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Thx. Next step will be using ffmpeg to create an avi or mpg! I have there one goal I want to achieve next year.
My PC doesn't boot anymore. The power supply I could start with the short circuit pin 4&5. Next step is buy myself for Christmas a screwdriver set.
Created the next 6 hand ranges. Used chatgpt and css to cut the rectangle out of the pictures. The only thing left is right find a post office with a working usb-printer. I guess it's also time to retire the stick and switch to SD cards. An adapter as fallback I already own.
Tomorrow is the longest day in Australia or shortest if you live in the northern hemisphere. 24 hours 10 minutes till southern solstice.
What new stops should the EPT add in 2025?
Will the EPT come back to Italy in 2025 after a hiatus of elven years (Campione, 13 years ago, to be more precise)
I stand by my pick against Barry Carter's San Remo!
Damn. PokerStars rebranded their local tours to PokerStars Open. Campione festivale will take Place on March 10 to 16. Doesn't mean they couldn't come back for an EPT but I guess if another place would be more likely.
March 10th - enough time to plan for a visit and a short trip to Milano and the famous Lake Garda where all the Hollywood stars have their domicile.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Day 000
Counting cards was the next big chapter in the math book I abandoned. Which focused mainly on combinatorics. Something that I need to commit by memory as well. But not only there are 240 hands in the range. Each pocket pair is 6 combos, suited 4 and off-suit 16. If I take away an ace that will remove how many combos? 3 AA, 12 ARxx and 3 for ever ARxy. There are left 213 hands. But I also have a second hand. Just to get faster, quicker and with more confidence down the funnel.
Good news, yesterday I achieved an average of 10k steps for December. The bad news I need to walk the rest of the year every day 10k steps to remain that average. Focus walking with a straight back which will bring back my ability to run. Was able to run 3 or 4 proper steps!
Day 001
Need to create my own vocabulary or index of abbreviations. It's only a nuance and nitpicking but the inconsistency is hindering studying while flipping from one page to another. Sometimes the BU next time BTN. Hijack or middle position. Sometimes even within the same source material. For storytelling it's and blogs it's great but to be pseudo scientific it's bad. While at it I need to color code every matrix the same. Raising for example. Some charts are green for money, then there are those who pick red for aggression and then there are those who have chosen yellow for the happy sun shine. Either commit myself or have easy edits in mind.
Shopping malls were great to get in a couple of steps the last few days. Today I walk the riverside down across the bridge and back. Roughly 45minutes without interruption. Now just not neglect it anymore.
Day 002
If you approach your momentum with a view of being inspired to move forward while having a practical plan to execute, you’ve got a better chance of continuing to succeed. From Jared Tendler - Don't expect to rely on momentum.
Or in other words, the same work you already did you have to put in again and a little bit more to make progression. How many companies fail because they thought they have decoded a business model and refuse to adapt. How many kitchen fail because the chef refuses to reread the recipe and slowly forgets an ingredient and takes shortcuts. Pilots have check lists too.
Looking at ranges in grids while on the way isn't always that fruitful. So for each grid I will also need the to written form K8s+. I guess table with two or three columns would be the best. Column suited/off-suit. But for Kings suited will I write in only "8+" or repetitive "K8s+"? I guess I just write both and then "run" once more to the post office. Faster and get done more if I try both.
Last year:
And this is what you get for exactly $11.
Made a quick stop abroad and had my third McDonalds visit this year.
$5.20. A much more reasonable price.
Day 003
Printing wasn't that easy. Not all adapter work with every memory card. Not all printers work with every stick. But I do get closer to a workflow. One important thing is that in the root of the card is only one folder and only file - the file to print. So I won't need to scroll on the unresponsive touch display.
Looked for playing cards that are free to use. But it enoys me that they are almost never "pixel perfect" in the peek corner. Guess I have to do it myself. Turning a picture 180 degrees has to be (x,y) -> (-x,-y) and then shift it back to a positive space. c1 = max(x), c2 = max(y). (x,y) -> (-x+c1,-y+c2). So easy, there has to be a built-in function.
Day 004
do one thing every day that scares you - that's what they say at least. Myself, the 500 pages of machine learning scares me. It disrupted my day. Each chapter contains a list of further material. It never ends. Maybe understanding how it works would be enough.
Day 005
Should I leave for a walk everytime at the same time or everytime 30minutes before the sunrise?
Once a week I should come up with function I would need to make everyday easier. Which sounds an awful lot like collecting source material. Which usual ends up very excessive. I need to remind myself smaller steps.
