A reminder

Hello Owl64

Welcome on the PokerStrategy forum

Hopefully this blog will help you reaching your goals.
I wish you al the best to reach NL10 and you will beat it

Cheers,
SDK1987

Today i did not get better.
I lived as i usually do.
Same mindset, same mistakes.
I will get better.
I did a little of mind training and little exercise, i will do more.

I ate and i worked.

A little closer to NL10, but not there yet.

I am happy about myself, but i can do better.

3 of 8

Still here, still trying.

I can see a small change - I work more, but I'm less happy about myself, as I can't see results yet.

Most important part is...
I am still the same as before. I'm not better.
I will be better than I am now, even if i don't know how to do this. Heh.

3 of 8 - not much of a change in terms of goals. Still 5 to do.

I'm more happy, as my work brings results. Some feedback at last.
Every bet, check and raise have a meaning now.

I eat, work and train.
I'm better, and i will be better.

5 of 8

I'm not hoping this will go on. My actions decides if it will.

How is it going this month so far?

Maybe is it a good idea to post some hands in the hand discussions forum.
If you don’t know how that works you can always read the thread https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=1432571#post1432571

Cheers,
SDK1987

It's going slow, I'm still here.

Yesterday was one of the most important hands in my learning.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♣ 3♥

UTG raises to 2 BB, UTG+1 calls 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 1.6 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 4 players) Q♥ 5♦ 2♦
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, fold, UTG+1 calls 2 BB, fold

Turn: (12 BB, 2 players) 5♠
Hero bets 15 BB, UTG+1 calls 15 BB

River: (42 BB, 2 players) 9♥
Hero bets 30 BB, UTG+1 raises to 105 BB, fold

UTG+1 wins 97.8 BB

Thanks to it I remember how to bluff correctly.
Posting it here in case I'll forget again.

Working too much training too little.
Eating and sleeping in norm

4 of 8

Can be better.

I am happy.
I am getting better.
I eat, work and train.

Still beating NL5 and getting ready for NL10.

5 of 8.

Originally posted by Owl64
It's going slow, I'm still here.

Yesterday was one of the most important hands in my learning.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♣ 3♥

UTG raises to 2 BB, UTG+1 calls 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 1.6 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 4 players) Q♥ 5♦ 2♦
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, fold, UTG+1 calls 2 BB, fold

Turn: (12 BB, 2 players) 5♠
Hero bets 15 BB, UTG+1 calls 15 BB

River: (42 BB, 2 players) 9♥
Hero bets 30 BB, UTG+1 raises to 105 BB, fold

UTG+1 wins 97.8 BB

Thanks to it I remember how to bluff correctly.
Posting it here in case I'll forget again.

Working too much training too little.
Eating and sleeping in norm

4 of 8

Can be better.

I’m not a cash game player, but I’m folding pre-flop A3o. The reason for this your most of the time dominated against the UTG opening range. A3o is also a hand that played terrible post-flop in a multi way pot OOP, because you need to hit 2 pair or better if you’re almost sure to have the best hand. That happened not too often I’m afraid.

Also it makes not to much sense to bet OOP against 3 players and you have only 3 clean outs to hit your straight.

Turn and river is a complete spew of chips if you ask me. Hopefully you don’t do it again. It’s safe you a lot of money.

Cheers,
SDK1987

UTG is a spewfish, something like 40/30 and fold postflop less than 30% and raise over 20%. He is attacking any weak plays. Had i hit 2p+ his stack is mine.
What i did wrong was trying to push him off his hand and played it just bad OTR. He is raising all busted draws and air there.
My mistake, true.

Shots @ NL10 taken.
First i applied NL5 strategy, but failed. I watched matched my opponents tendencies and succeeded.

NL10 looks easy.

Happy about myself, I'm getting better.
Eating, working, sleeping.

5 of 8
My playing @NL10 is not set in stone yet, so let's be quiet about this.

Yesterday was my fist day in a while that I played my C game.
Lost about 10$ and quit. That makes me... quite proud of myself.

It's going good.
I'm happy about myself.
I work and eat.
I'm improving, but it's still far from perfect.
I did not train my body enough.

Still not settled @NL10

4 of 8, but I feel I'm almost there.

I need to remember that i can play my best from the start of my session.
I often play B or C game for the first few hundreds of hands.
It's a waste of time, remember this!

As I play NL10 it seems quite easy.
I can profile a player, judge his play and play accordingly.

When I play bad I have no idea what someone is doing and why I do something.

When that happens that means i need to learn more to understand this. I need to be better at handreading and opponent reading.
There is no winning by force. I will remember this.

Fell into "I am good enough" trap.
Got to NL10, beat it and stopped improving.

Time to change temporary goals.

Continuous goals:
[]Be happy about myself.
[]Get better in poker/life.
[]Eat.
[]Work.
[]Train body and mind.

Temporary goals:
[]Get to NL25
[]Learn to beat NL25
[]Move up

Two days ago i took a shot @ NL25.
Played well for a while. Game was a lot more aggro than NL10.
Got a hand with set vs set and my opponent got quads. Tough.
After that roller coaster started as i was feeling pressured to win.

Being pressured is bad thing when playing poker. I try to force hands out and that makes me losing player.

Took 2 days to calm down and rebuild that shot taking.
Still here, still getting closer to my goals.

After i moved up to NL10 it's going slow, i'm happy about my situation.

I still need to be better.
I can do more.

How it’s in the meanwhile going on NL10?
Still struggling or it’s going better now?

Cheers,
SDK1987

Nah, made a break from poker, as usual when i get good.

Back to square one.