Micro-Management

So, first Monday of the suggested schedule -

2,096 Hands Played
911 Hands/Hr
+$13
swelled the coffers to a whopping $55

First 1500 odd hands were a breeze but struggled a little after a break. 2 outered twice for full stacks at the end but happy with +6BI. 900 hands/hr is a lot higher then I expected but it wasn't particularly comfortable. Timed out a fair bit when I had multiple decisions to make. Missed opening AQs from the CO. At times I felt a little rushed with river bet sizing and more marginal call downs. Getting there though and thankfully NL2 is soft enough to give up a little margin in order to learn how to multi-table and still move towards a BR for NL5.

:diamond:Tunes to grind to:diamond:
Not usually my cuppa tea but listened to some liquid DnB and found it great to grind to.

Needless aggro defense:

Meh, got myself into trouble here. Not sure J8s is a solid hand to 3b BBvsCO as I am so often dominated when called. Should perhaps x/f the A on the turn which is probably a bad card for me. Having bet I'm valued to call the shuv.

pfff, why you no stick it up him?

Yeah, pretty sure at this level I can jam over his turn bet but was a little anxious of BB. I think I should have found some balls and stuck it up'em. what ya think?

MD

Put in 1k hands yesterday between work and footy as I thought I would have cinema plans this evening and wouldn't be able to put the 2k hands in I need from Wednesday night (tonight.) That went fine - though I felt a little rushed, the 1k volume window is there if I want to put it into future grinding schedules. Tonight however (Wednesday) work and football is catching up with me and I can't even think straight. No excuse not to put the volume in though ...

turns out that fatigue presents itself in my game by auto piloting every decision and calling down way too light. I have lost 500bb in about 500 hands!!! Bloody ridiculous, wasn't even aware that this was possible at NL2 After 5k hands at this limit I have got over cocky noting how soft it is and now think I can get 100bb in with TPTK regardless - moron.

The only positive is that this is exactly why I have started the experiment/challenge - to what extent, both quality and in quantity, am I going to be able to play poker alongside the day job?
Anyway, I am 500 hands shy of my quota so I will at least put those in this-evening and see if awareness can switch the light on.

Originally posted by MasochisticDesire
... to what extent, both quality and in quantity, am I going to be able to play poker alongside the day job?

Hi, MasochisticDesire,
Perhaps you could put in for a corner office and do both

Best of luck,
VS

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Originally posted by MasochisticDesire
... to what extent, both quality and in quantity, am I going to be able to play poker alongside the day job?

Hi, MasochisticDesire,
Perhaps you could put in for a corner office and do both

Best of luck,
VS

That would be the life, aye. If ps.com have got you on the pay-roll isn't that a mods set-up? ♠_biggrin:
Thanks for dropping in btw.

Was pretty disgusted with my earlier performance so went back and put in another 1500 hands, and, having been stuck 8BI at one point, brought it back to a <1BI deficit. Still pretty disappointed with the less then slow start though; perhaps I need a warm-up or something similar. Also, get and use a bloody dictaphone during your sessions. In game I am constantly being reminded of things I need to consider (evidently a lot as I am playing NL2 :f_cool:) and cant type or write them down quick enough despite starting to feel slightly more comfortable at 4 tabling zoom (long way to go though.)

Tuesday&Wednesday:
3,052 Hands Played
803 Hands/Hr
-$.99
BR e$50

Had to ditch the tunes this evening as I think it was contributing to a lack of focus but here was the original shout:

(easily one of my favorite bands)

Whilst running this experiment and enjoying my first couple thousand hands in about ten months, I am trying to stick to and learn w34zl3's RFI ranges as suggested in his microstakes walk through. I have definitely found in the past that my learning was hindered by a lack of structure and if I commit to poker next year I think I would start with that.

Must post some hands tomorrow.

I'm off to watch Lord Sugar verbally abuse some narcissistic sociopaths. Peace!

