BISH, BASH, BOSH...Moving up with Bierbaer!

Hey Oot4NKoO,

Looks like this will be a pretty interesting blog! I think it's a good idea you decided to get yourself a coach. I'm getting coached as well at the moment, and it has changed my game a ton already, and certainly in a good way.

Good luck with the blog and coaching, hopefully we'll see some good results soon

Kind regards,
Tino

Originally posted by TinoLaan
Hey Oot4NKoO,

Looks like this will be a pretty interesting blog! I think it's a good idea you decided to get yourself a coach. I'm getting coached as well at the moment, and it has changed my game a ton already, and certainly in a good way.

Good luck with the blog and coaching, hopefully we'll see some good results soon

Kind regards,
Tino

Hi Tino,

I have just been reading your blog, seems like you are on your way up! Might see you at the tables.

I am sat at work now wanting to get home to do some grinding! I have no other plans tonight, my evening meals are already made; 2 rounds of cold chicken and rice...the joys of bodybuilding! The misses and little one aren't back until 8pm and I'm hoping they'll just crash-out leaving me some quality time to grind and study! I have already done 3 of today's objectives in my lunch break including taking notes and planning tomorrows review of the notes. BOSH!

One of the key things I have been reading about NL10 is to keep things simple, play abc poker and don't over complicate things...Hopefully something I can implement into tonight's session!

I have also been thinking about how to improve mu sessions to stay focused. So far I have come up with staying hydrated, distancing myself away from distractions, getting a stress ball, implementing a session stop loss and take breaks to refocus...Which leads me to the questions; how often do you guys take breaks in your sessions and for how long? and what is your stop/loss strategy for a session?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

T4NK

I have just been reading your blog, seems like you are on your way up! Might see you at the tables.

Yep, I definitely am! Looking forward to seeing you at the tables

As for breaks etc, I personally try to play two hours a day. If I play them all in one session, I'll take a short 10-15 minute break after 1 hour, just to get my eyes off the screen for a little bit, allowing me to keep better focus for the next hour. If I play less than two hours though, I don't take a break and just play the entire session in one go.

Personally I don't use a stop loss limit. Mindset is key here, but I can imagine a lot of people have trouble with losing a couple BI in one session, especially after just moving up. I think people generally advocate a 3-4 BI stop loss limit for every session. And this doesn't really apply to just losing sessions, but winnings sessions as well. If you have a big winning session and start to spew because you feel you're unbeatable, you should probably also consider ending your session.

But that's all up to your personal preferences. If you are mentally strong and aren't affected by big losses/winnings in one session, then I don't think you'll need a stop loss. But that's just my opinion.

Staying hydrated is also a good idea imo. I always have a glass of water or something with me when I start a session or when I come back from a break. Sometimes I'll take a red bull as well, but just water or juice or something is probably better. But I'm not much of a lifestyle expert so I may not be the right person to really comment on this

Also I agree with keeping things fairly simple. But don't keep it too simple. Playing solid, ABC poker is a great place to start at, but you want to try and become better than the other players at your limit. I've played NL10 myself until approximately 2 weeks ago, and most of the regs are just exchanging rake.

Almost all regs at NL10 (and NL25 for that matter) are incredibly straightforward, and therefore pretty easy to play against if you know how to exploit them. But that's something that'll come with time as well. I agree that focusing on a good foundation is a good place to start. However, try to get that extra edge over the regs soon, otherwise you'll just be another one of those regs that's just exchanging rake with the other regs (in the long run).

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