loss of -4 Buy-In's and a Win-Stop of the same amount. Just to help my mindset stay calm for the beginning period until everything becomes subconscious, and therefore automatic.

Some Hands from today

I) So good. I had 54% on the flop :f_cool:

888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) FAST - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 144.4 BB (VPIP: 23.33, PFR: 18.05, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 507)
SB: 257.2 BB (VPIP: 29.87, PFR: 15.58, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 82)
BB: 99.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
UTG: 96.6 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 100.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP: 130.7 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 10.20, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 50)
Hero (CO): 111.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♠ 9♠

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 7.1 BB, Hero calls 4.9 BB

Flop: (14.7 BB, 2 players) 8♠ 6♥ 5♠
BB checks, Hero bets 8 BB, BB raises to 29.4 BB, Hero raises to 104.6 BB and is all-in, BB calls 63 BB and is all-in

Turn: (199.5 BB, 2 players) K♥

River: (199.5 BB, 2 players) Q♣

BB shows K♣ T♥ (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 67%, Flop 44%, Turn 73%)
Hero shows T♠ 9♠ (High Card, King)
(Pre 33%, Flop 56%, Turn 27%)
BB wins 187.8 BB

II) I am actually just starting out to thin value-bet... would have checked the river in the past. But Villain's always think we are on a busted flushdraw hihi

888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) FAST - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 114.9 BB (VPIP: 22.87, PFR: 16.55, 3Bet Preflop: 8.59, Hands: 417)
BB: 81.8 BB (VPIP: 17.07, PFR: 9.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 43)
UTG: 148.7 BB (VPIP: 24.14, PFR: 15.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 61)
Hero (MP): 162.2 BB
CO: 120.6 BB (VPIP: 22.65, PFR: 16.38, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 292)
BTN: 424.9 BB (VPIP: 11.40, PFR: 8.81, 3Bet Preflop: 2.70, Hands: 234)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♦ J♦

fold, Hero raises to 2.8 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1.8 BB

Flop: (6.1 BB, 2 players) J♣ 3♠ 4♦
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (6.1 BB, 2 players) K♣
BB bets 4.5 BB, Hero calls 4.5 BB

River: (15.1 BB, 2 players) K♥
BB checks, Hero bets 11.3 BB, BB calls 11.3 BB

Hero shows 9♦ J♦ (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 42%, Flop 86%, Turn 84%)
BB shows A♣ T♥ (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 58%, Flop 14%, Turn 16%)
Hero wins 35.5 BB

III) Hello :f_biggrin: Who said that going broke with QQ on SNAP! is -EV

888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) FAST - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 156.9 BB (VPIP: 21.93, PFR: 14.91, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 233)
SB: 109.2 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 40.00, Hands: 17)
BB: 101 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
UTG: 110.6 BB (VPIP: 22.40, PFR: 17.49, 3Bet Preflop: 4.61, Hands: 566)
MP: 204.2 BB (VPIP: 17.86, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 58)
Hero (CO): 191.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 8.1 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, BB raises to 101 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 81 BB

Flop: (202.5 BB, 2 players) 8♥ 7♦ 6♣

Turn: (202.5 BB, 2 players) 9♠

River: (202.5 BB, 2 players) 4♠

BB shows Q♥ K♦ (High Card, King)
(Pre 32%, Flop 15%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows Q♦ Q♠ (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 85%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins 190.6 BB

SNAP SNAP!


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

Bankroll Challenge Week 2 Update

:club: Hands Played: 10567
:heart: Profit: +$145,89
:diamond: Bankroll: $500,46

This week was really profitable, but also full of lessons. Luckily I could put in a lot of volume while staying mentally stable throughout. I mainly learned by playing, worked a bit on my preflop-ranges (still doing it) and right now I feel like I really adjusted to the games and print money for the next weeks. :f_love:

Will Post goals for this week tomorrow.


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

When you are about to blind out...

888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) FAST - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 80 BB (VPIP: 27.59, PFR: 3.45, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
UTG: 160.2 BB (VPIP: 32.00, PFR: 24.00, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 156)
MP: 86.5 BB (VPIP: 40.82, PFR: 34.69, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 51)
CO: 26 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 12)
BTN: 111.8 BB (VPIP: 24.19, PFR: 20.16, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 127)
Hero (SB): 101.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7♥ 7♣

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2 BB, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (10 BB, 4 players) 4♥ 7♠ T♥
Hero bets 7.5 BB, BB raises to 15 BB, MP calls 15 BB, fold, Hero raises to 99 BB and is all-in, BB calls 62.5 BB and is all-in, MP calls 69 BB and is all-in

Turn: (255.5 BB, 3 players) 9♥

River: (255.5 BB, 3 players) A♠

BB shows K♥ K♦ (One Pair, Kings)

Main Pot [242.5 BB]: (Pre 66%, Flop 13%, Turn 24%)

MP shows Q♣ Q♦ (One Pair, Queens)

Main Pot [242.5 BB]: (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)
Side Pot#1 [13 BB]: (Pre 80%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)

Hero shows 7♥ 7♣ (Three of a Kind, Sevens)

Main Pot [242.5 BB]: (Pre 16%, Flop 79%, Turn 74%)
Side Pot#1 [13 BB]: (Pre 20%, Flop 92%, Turn 98%)

Hero wins 228.3 BB
Hero wins 12.2 BB

:f_drink::f_drink::f_drink:


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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006

If i was you, seeing this Turn-card... phew... I would not believe in a positive outcome here...