Originally posted by MasochisticDesire
That would be the life, aye. If ps.com have got you on the pay-roll isn't that a mods set-up? ♠_biggrin:
Thanks for dropping in btw.

Yes, it would be wonderful, wouldn't it?

Mods and other PokerStrategy.com contributors do get perks. Not a salary, though ♠_cry:
If you're at all interested, send a friend request to Lazza61 the HeadAdmin.

Cheers,
VS

Thought I'd help ya'll out with some Friday night grindin' tunes

Friday nights session:
1,809 Hands
650 Hands/Hr +$7.34
BR $60

So at 7k hands through the working week I have met the >6k mark comfortably and still played footy on Tuesday night and got sh*tfaced on Thursday night. Things are quiet at work but I think hitting >6k hands reliably through the week is very achievable.

Better get started on the >4k hands needed over the weekend.

A little drive -

Also, checked the VPP balance and I am also considering an end of year sweat (not quite as balla as SNE, but WTF, it will keep me out the pub over the hols )

pff, played like a bit of a tit last night, sloppy play in all the big pots.
Anyhow:
2,244 Hands
732 Hands/Hr
+$5.48
BR $65

I am now feeling confident that the 10k hands a week is manageable but I would have to work on 'switching-on' earlier in my sessions.

Reverting to more level music to grind to, find the more dynamic stuff a little distracting a lot of the time -

This week plus a couple thousand earlier in the month.

- Preflop I'm starting to get w34z3l's preflop defaults down. 3bet % is lower then my natural inclination but I think this makes sense at NL2 - moving up I might up it again.
- Some pretty sloppy post flop play that needs to improve and has hurt the win rate; I think 25-30bb/100 is achievable. That said, I'm not sticking around long enough to hit that target as I'm likely to play NL5 from here on in.
- Bought silver status and am starting to work through w34z3l's 6max Walkthrough, I think this will provide the initial platform and structure to my learning that I felt was missing previously. Ultimately we need to learn how to think about this game for ourselves and not imitate others but I'm not at that stage yet.
- 4 tabling ; getting more comfortable. Not hit the 1k per hour but still think 10k a week is possible.

11,800 Hands
730 Hands/Hr
+$50 (18bb/100)
BR $72 (+$40 rewards)

70% sure I am gunna take the plunge and grind a lot in the NY; just the money I save not boozing whilst on the grind makes me the biggest winner in le micros

MD

Shy of the 2k hands I pledged today but happy to make up the rest tomorrow between work and football. Nice to move up to NL5 with minimal BR and immediately hit some run good
Couldn't lose for the first 1k hands or so but started to lack focus and bleed a little so calling it quits.

1,371 Hands
652 Hands/Hr (freerolling a tourney on the side - not worth it in future, inevitably going to min-cash for chump change.)
+$19
BR $92 (+40)

Not very sharp at the tables atm. (Relative) volume already getting to me, need to get back in grinding shape.

Made up the hands I missed yesterday:

666 Hands 768 Hands/Hr
+$9
BR $100 (+40) Whoop whoop! ♠_drink:

Now two and a half hours football (soccer.)

MD

pff, tough session this evening -
my concentration span is shot to shit and needs to improve greatly. Felt like I ran bad, not so much in EV but situationally, that said, I also played like an iriot in a couple of important spots.

2,534 Hands Played
775 Hands /Hr
-$5
BR $88 (+40) ???
my PT4 and my cashier aren't matching up, either there are some hands lost in the ether somewhere or poker is rigged and Stars are scamming me...:f_biggrin:

Whatevs.
MD

Too frustrated to sleep so got up and two tabled back into profit. I am a mental game whale - gotta work on that.
Played a lot better two tabling, picked up on so many bet sizing tells and general player tendencies at NL5. May have to think about dropping to three tables as I definitely miss a fair bit 4 tabling, I am way of averaging 1k hands/hr anyway and my win rate inevitably suffers slightly.

