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If you timebank then you're just logging fewer hands per blind level. I wanted to get in as many hands as possible per level because every blind increase compounds the probability i will bust out. If i play as many hands as possible at any current level then I maximize the probability of building a healthy chip stack.
Its fight or die.
45000 years ago, the bottom-dragging retreat of massive glaciers formed hundreds of small lakes across central Ontario. Now it's cottage country for the upper-middle class, mostly those visiting from Toronto, Canada and the surrounding area.
We were staying near by and had taken a pedal boat on an ambitious trip across the lake. We made love on a small and weathered wooden bench near the edge of a cliff on Turner Island. Its purple paint stained her knees.
The island, a strange compromise to the striated landscape had just one single cabin. Without knowing for sure, it seemed that no one was home. All over small paths were marked with the popular street names of Manhattan; Wall street and Broadway, East River, West Street--this place perhaps no busier than they would ever prefer.
It is August 11th, 2007.
May update...
Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose Rapture Lose
+$180 in bonuses (whatevs)
- $80 in tourneys (sample size = 4)
= $300 (ish)
SO some early month rungood... 3.5BB/100 to date, but its still not good enough. I expected to have some trouble after taking a month & a half off, but lady variance teased me into believing I'd lost nothing. My winrate is actually quite a bit less at my old stakes (.5/1) where I'm just barely showing a profit.
I plan to review some fundamentals. I have a few coaching sessions coming up... and I think i need to renew my dicipline for in-game focus.
I find myself playing very short sessions lately and easily distracted. Plus it stresses me out to do session reviews.
Today is about running. A kid, maybe six leads the charge. We're racing to the ditch... wherever that is. I fell behind quickly.
My chubby toddler legs spun furiously in the wrong direction, across a large grassy field beyond the row of houses. I stood still just long enough to turn and follow the others.
Its June 11th, 1988. A week from now a man turns 70. People gather at Wembley Stadium for the event, but not him.
Originally posted by datsmahname
May update...Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose Lose Rapture Lose
not sure what ur seeing, but this doesnt look like a losing graph to me
I'm not gonna lie, I don't feel to good about winning unless I'm completely destroying the game over big samples. That and I'm sick of being in the micros.
A 200 BB downswing motivates me to study a lot. In the last 5K hands I've had like 3 coaching sessions and I have 2 more coming up. 1 session review, couple hand postings...
There's way to much stuff about poker that I don't know. beating guys at the micros... doesn't feel good.
Today PokerStrategy announced the arrival of Jared Tendler, a top flight mental coach for professional poker players. Tilt will be the primary focus of his first articles, and since I'm more interested in other things I decided to send him an email. In it I basically expressed my interest in other topics like moving up in stakes, increasing tables and session length.. etc.
Jared responded, almost right away. In his reply he included a link to a number of articles on the topics I mentioned. One article called "Training your Brain for Multi-tabling" seemed very fitting, so I gave it a read.
Using the ideas he proposes I've created a "Workout Routine" designed to increase my session length and hands per hour. Feel free to adopt it if this interest you.
3 Sessions daily, 6 days a week. Day 5 is for studying poker. I'll focus on one area to improve my play in the first session. The second session I'll focus on the Human Factors problems associated with multi-tabling; refining everything from my on screen setup to my HUD, to the lighting in the room. The third session of any day will always focus on combining the previous two sessions exercises. After each week I'll refine my schedule for the next week.
Short term goals: First, to increase my hands per hour from 175 to 300 by the end of the month. Second, to increase my session length by an average of 20 minutes over 5 consecutive sessions by the middle of June.
In the medium term my goal is to sustain a strong winrate and move up in stakes by the end of June.
My baseline is playing ~175 hands per hour at 2-3 tables. 3.5BB/100 lifetime.
Day 1: Completed all 3 sessions.
The last one was tough since I was getting tired having been up since really early thismorning.
I logged 900 hands today in ~4.5 hours. 3.3BB/100. I did find playing 3 tables more difficult during that last hour but I think I'll get used to it quickly.
I'm also not satisfied with 3.5BB/100. I've worked hard on my game and I think with some fine tuning I'll be a favorite to clear this number in the long run.