Day 006
How correct are the poker AI? I know, I sound like those who second guess GTO. But if you look at coding and AGI (artificial general intelligence) the results are actually really bad. Do we actually know that an AI has better results than a solver? Sure it's a specialicised AI, at least I would hope so, but then again the same does openAI o3, claude and co for the benchmarks they tackle. And in poker how would be know which solution they are selling us is the best?
Any how, I tried to copy together some pictures. Failed when I tried using transparency. Because my tool doesn't support that. Now the coin toss is: different approach or new tool?
Day 007
Through all the resolutions and seasonal motivation I almost thought I could once again sign up on a coaching site. Damn they got expensive. Which either means the prices are inelastic or there arr not that many costumers. But fortunately I remember the question, when would I watch these coaching videos. There are three youtube creator I would want to watch. This month I have watched them not once. FIrst I would need to this regularly to know I have the time. Then I would need a sustainable winrate to know I understand all enough. But it would feel like a tax on winnings. And third I would need to sleep less.
Right now I sleep like a professional athlete. So many hours. During the night before walking and after my walks. Little bit less sleep would be good but at least I don't do anything bad aka unhealthy while I sleep. Better sleeping than social media. It's even better to sleep instead of the news.
I'm at 300k steps for December. Maintaining that goal for 2025. 6k at least and an average of 10k.
Day 008
The fruits of labour: 
Only to notice I won't need that... Maybe I can use it to create an animation to explain something in the future.
Day 009
Played a few hands. Got distraction by adjusting the settings while playing. Always a bad idea. The tool needs to be sharpen before the use. Was dealt good cards so I'm surprised how tight my preflop game was. Unfortunately couldn't transform the starting hands in any profit.
Began the morning later than I planned to. Not a great start into the first week of 2025.
Day 010
One casino on my list lowered the rake cap for next year! The season ticket to get there would be 500 USD. 500 USD a month... Poker is an expensive hobby. I guess that's why some suggest only to play online.
500 or 125 a week. 60 or 40 a visit plus buy-in. Playing 4 hours would mean 10 to 15 USD per hour. There are other activities that are more expensive.
Day 011
Felt something like anxiety today. Have doubt if I can handle a rotating schedule right now or if this will break the camels back. Maybe I should sign up for coaching.
To procrastinate I tried to tinker further with transparency. Installed the sfml 3 library. There is where I landed right now.
Day 012
Watched the first video. 30 minutes and little bit too long to understand all without taking notes. After a few videos it will be easier and easier to watch full videos instead of breaking it up myself. The idea of the video was when I want or when you should play polarized and when linear ranges. And spots where many player make mistakes and therefore we need to adjust our ranges. Maybe I should screen shot the slides. To have at least something to jog my memory and create an association.
Now I want to code an equilibrium calculator...
It should be forbidden to have birthdays in January. The only available items are reindeer 75% off...
Day 013
Watched something about red line, triple barreling and how much to bluff or against who to avoid. And still, I need either to bet bigger or bluff more often.
Day 014
Was up and outside early. Early enough to see the first time this year a fox. A cute little fellow in the far distance.
In marketing they teach you that the marketing budget shouldn't depend on the success of the company. Rather than a percent of revenue or profit it would need to be a fixed amount according to the season. I guess the same could be true for coaching. It should not because you make money now you can "waste" some or you make losses now you make a desperate move and run to the first available coach who tells you what you want to hear. So I put aside in a separate project money for the next two years. It's enough till October of each year. 20% of the budget I still need to earn.
Day 015
Overcorrected my c-bet sizing on the streets. Not according to the population but the ranges I play - the ranges I feel comfortable to play. If gto is the best play and exploitative is adjusted to opponents play. How is it called when I harden my play style and make it more robust to dampen my leaks instead of plug them?
Made an optimistic call against two players going all-in. At least I thought it was optimistic but after punchinmg in the numbers I almost had 50%. Equities on the streets is something I need to sharpen and polish up again.
Already the first monday of the week. Won't set any goal for the next two weeks. But I try to aim high for th 20th!
Summary
319 hands
+ $12.85
$1536.34
Day 016
My PC doesn't boot anymore.
Still doesn't boot. One screw in the middle is broken so the screwdriver doesn't get any grip. But as in October I won't be able to update anyhow to win11 I will need a new PC or laptop not later than that. The idea was a pure linux machine but I have to realize that I won't have time for that anyhow. So it's time to say good bye to many good years. From start all installed through winget, all backed up. A new clean poker machine.
And then I need to ask the AI for a weekly poker topics study schedule.