345
440 Hands/Hr
+$10
BR $98 (+40)

Free poker mindset coaching here peoples ♠_thumbsup:

Here is what I would consider a very safe plan that purposely expanded your BR and lowers your ROR (risk of ruin) as you climb the limits:

BRM:

NL5 < $250 (25BI @ NL10)
NL10 < $750 (30BI @ NL25)
NL25 < $1,750 (35BI @ NL50)
NL50 < $4,000 (40BI @ NL100)
and on to real $$$

*I would allow for a 10BI shot at each new level before moving back down.

Pretty standard but, hell, I will probably follow that BRM if I get stuck into poker in 2015. I think this sort of BRM suits someone making a longer term investment. I think it also allows plenty of hands at each limit and time to build solid fundamentals of your game...

MD

ffs
900 hands into a session and running like shit
but playing even worse
despite dropping to three tables to focus on exploiting the bloody transparent post-flop play at NL5.
Somehow though, I end up randomly clicking buttons without appropriate consideration and doing something utterly inexplicable.
-7BI atm and pretty furious with myself. Going for a jog to sort my fucking life out then I am gunna mend this shit.

...later...

what a miserable bloody evening. Jog, shower, cuppa and back to the grind and after 1k hands I have made $18 back of the $37 lost by my self destructive alter-ego only to throw it all away in two hands.

EAD self-destructive alter-ego, EAD.

2,051 Hands Spewed
470 hands per hour (3 tabling)
-$36.54
BR $61.5 (+40)

Long day tomorrow and I'm too tilted to sleep.

Later,
MD

Originally posted by MasochisticDesire
Somehow though, I end up randomly clicking buttons without appropriate consideration and doing something utterly inexplicable.

Yea, familiar feeling, randomly clicking buttoms when tilting. Next day going through the session in the database, and thinking "how can I possibly do some of the stuff"

By the way, I'm also playing 3 tables, seems to be optimal. Try to play 500 hands in one session, helps with the tilt.

Originally posted by webhunky

Originally posted by MasochisticDesire
Somehow though, I end up randomly clicking buttons without appropriate consideration and doing something utterly inexplicable.

Yea, familiar feeling, randomly clicking buttoms when tilting. Next day going through the session in the database, and thinking "how can I possibly do some of the stuff"

By the way, I'm also playing 3 tables, seems to be optimal. Try to play 500 hands in one session, helps with the tilt.

Thanks for dropping in -
I made through the end of the challenge and hit the 10k a week which I was happy enough with. Shame to end it on a downer though. I'll post the graph at some point. I am drafting a weekly schedule for the start of 2015 that also aims for the 10k hands a week so I will have to bounce back quicker from bad sessions.

GL@thetables,
MD

Yeah, so I updated the OP with my 2015 challenge but the TL;DR version is ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Challenge start 11/01/2015

Chapter1: According to w34z3l!
I'll be using w34z3l's 6 max walk-through to structure my learning

January Goals:

30k hands (<40 due to late start)
begin working through w34z3l's walk-through
>1,500 VPPs for Ultimate Challenge Bonus ($50)
Ideally shoot @ NL10

Week 1:
New Year run-good

Break-even for last 5k hands
Guilty of getting a little complacent and playing a little spewey after being given a couple of donations - I forget that they are not all 'generous.' I think some of my overplays are early signs of results fascination - I will have to watch this and shift my focus to improvement once the novelty of playing again wears off.

Still, a good start: BR = $218

Also...
- Worked through Ep1-3 of w34z3l's walk-through (now and forever referred to as WWT)
- Configured various WIP HUD's

Coming Week (2) 19th - 25th Jan 2015:
Digest Ep. 4+5 of WWT
Relevant homework for Ep 1-5 of WWT
Colour co-ordinate core stats of HUD
Review Week 1's +80/-80 hands

Peace!