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

Haha, Sven. You know, everything is possible at the microstakes. :P That reminds me on a situation I've had when I first sat down with €100 in a café back then in the Netherlands. It was the second hand of the day or so and I never played that high in real life before. I had KK on the button and I get first in. The SB 3bet's me, the BB coldcalls, I 4bet, the SB goes All-In and the BB follows. Hard to fold right? So it goes All-In 3way. Flop comes lowcardheavy, something like 629r, Turn comes the A (I was like OMG please not), river a T or so. I turn around KK, the other 2 muck.

Everything's possible :f_biggrin::f_drink:


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

Sometimes you just gotta pull it off

BTN: 126.3 BB (VPIP: 20.83, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 48)
SB: 41.5 BB (VPIP: 15.22, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 49)
BB: 102.7 BB (VPIP: 26.01, PFR: 21.96, 3Bet Preflop: 9.14, Hands: 478)
UTG: 124.9 BB (VPIP: 24.26, PFR: 18.15, 3Bet Preflop: 10.59, Hands: 1,677)
MP: 159.4 BB (VPIP: 25.78, PFR: 19.93, 3Bet Preflop: 11.97, Hands: 1,159)
Hero (CO): 133.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4♥ Q♥

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (4.9 BB, 2 players) K♠ 8♣ 6♦
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (4.9 BB, 2 players) 9♥
BB checks, Hero bets 3.2 BB, BB calls 3.2 BB

River: (11.3 BB, 2 players) A♥
BB checks, Hero bets 7 BB, BB raises to 27 BB, Hero raises to 128 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 61.5 BB

:coolface:

The last days were so freaking bad haha. I ran into a very bad run, once a gain, after I restarted everything. But I also learned a lot about folding "the nuts". Basically, I did a lot of stuff wrong where I thought it was right. If you just take some time off, do something else, and then come back to review what you've played, it helps sharpen the sight on analysis. Overall, my bankroll had a downer of 10 Buy-In's, but it's about to get back on track. I'm always re-adjusting right now to the limit I'm playing. It's so random, that it probably helps to bluff less and be more straightforward than ever.

Life-wise I had a cool day yesterday, went to classes, spotted a very beautiful tall brunette chick who was the partner-dancer of our teacher. At some point we gazed into each others' eyes and I felt like falling apart or something haha. Anyways, I had to talk to a girl looking like this later that day. So, we went to some dinner first, then separated, and after a while I saw a polish girl walking past... omg, so beautiful. So I went up to her and said something like "hey... uhm.. no worries I'm not drunk or something (it was already after midnight) but there's something about you that I just had to come over and say hi" - And you won't believe it, but she just loved it! But sad part of the story 1) she had a boyfriend (happily taken) and 2) her friend came around. So I just made the joke "aah, here comes the rescue-force haha" and we said bye.

That was some glimpse into another part besides Poker. Regarding the card-game, my biggest goals are to work on my C-Game flaws, work on staying present while playing, and ending sessions at the right time (45 minutes), and correcting flaws in my preflop-ranges.


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

Bankroll Challenge Week 3

Overall it has been a hell of a week, results-wise. It started with a downer coupled with bad play, which resulted in a loss of 10 Buy-In's. Then, I had to grind all the way up again and ended with a loss of slight 2 Stacks, which is ok, because I learned a lot, by reviewing my sessions and hands, and also my mental game and playing behavior. From this week on, these lessons will be applied and trained to the level of unconscious competence.

Hands Played: 12,631
Profit: -$23
Bankroll: $477

Let's get it on :f_cool:


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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

25% needed Equity? I think we are good :f_drink:

888 Poker - $0.20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 125.8 BB (VPIP: 24.37, PFR: 18.46, 3Bet Preflop: 8.09, Hands: 586)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 24.61, PFR: 19.36, 3Bet Preflop: 8.06, Hands: 2,029)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 10.42, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
Hero (BB): 190.6 BB
UTG: 105.95 BB (VPIP: 80.56, PFR: 13.89, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 38)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3♥ 3♠

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 6 BB, UTG calls 5 BB

Flop: (12.5 BB, 2 players) 8♥ J♦ A♥
Hero bets 7 BB, UTG calls 7 BB

Turn: (26.5 BB, 2 players) 5♦
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: (26.5 BB, 2 players) 8♠
Hero checks, UTG bets 12.55 BB, Hero calls 12.55 BB

UTG shows T♥ 9♣ (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 51%, Flop 55%, Turn 32%)
Hero shows 3♥ 3♠ (Two Pair, Eights and Threes)
(Pre 49%, Flop 45%, Turn 68%)
Hero wins 49.05 BB


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Alright so what has happened so far? Lost money again due to the same mistakes you do over and over again?


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Hm no update. Strange right?


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