mediocrity no more

Hello jbhopko,

Enjoyed reading your first post entry. And I am sure you will succeed this time! Fortune cookies are normally a good sign! It also looks like you have a good plan of action. I look forward to reading future post.
A challenge that you may be interested that has really helped me is the Bank roll challenge https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=325001
Good luck at the tables and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

My regards

Matt

Hello jbhopko,
To insert graphics there are 2 ways to do this.

1. (Simplest) Just drag and drop your graphic into your blog.

2. If you wish to use a external site like photobucket.

1. Select the DIRECT link and it will be copied to clipboard.

2. In the blog text editor select the IMAGE icon which will bring up a dialog window as described in point 3 below.

3. Paste (Ctrl +V) and submit.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Matt

thank you so much. I will fix as soon as I get a chance

I have fixed the graph already

Other problem for posting pictures that you need to have the bronze status.
The easiest way to get it is to use 1 of our free money offers on a poker room you don’t have an account yet.

Good luck with blogging

Cheers,
SDK1987

This first week playing was a bit tough and I didn’t get the volume in I wanted yet. My job this week was a full weeks worth or physical demanding work. This has made me realize the volume of poker I am able to play every week is going to be dependent on the size of the kitchen cabinet refacing job that is assigned to me. I will have a 3 day job on many weeks, but sometimes I will have a full week that is going to wipe me out. With all this being said, I am going to have a minimum goal of 10k hands every week. I will just have to make sure I make up for the lost volume during my tough work weeks on the weekends.

I need to get these first 10k hands done as soon as possible and send them in. I can see this is the first step to moving forward and learning is setting the foundation and sticking to the advanced ranges. Ok it is time to get to work. LETS DO THIS!!!!!

I just finished my first 10k hands and got database analysis back, it is clear about the spots I am missing now. I am making some errors how I play versus 3bets and I have some flop cbet mistakes. I will be making sure I focus on these spots.

My results were affected by both some mistakes I am making and some run bad that affected my play. Anyways here are my results for my first 10k hands. I am ready to crush it on my next 10k hands.

I haven’t played poker in a few days . My job this week was pretty tough again. I set a goal last week of playing 10k hands for the week. I id hit my goal for the week. It wasn’t smart because in order to hit the number I played tired last day and was making too many mistakes. In the future I am not going to set volume goals because my work week isn’t always the same. I have come to the realization that I wont be able to go through this courses as quickly as others because a I work fulltime at the moment. I am also coming to the realization that following this system will lead to success. Here are my results from last week Nov 8-14 2015

This weekend was a huge bummer for me. I was getting back spasms all week and weekend from my job to the point where I couldn’t even play poker. I want to succeed at poker so fucking bad and this shit is really fucking me up. The back spasms have finally subsided and I am ready to get to business of poker.

One of the biggest problems I have is doing homework, posting hands and being able to evaluate myself after I play. One the flipside I am very good at creating charts and a plan of action. I decided is to play 1k hands and have a checklist of what to do after those hands are done and I can move on to the next 1k hands. I am going to keep it simple and keep to this
1. Post minimum of 1 hand in the forum
2.Enter homework in my blog
3. reply to minimum one hand in the forum
4.go over all marked hands played in the 1k session
I need to create new habits, because my current ones suck or don’t exist.

I am looking forward to the new year and crushing at the tables. I looking forward to that breakthrough moment for me. It is up to me to make it happen. It will happen soon and I am not going to quit until it does.

These are the main focuses for me 2017:

Family:

I love my wife and 2 boys and this is an integral part of my success. I plan on making date night for me and my wife and have a family night every week.

Heath:

There is no question about it that the pain in my knees and my back from my job are holding me back physically and mentally for being successful at poker. I plan on workout out every day alternating strength training with yoga/cardio. I need to keep myself strong and flexible. I hope this will make a difference in how my job effects me physically. I also am getting back into racquetball again and want to get back to the level of play I was at at my peak and be able to play in the open division.

Poker:

I need to keep moving forward in . I am letting things outside of poker effect my progress . I need to get over this fucking hurdle. This is the year I crush at the tables

Work:

Obviously I want poker to be my work, but I have to earn that again. I just need to stay positive and do everything in my power to crush here too. I need to be productive and not let my work affect me negatively both physically and mentally.

These 4 categories is where my focus needs to be every single day. The mental aspect of what I want to achieve has been mind fucking me. My life is a bit complicated and I have a ton of pressures. Its time I fix this and develop a mindset that will crush in life. Come with me on this journey. Help save my fucking life.