testing out the possibility of (semi)- pro in the 18man on pokerstars

Originally posted by liessens
I had the idea to update every week. Failed after one week:f_biggrin:

Standard

Successful updating 2 weeks in a row

Wednesday and Thursday had 2 decent days with respective sessions of 54 and 38 games (results weren't bad either:f_cool: ) Thursday evening got worse health-wise up to the point I even can't run anymore. Did Friday/Sunday the smart thing to not play since not feeling well before starting the session was just asking for trouble. Saturday did some 6tabling 10$ while watching the football game of my team. I still do not really feel comfortable in them. For the first time ever in my poker career doubting a lot of decisions/felt unsure. Probably will take some reg reviewing to really get to the problems. So for now the main game remains for sure the 5 despite being rolled comfortably while slowly getting comfortable at 10's.

Month volume
126 10$ -15.30
470 5$ +343.34
44.43 hours played

BR 1361.93

Probably even the 1000games will be hard since not/low playing while not feeling well

Edit: the main project of learning is sb limp/playing back on it in bb. I feel really clueless

Edit2: A possible new(old) tradition. Hand of the week. We start with a fun one were I won half pot in 3way pot with 7high

PokerStars, $4.52 + $0.48 - Hold'em No Limit - 25/50 (6 ante) - 8 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

qweeert (UTG): 2,784 (56 bb)
lococifu (UTG+1): 1,497 (30 bb)
SilentXZ (MP): 945 (19 bb)
High1188 (MP+1): 2,975 (60 bb)
Malafiga07 (CO): 1,479 (30 bb)
Liomaser (BU): 1,506 (30 bb)
GronX82 (SB): 765 (15 bb)
ZatlapVerm (BB): 1,549 (31 bb)

Pre-Flop: (123) Hero (ZatlapVerm) is BB with 7♦ 6♦
5 players fold, Liomaser (BU) raises to 110, GronX82 (SB) calls 85, ZatlapVerm (BB) calls 60

Flop: (378) 8♦ 5♣ K♠ (3 players)
GronX82 (SB) checks, ZatlapVerm (BB) checks, Liomaser (BU) bets 189, GronX82 (SB) calls 189, ZatlapVerm (BB) calls 189

Turn: (945) 8♣ (3 players)
GronX82 (SB) checks, ZatlapVerm (BB) checks, Liomaser (BU) checks

River: (945) K♦ (3 players)
GronX82 (SB) checks, ZatlapVerm (BB) checks, Liomaser (BU) checks

Total pot: 945

Showdown:
Liomaser (BU) mucks 3♣ 3♥ (two pair, Kings and Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 37%, Flop: 47%, Turn: 60%, River: 0%)

GronX82 (SB) shows 7♥ 4♥ (two pair, Kings and Eights - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 27%, Flop: 16%, Turn: 15%, River: 50%)

ZatlapVerm (BB) shows 7♦ 6♦ (two pair, Kings and Eights - higher kicker)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 36%, Flop: 37%, Turn: 25%, River: 50%)

GronX82 (SB) wins 473
ZatlapVerm (BB) wins 472

Not yet a full update, but I am trying to set up some multi-tabling software, but it all doesn't seem to work which tilts me gigantic.

So a couple of months back I tried table ninja. That didn't do anything. The free trial expired there. Now I am trying stack and tile, but only half of the software does seem to work at best.

Does anyone have any experience with any of this software(can also be another, I just want it to work) and can help me set up?

Table Ninja used to be good when it was build in to HM2, but I read it stopped getting updates a long time ago. Wondering why you still need it since most online rooms have a table cap these days?

Update: I just saw Table ninja has a new version for HM3. I think this is the best you can find. Table Ninja 2

For sng, there is no table limit. Ah, that makes sense. Never saw that on their site. I only have hem2 ,maybe have a look into that

Time for the real week and also month update. The week is spread into 3parts.

Monday still was recovering. So didn't play. Tuesday I played some 6tabling 10$
Then Wednesday/Thursday some solid sessions. After Thursday were I did a couple of mistakes in multi-tabling, decided should make work of some multi-tabling software.

Tested on Friday, but was full of problems. The reason why I never make work of software is since there are always some problems and I only get tilted of it, but yesterday did some work contacting support both of 3tables and tile 3and table ninja, waiting on response right now.