A text book weighs nearly 30 pounds soaking wet--a fact I picked up after running two blocks in torrential rain. I was on my way to meet my old boss and schedule a few hours work.
Data entry for the "Department of Advancement", a political title. They mostly called grads and parents for donations. Until a month ago I was the guy who gave them your new phone number, address, e-mail... whatever. Its amazing how much information can be legally obtained using the internet and a couple phone calls.
I remember compiling the bio for Conrad Black, media giant and soon to be Lord of Brentwood--well, soon as he's through denouncing his Canadian Citizenship. Carleton University wasn't his first choice, a common remark but only at first. He attended UCC before being thrown out for selling copies of a stolen exam. There's probably something to be said for that. I wonder if they also call him for donations.
Anyways, my boss wasn't there when I arrived. Seems the date slipped her mind while making arrangements. She was away on vacation all that week, some place sunny and probably enjoying better weather. Not drenched from head to foot, not scrambling to arrive at work... must be nice.
Hair dryer in hand, I had plenty of time to mull it over. The curled pages of James Watson's DNA: The Secret of Life had surprisingly little to offer on the topic.
June 7th, 2005
Day 2: 957 hands, 2.2BB/100 Again the last session was pretty rough. I felt tired after lunch and never seemed to wake up.
I decided to push through and play out the 3rd session. Made some decisions that were questionable, made a few mistakes... but had a lot of tough decisions, especially on the turn both in position and OOP.
Day 3: just 700 hands, -4 BB/100. First losing day in a week or so.
So far this month I'm at 16.6K hands, my highest volume month yet. Realizing this I decided to make a few changes to my weekly plans. Now the 3rd session is shorter and lighter in general, reason being I found i was constantly getting tired.
I also moved around some of the days so that my highest volume days are on saturday and sunday when people are online which will make it easier to find lots of tables on whichever site I decide to play on.
Day 3.5: 2 donkaments and a coaching session on the agenda. After moving around my schedule tomorrow is going to be dedicated to study (day 4).
Busted in both tournaments. Ran up a huge stack, 20K chips with the blinds at 50/100 but donked off all my chips. Called all in on the flop drawing dead once. 3-bet shipped K-high & was snapped off by AQ. Those were the clear low points of my play that round...
It was fun though.
I played 42/32 VPIP PFR... a strategy I need to refine.
Day 4: Awesome day. I really enjoy studying the game. Pretty standard results. 1BB/100 over 400 hands.
Prior to Session 1, I re-read the article on odds & outs. Then I found some content worth discussing and created a thread about it. I played 1 table, took good notes, and focused on making optimal decisions to the best of my ability.
Before session 2 I nearly finished reconstructing my HUD--something thats been a work in progress for about 2 weeks. Here's a blown up image for a basic idea. Also not my stats if you're interested.
During that session I played without referencing any charts or tables, and took some simple notes. I also keyed up a few macros to quickly save hands for reference later on (if needed).
Session 3, just grinding out a couple tables, taking notes, and trying to play my best. I also spent some time learning about my new HUD stats and thinking about their implications.
Headphones really are pathetically flimsy. Duct taped and consequentially lopsided, listening to pink floyd while looking like an idiot is still better than the alternative; buzz of the school fire alarm, the chatter of people I'd rather ignore.
Its September 25th, 2002. With no early morning council meeting or team practice it could only be Wednesday. Lately its my favorite day of the week. I slept in, skipped first period. Unfortunately, my only regret was having show up at all.
Standing outside among no one its all to clear that things have changed. Looking pathetic I accidentally caught someone's eye, a friend who knew me well enough. She smiled pitifully and half way to laughter. It was obvious I didn't want to be there. I'd rather be in class or my room, but I didn't prefer these either.
Then it was easy to understand what Kissinger meant when he said that statesmen are occasionally forced to choose among evils, but it was becoming difficult to understand average people--like myself I hope.
Back at math class we began our assignment, to create a transformation system that output grid points given any input. In my system the output was always the same, never different. All the points converged on a single location, it was clear why, and it didn't mean anything.