On My way to the Top !

14.03.2011, 15:25 0

Hello Guys,
I am writing this blog to keep me well with my schedule, have some moral support and be happy about what am doing !

I am new to pokerstars and ftp, though not new to poker and I've been reading many poker books lately and have read tons and tons of blogs, so I am ready for grinding my way to the top ♦

So here it is all -

I will be starting off by playing 0.55$ 45 Man turbo's on stars and 1.20$ 9 Man Turbo's on FTP as I think I can beat these two games.

My main focus will be stars and I will try to complete atleast 80 games per day in the 45 mans and play a little bit of ftp (10-20 Games).

Currently Total Money I have = 60$

I have kept 50$ for Stars and 10$ for FTP,

My Deposits -

50$ on Stars (25$ Done, 25$ Reserve)
10$ on FTP

The reason I have kept money in reserve is that it will be in my ewallet so It will be safe and I am a person who gets tilted too easily, but I have tried to improve myself and thus Im still a little bit scared but I will do my best to avoid it ♦.

Pokerstars -
So I will be starting of by 9 Tabling the 55c 45 Mans on stars till I can get my Roll up to 75$, where I will take a 20 SnG Shot to 1.10s and If I do good I will move up to that limit. I am just keeping a 75 BIs for these as I feel I am pretty comfortable with 75.

Full Tilt Poker -
I will be depositing 10$ on Full Tilt poker soon and will start off by playing the 1.20$ 9 Mans, Just 3-4 Table till I can grind my way up to 25-30 BI, where I can 6 Table !
Note : I am not playing on FTP to surely win, I know the risk of getting busted is too high but I just want to take a shot at these with these 10 BI and see what I can do with it, so going busto on ftp won't be a big deal there.

Cashouts :
I will only do cashout's on pokerstars when I have reached the 150$ Mark, I will cashout 15% of my weekly winnings from there on. I hope to get a growing bankroll so I wont even mind cashing out nothing as I want to improve and Move up !

Poker Manager :
I will be using Poker Tracker 3 (60 Day Version), to track my stats and will opt in on sharkscope aswell as soon as possible.

Reason for this thread :
I am a person who gets tilted easily, so If I have a mindset that I have to play these SnG's and Just these no matter what, with this thread I will be more focused on my schedule to grind than getting tempted to play the 4$ MTT's and then get sucked out - to get tilted and busto !

Free 50$ -
I have completed my quiz here and have applied for free 50$ on William Hill Poker (I Poker Network), So I hope I have a good start there and will only be playing CG's on those. 4 Tabling the 2 NL ♦ and try to more if possible.

Hand Reviews -
I will be reviewing my hands frequently and try to plug in as many leaks as possible !

Support -
Any support and comments, thoughts and suggestions are very much appreciated and I will be looking forward to hear from you people in my aim to become a successful Grinder ! If any1 out there wants to coach me or guide me who has been a pro in these or wants to give any tips ! please be welcome to post below or IM me !

Thanks,
Psych ♦

5 replies

koosMaras

Joined: 21.08.2010

Posts: 440

14.03.2011, 19:11 0

Hi Psych,

GL with your goals. I guess I'll come by sometimes to see your thoughts and progress Also will be interesting to see how manage your tilt. Have pretty same problem and had to move down from NL5 recently because of it.

_Anonymous_

14.03.2011, 21:15 0

Hey Koos,
Thanks for reading my goals and I hope I am able to achieve them without tilting :), Currently I have been doing well and not tilting at all, I just am listening to songs and let the donks take the chips thinking, Go Boy > Its your day ♦ !

Just have a positive attitude, Tilt seems to fade off !!

I will post my stats later as I finish my last session

_Anonymous_

14.03.2011, 23:08 0

Hey Guys, I finally finished the 1st day of my grind :).
I was about to bash my computer for some of the last hands..

Games Played : 49
ROI : 0%

Starting BR : 25$ (25$ Reserve)

Ending BR : 25$ (25$ Reserve)

I had 3 sessions of 15, 15 and 20 SnG's. In the first set of 15 I was 5.25$ Up, in the 2nd Set I was 1.90$ Up and in the Third one I dint even cash once out of 20 SnG's, That kinda tilted me but I dint. After Spending Some hours am at square one ♦. Lets hope tomorrow brings some good :).

These were some of the sick beats which kept me away from like 12-14$ which were mine...! AA's cracked twice but I managed not to tilt..!

Removed the HH's Looking Wierd, but AA got Cracked by Quad Kings and Quad Fours ! ♦

Thanks,
Psych

_Anonymous_

16.03.2011, 00:52 0

Second Day Was pretty Sick ! had a lot , when I say a lot > I mean it ! A Lot of Bad Beats ! Downswinging ! Played around 35 Games ! Again Less then much needed volume but my head was swinging like hell from these sick beats but I kept it straight and Did Not Tilt ♦ ! So here are the Stats

Games Played : 35

Current BR :

Stars : 11$(25$ Reserve)

FTP : 2$(10$ Reserve)

I am down 11$ in Pokerstars as I xfered 2$ to FTP and the day ended in a 12$ Loss, it was sick as I took a shot at the 1.75$ 9 mans on ps which is the minimum and got hit bad ! I played 4 of them > AAs cracked again

AA got cracked by J8
he hits straight
KK < A10 (pretty Std.)
AK < QJ

But the thing Is I managed not to tilt at all and kept my head clean ! Now I am ready to grind back the 0.55$ Again to build my roll ! totally focused and wont play any other game now ! Might add some 0.1$ and 0.25$ MTTs on stars and play some cash in FTP, 2 Nl with the 2$ ♦

GL ME ♦
Thanks,
Psych

_Anonymous_

17.03.2011, 22:54 0

So guys, been 2 days was too tired yesterday to post ! So here whats up...

I tried 0.55$ 45 Mans >> Nah, Not my type.. Im a losing player in those and I cant handle that much varience with such small BR so I switched to some MTT's ! But now you will be thinking like " Is he bonkers, MTT's have more varience ", yeah your'e correct guys so thats why I am being staked for MTT's and not risking my Bankroll for Em ♦ ! so I got staked at chipmeup.com and played some pretty deep finishes though no big cashes... Again Varience is sick, was chipleader twice and ITM'ed the 2K GTD on Pokerstars twice in a row ♦ ! I will be getting 40% of whatever I ship so not that bad !

Bankroll is too down because I played some of the 1.75$ 18 mans and 9 mans to try which one fit me >> Ended up Losing KK to A8 and my BR going Down ! I deposited the whole 60$ on PS though after these Losses, I xfered some to FTP and now the BR Stands at : 16.85$... Very Very Low but yes I finally got the game I was looking for ! I will be playing the 1.20$ 6 Man's on Stars ! they are perfect for me as I need to clear my 60$ Bonus which will be fastest cleared by this and I am b/e and + profit in these ! like if i play 5, Ill ship 2 ! so good for my BR and I will try to put in 100 Games tomorrow of these with a 16.85$ BR ♦ and earn the 10$ Bonus if Possible ! Will keep you guys updated ♦ ! Search me on OPR if you wana see recent cashes > PsychWin (Pokerstars) ♦

BR :
PokerStars : 11.85$
FTP : 5.00$

Thanks,
Psych

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