Then at the weekend, the focus was on 2 long chess games, one live and one online. I hadn't the energy anymore to do in the evening a poker session after the troubles with the software.

Final total of the month
143 10$ +30,49$
555 5$ +317,04$
for 52.28hours

So didn't even reach my B-goal, but some good reasons this month, but some solid progress in getting ready for a sold grind rhythm. Let's hope this is a one-month thing.. Automatic platinum was never inside of range too, but if I can get the volume up, that should indeed be no problem.

I did systematic reviewing with icmizer and also some other hands. Posting a couple of hands in hand review forums too. So that was a success.

With health problems running every day was never an option, but I think I still at least had every day a 30-minute walk. So this was a real success how I dealt with this. I seeing some small progress in this regard lately. So let's hope for the best.

I would want to be a bit more ambitious in next month goals, but probably best to keep them the same for one more month and reach them first and see from there.

play 1500 games this month(at the very least 1000 games)
-play 100+hours
-keep doing small tests on the 10's and more work in reviewing regs.
-platinum star should be in reach with these goals, will come automatically by them
-keep reviewing every session with icmizer
-get used to using hotkeys while playing(had only my first tries ever the last days)
- at least 30minutes of physical activity every day
-find something of cohousing(this isn't complete in my own control, but if I have nothing by the end of the month. I should start thinking about some other options

New week update: no news.

I got a booster Tuesday, got some side effects: notably some fever. The fever was only for one evening, but still wasn't feeling so superb. So basically only played a very small session Saturday evening.

Reaching monthly goals isn't impossible yet, but make sense to put them on 3/4 of the original and go from their

good job with the jab - also about adjusting your goals: "you can only change a plan when you have one in the first place" or "you can only go to plan B if yo have a plan A".
so, not much to worry about!
Also nice previous post,too!

@SvenBe: thanks for the nice comment

So today I realized this blog shows up when you search my name. My account name is my surname. That is not ideal. For this reason, I can change my account name, but I am really bad at inspiration for such things. So I pushed that forward, but after this realization, I want to make some work of that. So I will let it decide by the readers of my blog(with the final verdict for me). Any suggestions?

Originally posted by liessens
So I will let it decide by the readers of my blog(with the final verdict for me). Any suggestions?

If you add an extra L and and extra I then re-arranged the letters, you get "silliness"
Perhaps not an ideal name either.

I was maybe thinking about 1.d4-best-by-test, but it seems only letters and numbers are allowed.

1d4BestByTest may be a possibility then. It is a little chess-related joke

Time for the weekly update. I will wait one more week and then decide on a new username.

I had a very solid week volume-wise.
Monday 46 games
Tuesday 34games
Wednesday: 53 games
Thursday: 26games(+some testing of software)
Friday: 54games
Saturday: 3games

Winning wise it was the most up and down week. Starting with the worst day on the 5's. Down 92. Followed it up with300 up on 2days and back 100 down the next 2days.

I finally got stack and tile up and running from Thursday on. There is still some getting used to the software and just the stack and tile method of sorting the tables. There is a little lost since you lose some space where you can focus on tables. But I already felt I could handle more tables since you feel way better when you need to hurry compared to stacked. Also, way less risk to sit out monster hands.

During the weekend I had over the board long chess games. So was anyway planning a little low on poker, although I wanted to do a medium session on Saturday, but my whole laptop got bugged. Not sure yet what happened. Laptop Still feels iffy for the moment. Hopefully, it is better tonight.

BR: 1482.67
243games this month

Update: I had Tuesday diagnosis of inflammation of the coronary skin. So decided that first priority is for now to heal. As a result, this week didn't play any poker. There is a possibility that there will some big news in the near future

Originally posted by liessens
Update: I had Tuesday diagnosis of inflammation of the coronary skin. So decided that first priority is for now to heal. As a result, this week didn't play any poker. There is a possibility that there will some big news in the near future

Yes, it's best to look after your health first.
Hopefully this won't require surgery.

All the best,
VS

For the moment. Surgery isn't been on the table yet. I am taking medication for 3 weeks now and then there I have a follow-up review.

I want to archive/delete this thread. How can I do that?

I already stopped playing poker(at least for the foreseeable future) and for some doxing reasons I want this blog removed